# What does automatic means in moderators group

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-automatic-means-in-moderators-group/181723
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-automatic-means-in-moderators-group/181723 "2021-03-03T06:36:38Z")
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### Author: ![chengwei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chengwei/32/210141_2.png) [@chengwei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chengwei)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-automatic-means-in-moderators-group/181723/1 "2021-03-03T06:36:38Z")

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Hi,

I’m setting up a discourse and It’s great, thanks for the great job.

I’m a little confused with automatic moderators, whether it means a user can automatically become a moderator?

below screenshot is what I see with admin user.

 ![20210303143558](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/b/3be8a9f279cb73d07223239dbaa8e1c31da994b7.png)

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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: [March 3, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-automatic-means-in-moderators-group/181723/2 "2021-03-03T08:40:21Z")

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The user gets added automatically to the group if you press ‘grant moderation’. No need to add manually.