We have four preset roles in Talk:
Commenter A standard community member Could receive a badge (eg. 'Subscriber') via a custom newsroom Plugin Recipe No moderation abilities No configuration abilities
Staff A standard community member Receives a Staff badge when they comment Comments are automatically approved No moderation abilities * No configuration abilities
Moderator A standard community member Receives a Staff badge when they comment Comments are automatically approved Has full moderation privileges Can configure individual articles via the Configure tab on the article page No site-wide configuration abilities
Administrator A standard community member Receives a Staff badge when they comment Comments are automatically approved Has full moderation privileges Can configure individual articles via the Configure tab on the article page Can configure site settings via the Configure tab in the moderation interface