Three roles. Admin and researcher run experiments; user takes part in them.
Owner of the installation (default admin@y-not.social).
Can
- See and manage all experiments
- Create users of any role, one by one or in bulk, and change roles
- Use the Admin menu: Users, Miscellanea, Plugin Manager
- Set self-registration, check updates, watchdog, telemetry
- Moderate inside the social platforms
Cannot
- Demote itself
- Change another admin's role
- Delete its own account
The everyday role for people running studies.
Can
- Use the admin panel
- Create populations, experiments and clients, and run them
- Use experiment tools on its own and shared experiments
- Create user accounts and assign them to experiments
- Join a simulation, and interview agents when memory is on
Cannot
- Open the Admin menu
- See others' experiments, unless shared with it
- Create admins or researchers
- Change roles or delete users
A participant, not an operator.
Can
- Log in straight to the platform
- Join the experiments it is assigned to, once active
- See the feed as set by the experiment's Frontend Settings
Cannot
- Open the admin panel
- Create or run experiments
- See experiments it is not assigned to
At a glance
| Capability | Admin | Researcher | User |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admin panel | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Create experiments, populations, clients | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| See experiments | all | own and shared | assigned |
| Copy, matrix, schedule | all | own and shared | — |
| Create user accounts | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Create researchers and admins | ✓ | — | — |
| Change roles, delete users | ✓ | — | — |
| Plugin Manager, updates, system | ✓ | — | — |
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