[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Mooff

Are you kidding me?

Users need to know if a moderator just gave them a warning or someone else is imposing. And that goes for PM and posts on the board. Also posts where staff members set the tone of a thread need to be recognized as such - f.e. "guys please get back on topic."


It is not a good idea to make the life for your users harder just cause that might help vs spambots and script kiddies. In addition, if you worry about the latter i would worry more about the security of the adminpasswords. Like, force your admins not to use simple passwords like "god, dogname, love, hate, admin, power".

Most all forum board users know that not just anyone can issue infractions or give warnings. But all this really is just a difference in philosophy - on my board, we're not ticky-tacky, never worry too much about any "rules" and therefore, never much issue with warnings, infractions, etc. It's not a armed camp or a nanny state with word police, "offense" police, and the like. People are expected to take personal responsibility for their posts and for the overwhelming majority, they do.

I understand why folks would want to mark their staff, and many boards do it. But it's more of a "me too" type of deal than anything else, people do it on reflex because everyone else does. Not even thinking about it. Like lemmings.