# administrators and moderators?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250 "2011-12-30T05:09:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MrSquirrel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrsquirrel/32/1008_2.png) [@MrSquirrel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrSquirrel)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250/1 "2011-12-30T05:09:37Z")

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just wondering, what is the difference between an administrator (like Icthus) and a moderator (like mrcnja)?

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**Author:** ![Kyle700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyle700](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle700)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250/2 "2011-12-30T05:55:52Z")

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An admin is a bit like an overlord. He can moderate every forum and such, and has other privledges. A moderator just moderates one forum typically, more like a watchman.

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**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250/3 "2011-12-30T06:10:33Z")

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Or, think of the work place…you have your boss who has the final call, and the supervisors who are there to keep things in check in a given department (or in this case, forum).

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250/4 "2011-12-30T06:11:24Z")

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An admin has special magic to do things like delete accounts, set policy etc. Moderators have more limited powers like being able to delete topics or ban users.

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**Author:** ![MrSquirrel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrsquirrel/32/1008_2.png) [@MrSquirrel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrSquirrel)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250/5 "2011-12-30T22:14:14Z")

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> [@AngryGumball](#):
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> Or, think of the work place…you have your boss who has the final call, and the supervisors who are there to keep things in check in a given department (or in this case, forum).

I dont have a job. I’m 12 years old

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**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/administrators-and-moderators/33250/6 "2011-12-30T22:20:29Z")

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> [@MrSquirrel](#):
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> > [@AngryGumball](#):
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> > Or, think of the work place…you have your boss who has the final call, and the supervisors who are there to keep things in check in a given department (or in this case, forum).
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> I dont have a job. I’m 12 years old

You can still think of it that way though…