User Role
A user role is a data model in a system that defines a user's permissions and level of access to functionality. It is typically granted by an administrator.
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On the Forem platform, the newsletter checkbox actually checks whether the user holds a certain role, and a role is not a notification preference; toggling that checkbox does not affect the article's index status.
User roles and notification preferences are two different data models: roles are granted by administrators and control permissions and feature access, while notification preferences are fields the user can toggle themselves; the two may appear on the same page at the form level, but are written to different database columns.
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On the Forem platform, the newsletter checkbox actually checks whether the user holds a certain role, and a role is not a notification preference; toggling that checkbox does not affect the article's index status.
50%UnverifiedUser roles and notification preferences are two different data models: roles are granted by administrators and control permissions and feature access, while notification preferences are fields the user can toggle themselves; the two may appear on the same page at the form level, but are written to different database columns.
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