# QOL: dealing with trust levels

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**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** trust-levels\
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/qol-dealing-with-trust-levels/396405 "2026-02-18T14:49:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/qol-dealing-with-trust-levels/396405/6 "2026-02-18T20:32:53Z")

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Jeff breaks it down in detail at [The Rule of Three](https://blog.codinghorror.com/rule-of-three/) but from a product perspective it boils down to waiting until at least three people are confused by the same thing before we consider it something that needs attention.

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