Suggesters and Viewers in a discussion may request Writer rights (see Participant Rights and Roles). To request Writer rights, open the Discussion Menu and select ‘Request Writer Rights’. You will be asked to provide an (optional) reason for requesting Writer rights. If a discussion is private and you do not have at least Viewer rights, you’ll be offered the option of requesting rights when you attempt to access it.
Only discussion Admins and Owners can approve users’ Writer rights requests. While Writer rights requests are enabled by default, Admins and Owners can choose to turn them off - to do so, open the Discussion Menu and select ‘Discussion Settings’. Deselect ‘Allow participation requests’.