What are Group roles?
Role Types
Every group has three built-in roles:
- Owner — full control over the group, including settings, roles, and deletion. Only one owner at a time.
- Moderator — can manage posts, mute/ban members, and access the mod log. Cannot change group settings or assign roles.
- Member — can post, comment, react, and participate in polls. Cannot moderate.
Permissions
Here is what each role can do:
- Owner: edit group settings, assign moderators, transfer ownership, delete group, all moderator permissions
- Moderator: remove posts, mute members, ban members, approve posts in the queue, view mod log
- Member: create posts (if allowed), comment, react, share, report content
Assigning Roles
Owners can promote any member to Moderator from Group Settings → Members. Click the member's name and select Make Moderator. To demote, click Remove Moderator Role.
Ownership transfer is done from the same menu — click Make Owner on the target member. This immediately transfers all owner privileges and demotes you to moderator.
Choose moderators carefully. They represent your community and can remove content and ban members on your behalf.
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