What is an Admin? What does an Admin do?

The concept of Admin might still be quite vague for many people, but in any website, forum, or social media Fanpage, there will be an Admin managing it. So, what is an Admin? What tasks do Admins include? Today's article will decode this for you, let's find out.

I. What is an Admin?

Admin is short for Administrator, simply understood as a manager or administrator, depending on the industry and field, there may be corresponding names.

Admins can almost be said to have the highest role in a system, however, depending on the context and field, the authority of Admin can be limited. For example, an admin of a website would have the highest authority, being able to customize content, edit the interface, etc., while a sales admin might just be a sales employee or business assistant.

II. The most common Admins today

1. Facebook Admin

Facebook Admin is the person who creates groups and fanpages, so they have the highest authority over the fanpage and group they have created. If you are invited to be an admin, you will also have similar authority.

2. Web Admin

Web Admin, often called the Website Administrator, is the person with the highest authority over the website. They can edit everything, change the interface, content, logo, etc., as they wish. For a large website, there usually are many admins, and depending on the purpose, the creator can assign rights to limit the admin's authority.

3. Forum, Blog, Community Site Admin

On forums, forums, or community blogs, you will encounter admins the most, as they are the ones managing all the activities of the members and simultaneously moderating content posted by members.

Normally, forums or boards will have many admins, and lower ranks like mod, smod are delegated by admin to manage the general activities of the forum or board such as filtering member content, marking spam, deleting postings that violate policy, and banning members who repeatedly violate general regulations.

4. Sales Admin

Sales Admin is usually a sales employee or assistant to the boss, responsible for supporting the sales department, and their authority will be lower than the bosses in the company.

III. The authorities and functions of an Admin?

1. Authority of Facebook Admin

Creating a fanpage or group is too easy, so the rights of the Facebook Admin are the highest, they can manage member-generated content, have the right to allow or ban members, and create their own regulations to serve the goal and development direction of the fanpage or group.

2. Authority of Web Admin

With technology development like today, the Web Admin plays a very important role, they are the administrators, controlling activities, and optimizing the website to develop and expand the website best for the owner. Common authorities of Web Admin include:

• Configuration, editing of interface: Each Website will have its own interface, Admin will have to edit, optimize the interface to make it user-friendly and make suitable adjustments depending on the field. For this job, Admin usually is someone who knows how to code or is very familiar with the platform that the Website is running on.
• Content management: Content posted on the Website will usually be directly posted by Admin or will be posted by Admin after approving it. Admin can also delete or edit any content or even delegate others so they can post, edit, or delete any specific content. In addition, Admin is responsible for optimizing the post for SEO standards so that the website's content ranks high on Google.
• User management: The administrator is responsible for managing members in the system, may delegate different rights and tasks to members. Additionally, the administrator monitors the activities and comments of other members, if any signs of spam, then Admin will have the right to block or permanently ban that account.
• Website security: Security is always a priority issue for any website. The administrators must monitor the activity of the Website, check for any malicious code, install firewalls, block unusual IP accesses, reasonably set permissions for folders, and have a backup data plan in case of severe damage from hacker attacks.

3. Authority of forum, blog, community site Admin

Forums, forums, or community sites are places where many members participate in discussions and post the most, so Admins have the authority to manage content, approve content, delete spam content, and also can block members if they violate the general regulations.

Thus, I have explained what an Admin is and what the work and authority of an Admin are, I hope the article will be useful to you.