Index: src/views/partials/bottom-tab.ejs
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--- src/views/partials/bottom-tab.ejs	(revision b94c08ee93afe04552667726a69e8b5eb5629d16)
+++ src/views/partials/bottom-tab.ejs	(revision c869272b9b1102a8007325c0133c1a233861e51b)
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 const _siteUrlBase = (typeof siteUrlBase !== 'undefined' && siteUrlBase) ? siteUrlBase : '';
 const _path        = (typeof currentPath !== 'undefined' && currentPath) ? currentPath : '/';
-const _canPost     = !!(user && permissions && permissions.canCreatePost && permissions.canCreatePost(user, site));
+const _canPost     = !!(user && (typeof canMutate === 'undefined' || canMutate)
+                        && permissions && permissions.canCreatePost && permissions.canCreatePost(user, site));
 const _hasPrutter  = !!(user && site && site.enable_prutter && (typeof tenancy !== 'undefined' && tenancy === 'hub'));
 const _ownProfile  = user ? ('/users/' + user.username) : null;