Simkin says:
What about creating a "Test View" so the GM can see the game from his players' perspective to test if he / she has the Read permissions correctly? Almost like a one-time sandbox view to see if everything is setup correctly? Not sure what would be involved, but clearly useful for newbies like me that have never moderated a forum. It would have saved me a few rookie mistakes that I felt embarrassed about with my players. We have moved on, but... ooooops.
I've considered that before. It's quite possible I'm overthinking the problem, but I couldn't think of a simple way to do it, so it's been somewhat lower priority. However, as I do the redesign, maybe something will come to mind!