Originally Posted by cactuspete
So when you are not signed in as a moderator all of your posts don't have the "moderator" tag under your handle, above the "bio"?
You know the answer to that. It's been pointed out many times.
Your complaint is with the software. Asking rhetorical questions about what is a software issue isn't very probative.
And because the software defaults the way it does, every moderator takes pains to make it clear when he/she is acting as a moderator and posting as a member. I suspect that's pretty clear to most folks.
You are welcome to explore my posts. When acting as a Moderator, I sign it as moderator. When acting as a member, I don't sign it as a moderator. I'm not clear why you are still confused since this is exactly what you asked for above:
Originally Posted by cactuspete
Why not just require all moderators to show their "credentials" in their signature line?
Most if not all do this. So what is the problem?
And, in any case the bottom line is this: the question was asked. FT Tech staff quickly responded that this was not possible in the current software options. The amount of work to do a workaround would be massive and lead to an administrative mess as dozens of separate forum moderator groups are maintained.
So the question has been asked and answered. While the discussion has been illuminating, I hope that John will now close this because further discussion or disingenuous-appearing questions simply appear, imo, to be tendentious at this point.