# Silence button on moderators user admin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-button-on-moderators-user-admin/203423
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-button-on-moderators-user-admin/203423 "2021-09-13T17:00:51Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-button-on-moderators-user-admin/203423/1 "2021-09-13T17:00:51Z")

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Moderators cannot be silenced or suspended. I find it confusing when I go to their user admin page and a ‘Silence’ button is shown instead of hidden like the ‘Suspend’ button. I’m just wondering if this is intentional?

Thanks

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