# Why are trust levels so integral to Discourse as opposed to a more modular permission system?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-trust-levels-so-integral-to-discourse-as-opposed-to-a-more-modular-permission-system/97896>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [9월 23, 2018, 6:16오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-trust-levels-so-integral-to-discourse-as-opposed-to-a-more-modular-permission-system/97896 "2018-09-23T18:16:37Z")\
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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:** [9월 23, 2018, 10:47오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-trust-levels-so-integral-to-discourse-as-opposed-to-a-more-modular-permission-system/97896/3 "2018-09-23T22:47:54Z")

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We don’t see problems with trust level defaults for most sites. One thing we do run into is new users from trusted sources being hamstrung by tl0 restrictions but that is easily solvable via SSO, and other simple techniques.

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