It organizes people into three main privilege groups: Authors, Editors, and Admins. That’s too coarse-grained, and it’s the mismatch between our egalitarian expectations and a categorization from the blog world that’s chafing.

Authors have fewer privileges than a discussion participant should have, including self-editing rights. And Editors have more privileges than participants need, but fewer than moderators need. But Admin confers too many dangerous technical powers to give to all but a select few. So at the moment, nobody has exactly the right mix.

Damn if it doesn’t sound like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, doesn’t it?

Anyway, I’m aware of the problem, and how it can rub against our social expectations. I’ll have to fix it.

I’m still trying to sort out the new caste system. So far, I find it is a big shortcomming to the new digs.

The old mods became editors. All other registered became authors. I think this is why some don’t see the edit button (sorry Rob, VRB, etc). I’ve been doing experiments with the TestUser and the results seem inconsistant. Of that’s my memory.

Probably going to create a new doppleganger to explore the WordPress options. I’d like to understand this before we take the next step of opening up the boards. Right now anyone can read the Zone, but only registed can post even a comment, and that is complicated. There is no means of registering right now.

We’re in an echo chamber with glass walls.