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Can someone help me moderate?
If your community is busy enough that you need a hand, make a trusted member a moderator. They can remove posts and lock threads on your behalf, which means you do not have to be the only person watching.
The prompt
“Make [name] a moderator in my community forum.”
Signed in, Get my prompt fills in your site for you. Otherwise press Copy and fill in the [bracketed] parts. First time? Connect your AI to bernard once: Use your own AI (opens in a new tab).
What a moderator can do
- Remove a post (hidden, not destroyed).
- Lock a thread so nobody can reply.
What a moderator cannot do
- Remove a member from the forum.
- Change another person’s role.
- Change forum categories or settings.
- Post as the host (that is always you).
These are owner-only actions, deliberately kept to one person.
How to set it
Tell Bernard: “Make Anna a moderator in my forum.” The role changes in the forum at once - Anna does not need to sign out and back in. To take the role back, change it to member or read-only.
Roles at a glance
| Role | Can read | Can post | Can moderate | Can remove members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| read-only | Yes | No | No | No |
| member | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| moderator | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| admin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (owner only) |
Questions people ask
- What can a moderator do?
- A moderator can remove posts and lock threads. They cannot remove members, change other people’s roles, or change the forum’s categories or settings - those are owner-only.
- Can I make someone an admin?
- Only people who are members of your bernard account can be admins. If someone is already on your account, you can set their forum role to admin.
- Does the change apply straight away?
- Yes. The role change applies in the forum at once, not on their next sign-in. Bernard confirms the change with you for approval before it takes effect.
- Can I take the moderator role back?
- Yes. Change their role to member or read-only and the moderator privileges are removed immediately.