# New pending application generates staff notification

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pending-application-generates-staff-notification/195759
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 2, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pending-application-generates-staff-notification/195759 "2021-07-02T11:37:50Z")
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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pending-application-generates-staff-notification/195759/4 "2021-07-02T15:09:48Z")

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I removed the image as one could still see PII from the pixelated section.

> [@robbie.morrison](#):
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> Rather unusually [our site](https://forum.openmod.org) screens everybody and then sets them to trust level 2 (TL2) on admission.

There is a site setting for that, see `default trust level` site setting. I/We strongly suggest leaving this at TL0 though.

> [@robbie.morrison](#):
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> I though administrators are a **subset** of moderators.

You can be either of the 2 or both, there really isn’t subsets here. Even though there were, admins cannot be a subset of moderators as they have more abilities than moderators. See [Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-of-various-user-states-in-discourse-admin-moderator-staff-developer-other/35171) for an explanation of each one.

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