# "Regular mode" for admins and moderators (e.g. something like "sudo")

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/regular-mode-for-admins-and-moderators-e-g-something-like-sudo/211617
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 9, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regular-mode-for-admins-and-moderators-e-g-something-like-sudo/211617 "2021-12-09T14:35:00Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regular-mode-for-admins-and-moderators-e-g-something-like-sudo/211617/11 "2022-01-17T22:44:28Z")

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I understand the concern, but it isn’t a huge issue in practice, at least not over the 10 years I’ve been working on this project.

(also bear in mind we auto-revoke staff access and require email revalidation for staff that are long absent, which patches most of this automatically IMO)

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