Category group moderation before global mod promotion
Give a trusted group moderation power in one category before handing them forum-wide authority.
Why this can grow a startup
A growing community usually has a few people who clearly know one area well but should not own the entire forum yet. Discourse's category group moderation lets the operator test that responsibility in a narrow lane. A group can review flagged content in one category, and category moderator improvements expanded that role into real operating authority such as closing topics, pinning answers, and editing category descriptions. That creates a better path from contributor to owner, while keeping moderation close to the subject matter that person actually understands.
Source-backed example
Discourse lets admins enable category group moderation, assign one group to a category's moderation section, and later gives those category-specific moderators powers like solved marking, closing, archiving, moving posts, pinning, and adding staff notices within that category.
Source-reported evidence
Source: Discourse Meta: Category Group Review/Moderation
Discourse limits category group moderation to one group per category and exposes a dedicated Needs Review queue plus category-specific moderation actions.
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Source discovered: May 30, 2026
When to use it
Use this when Community, Support, Operations is relevant to community governance, expert ownership, moderation scaling and you can run a bounded test with a free budget.
When not to use it
Do not use it as a substitute for customer evidence, a clear owner, or a measurable stop condition. Local platform rules and market behavior still need checking.
How to do it
- Choose one target segment and define the exact next action this tactic should prompt.
- Adapt the tactic to Community and Support, using evidence from Discourse Meta: Category Group Review/Moderation as context—not as a promised result.
- Record a baseline for: Users who resolve the issue and complete the next useful action. Set a guardrail that would make you pause the test.
- Run a narrow pilot and choose a test window that fits the normal decision or use cycle; do not scale before you have observed the full cycle.
- Compare the signal with its baseline. Scale only if the intended action improves without crossing the guardrail; otherwise revise one variable or stop and record what you learned.
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