Can someone help me understand difference between Moderator and Staff?

The “Staff” includes moderators and administrators. “Moderator” includes only moderators.

Okay makes sense! And difference between Whisper and Staff notes? Are they the same thing?

Well, they are almost the opposite: Whispers are private conversations only visible to staff: [Screenshot 2023-11-28 at 1.39.14 PM] Staff Notices are shown to everyone: [Screenshot 2023-11-28 at 1.35.26 PM] The screenshots don’t really tell the story. These are what staff (or whoever is configu…

By Staff notes, are you referring to this plugin: Discourse User Notes ? Whispers are notes that you can add to posts. They are private conversations. You might be interested in the whispers allowed groups setting to control what group can create/see those private communications. Staff notes fr…

Yes, this gave me better understanding. What about the Staff Colour for a post, what’s the use of that?

Staff color adds a background color to your post like GDPR outside of the EU - #37 Maybe Discourse Moderation Guide also answers some of your questions

[תמונה] evens_tailors.0d: What about the Staff Colour for a post, what’s the use of that? To make a post stand out, it is highlighted with a background color.

Moderators and Admins are staff, but I don’t think Category Moderators are staff. [תמונה] Trust Level Permissions Reference Using Discourse bookmark This reference aims to be a comprehensive list of Discourse features, marked by Trust Level, and including the …

I’m confused, could you tell me difference between Moderator and Category moderator?

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Lilly (Lillian ) 29 בנובמבר,‏ 2023,‏ 12:07am 10

Moderators and Admins are staff, but I don’t think Category Moderators are staff.

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Whispers vs Staff Notes Feature	5	1502	21 באוגוסט,‏ 2018
Staff Notices for....staff? Support	3	1083	9 בנובמבר,‏ 2022
Admin/mods custom post metadata Support	7	166	8 ביוני,‏ 2025
Hide Staff Notices from non-Staff Support	6	237	1 באוקטובר,‏ 2024
Ways to post confidential info for moderator eyes only? Feature	43	11137	24 בספטמבר,‏ 2015

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