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Why do we have the "Participate Everywhere" ability when we haven't yet done anything? Bootstrapping. Our communities are still small, so after we rolled out the abilities system we decided to p...
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[*Why do we have the "Participate Everywhere" ability when we haven't yet done anything?*](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281909/281911#answer-281911) > Bootstrapping. Our communities are still small, so after we rolled out the abilities system we decided to put all our communities in "new community" mode, which lets everyone start with Participate Everywhere. Moderators can suspend a specific ability for a user if it's being misused, either for a specific time period or until the ability is properly earned.