Permission Levels for Newsfeed or Discussion Board

Hello, 
I only want to allow people to view only, download (documents) and have a discussion or provide feedback (I don't want them to edit or add/make changes, etc.). I reviewed the permission levels and "Read" would be an ideal option but it doesn't
allow them to use Newsfeed or Discussion Board.  I don't want to give them permission to "Contribute" or "Edit" (which allows them to use the discussion board & newsfeed but it also allow them to edit and make changes to the site).
 Can you please help me?
Thanks, 
Vann

Hi Vann, not sure if you're giving them contribute permissions to the site or just on the discussion list, but I would give them read access to the site and contribute access to the discussion. Then go into the advanced settings for the discussion list
and check the "create items and edit items that were created by the user." This will prevent them from editing items other than ones they created.
cameron rautmann

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