diff --git a/app/components/board/post/index.ts b/app/components/board/post/index.ts
index 7afa5d92..f5e9945c 100644
--- a/app/components/board/post/index.ts
+++ b/app/components/board/post/index.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default class PostComponent extends Component<Signature> {
     if (typeof this.args.post.message === 'string') {
       const content = this.contentParser.parsePostContent(
         this.args.post.message,
-        { groupId: this.args.post.author.groupId },
+        { privileged: this.args.post.author.privileged },
       );
       return htmlSafe(content);
     } else {
diff --git a/app/config/app.config.ts b/app/config/app.config.ts
index fbfcba7f..a31f83dc 100644
--- a/app/config/app.config.ts
+++ b/app/config/app.config.ts
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ export const appConfig = {
    * The threshold for HTTP timeout warning in milliseconds.
    */
   httpTimeoutWarningThreshold: 5000,
-  /**
-   * The default user group id. Other group ids define mods, admins and the like.
-   */
-  standardUserGroupId: '3',
   /**
    * The refresh interval for the newsfeed in milliseconds.
    */
diff --git a/app/models/user.ts b/app/models/user.ts
index b15f9bfc..3cd842c8 100644
--- a/app/models/user.ts
+++ b/app/models/user.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class User extends Model {
   declare age?: string;
 
   @attr()
-  declare groupId?: string;
+  declare privileged?: boolean;
 
   @attr()
   declare locked?: boolean;
diff --git a/app/services/api/types/users.ts b/app/services/api/types/users.ts
index 44e5c18c..65c4a229 100644
--- a/app/services/api/types/users.ts
+++ b/app/services/api/types/users.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ export interface Read {
   activity?: string;
   status?: string;
   age?: string;
-  groupId?: string;
   locked?: boolean;
+  privileged: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/app/services/content-parser.ts b/app/services/content-parser.ts
index 4623367d..fa84122a 100644
--- a/app/services/content-parser.ts
+++ b/app/services/content-parser.ts
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ export default class ContentParserService extends Service {
   /**
    * Parses post content to HTML and returns the result.
    * @param input The post content containing BBCode and other things.
-   * @param options.groupId (optional) The author's group id. Will be used to decide whether specific tags should be parsed at all (e.g. `[mod]`).
-   * Defaults to '3', the value for normal users.
+   * @param options.privileged (optional) Whether the author is considered privileged.
+   * Will be used to decide whether specific tags should be parsed at all (e.g. `[mod]`).
    * @returns The HTML output.
    */
-  parsePostContent(input: string, options?: { groupId?: string }) {
-    const { groupId } = { groupId: appConfig.standardUserGroupId, ...options };
+  parsePostContent(input: string, options?: { privileged?: boolean }) {
+    const { privileged } = { ...options };
     let output = input;
     output = sanitize(output);
     output = parseCode(output);
     output = parseSimpleTags(output);
     output = parseTex(output);
-    output = parsePrivilegedTags(output, groupId);
+    output = parsePrivilegedTags(output, privileged);
     output = parseImg(output);
     output = parseVideo(output, window.location);
     output = parseUrl(output, {
diff --git a/app/services/content-parser/privileged-tags.ts b/app/services/content-parser/privileged-tags.ts
index 4f78fec2..21ce978a 100644
--- a/app/services/content-parser/privileged-tags.ts
+++ b/app/services/content-parser/privileged-tags.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import { appConfig } from 'potber-client/config/app.config';
-
 /**
- * Parses all privileged tags. Privileged will only be parsed if the given `groupId` does not equal 3,
- * which is the value for normal users.
+ * Parses all privileged tags.
  * @param input The input string.
- * @param groupId The group id.
+ * @param privileged Whether the user is privileged.
  * @returns The output string.
  */
-export function parsePrivilegedTags(input: string, groupId: string) {
-  if (groupId === appConfig.standardUserGroupId) {
+export function parsePrivilegedTags(input: string, privileged?: boolean) {
+  if (!privileged) {
     return input;
   }
   let output = input;