🚧User Trust Levels

Trust Levels on Common

To help communities stay high-signal and spam-resistant, Common uses a flexible Trust Level system. These levels define what users can do on the platform, and help both the protocol and communities determine visibility, permissions, and moderation thresholds.

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What Are Trust Levels?

Trust Levels are onchain and social signals that determine how much a user can do across Common. They're earned (or in some cases bought), and they evolve as users engage with the protocol.

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User Levels Overview

Level	Emoji	Requirements	Daily Limits	AI Usage
0	🚫	Unverified wallet (shouldn't happen)	None	None
1	🐣	Verified wallet, no balance or SSO	3 creates / 15 upvotes	2 images, 5 texts
2	⏳	Level 1 + 1 week old account	6 creates / 30 upvotes	2 images, 5 texts
3	🌐	Verified wallet + balance or SSO	15 creates / 75 upvotes	5 images, 10 texts
4 (Coming Soon)	🔗	Created a namespace + nominated OR launched a coin or funded contest Trade Amount: 0.25 ETH (2.5 × 10¹⁷ wei) Contest Funding: - Launchpad Token: Minimum 1000 full tokens - USDC: $50 minimum	No limits (abuse thresholds apply)	10 images, 50 texts
5 (Coming Soon)	⭐	Paid subscriber ($20/mo onchain or Stripe)	No limits (abuse thresholds apply)	100 images, 500 texts

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What Users See

Users see their current Trust Level on their profile. This level impacts:

• Posting: Lower levels may see captchas or warnings before posting.

• Feed Visibility: Posts from lower trust users are downweighted.

• Spam Flagging: Posts may be auto-flagged if below community thresholds.

• AI Features: Creation limits scale with trust level.

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What Communities Can Do

Communities can use trust levels to manage access and filter content:

• Spam Controls: Set thresholds to auto-flag or hide posts from low-trust users

• Visibility & Curation (coming soon): Trust levels influence post weight in global and local feeds

• Gating (coming soon): Communities will be able to gate spaces or actions based on trust levels.

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Community Verification & Trust Mapping

Trust Levels also map to community permissions and onboarding workflows:

• Level 1 (No Icon): Communities that just get created

• Level 2 (🌐): Community verified via onchain social or manual process.

• Level 3 (🔗): Community created a namespace, launched a coin, or ran a contest.

• Level 4 (⭐): Enterprise access with premium integrations and support. Please reach out for more information to [e-mail]

Communities can onboard via:

• Social (Twitter)

• Onchain signing

• Manual verification by a site admin

Depending on how a community onboards, it will receive a corresponding trust tag like Verified or Enterprise.

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Why This Exists

This system is designed to:

• Keep high-quality contributors visible

• Limit spam and low-signal behavior

• Give communities tools to scale trust and moderation

We'll keep iterating based on user feedback.

This is the foundation for communities to build stronger, more trusted ecosystems.

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