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Comments on Let's have the same icon for moderators across views

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Let's have the same icon for moderators across views

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Currently the moderator icon is not consistent across views.

See for example this post by Jirka Hanika, a moderator in Linguistics:

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And then see who it looks in his/her profile page:

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Both icons mean the same, but are different. Would it be interesting to stick to just one icon to signal the moderator status?

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Neither icon says "moderator" to me. (3 comments)
Neither icon says "moderator" to me.
Olin Lathrop‭ wrote over 2 years ago
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The one with the white lines on blue background looks like a tent, something that might mean "camping spot". I'm not sure what the other icon is supposed to be (a medieval sword shield?), but it certainly doesn't say "moderator" either. A 5-pointed star sheriff badge would be more of a clue, although I don't know how American-only that might be. Still, it's got to be better than a tent and archaic battle equipment.

Peter Taylor‭ wrote over 2 years ago
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It's "shield", Unicode codepoint U+1F6E1, presumably representing the rôle of moderators as protecting the community. I suspect that if you want to propose an alternative it should also be a Unicode emoji.

Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 2 years ago
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The icon that shows up in the usercard is a configuration option and can be changed. I suspect the one that goes with the "moderator" label in the abilities section of the profile is baked in. I agree that having two different icons is confusing.