I appreciate the attention this issue has received and whatever is decided, we'll live with. However, there does not have to be some grand technical solution IMO. If you want to correct the problem, change the system so that NO one be designated with the "Moderator" tag. Then, require that all moderators indicate in their signatures that they Moderator of X forum, as slippahs indicates above. So, unless I'm missing something it is not true that nothing can be done.

Further, the signature would ensure that people could see who is a moderator and of which forum(s). I'm not trying to suggest that anyone would think that a moderator's opinion is more important than another's. What concerns me is the moderator who, for example, in a fit of pique, says something inappropriate. (It can and does happen - we're all human.) Unless everyone knows who moderates each forum, it appears that the "moderator" has license to be a jerk. Contrary to what is posted above, I do not believe every moderator takes great pains to make it clear that he/she is posting as a moderator or a member, nor should she or he have to if my suggestion were to be implemented.

Thanks again for looking into the matter.