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+title: User Roles in Talk
+permalink: /roles/
+---
+
+We have four preset roles in Talk:
+
+**Commenter**
+• A standard community member
+• Could receive a badge (eg. 'Subscriber') via [a custom newsroom Plugin Recipe](https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/plugin-recipes/#recipe-subscriber)
+• No moderation abilities
+• No configuration abilities
+
+**Staff**
+• A standard community member 
+• Receives a Staff badge when they comment
+• Comments are automatically approved
+• No moderation abilities
+• No configuration abilities
+
+**Moderator**
+• A standard community member 
+• Receives a Staff badge when they comment
+• Comments are automatically approved
+• Has full moderation privileges 
+• Can configure individual articles via the Configure tab on the article page
+• No site-wide configuration abilities 
+
+**Administrator**
+• A standard community member 
+• Receives a Staff badge when they comment
+• Comments are automatically approved
+• Has full moderation privileges 
+• Can configure individual articles via the Configure tab on the article page
+• Can configure site settings via the Configure tab in the moderation interface