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"Change for Moderators"

There has been a slight change in the way moderators user colours will be shown - from now on moderators will only be shown as such while posting within their own forum.

This is so that confusion does not arise as to who is moderating each forum. This will not affect your status within your own forum.

Arghhh so many name changes *head explodes*

Nice to see the staffie-user interaction is just as good as ever..ahem.

...and just in case my new name was winding you up...I've changed it to something 'more positive' ;-)

M1 wrote:
> Of course the most confusing thing is those people who change
> their nickname to something completely different after they have
> said "goodbye".

At the risk of going down the route of 'Hedfix-esque' internet 'personas'. Cong_Man was a product of the WWE forum and that shaped much of 'his' discussion on the old boards, as that forum has gone, so has that 'persona', to somewhere that he can discuss his favourite topic. However, I'm not a completely one-sided person and still have much to offer this board under a different guise, the change of name merely reflects that, nothing sinister and I'm quite happy to be open about it.

> Here at Freeola, we are quite content with the moderator colour
> and the difference can be seen on the top posters page. For
> those who are less able to distinguish colours, and those who
> use poor monitors, the word "Moderator" under the
> nickname is a dead giveaway.

I accept that fact and did so before I made my post. However, if you're looking down the list quickly, as I often do at work and seeing as you've gone to the trouble of having different colours at all, then a greater difference is a sensible option.

> You are welcome here Cong_Man but please try to balance your
> criticism with something constructive.

I think my criticism was constructive in it's nature, however if you feel 'put-out' by some constructive criticism, then I disagree, I'm not welcome...I'll be happy to give you some positive feedback as soon as I come across something which I feel warrants it. For example, the new shades are much better, thank you.

The issue seems a bit trivial to warrant a discussion really. On other well established forums every user is indistinguishable, we may have a post count but unless you click on that user's profile you won't be able to tell what type of member they are, which is how it should be.

Now made slightly lighter/brighter

We'll tweak it a fraction to try to improve it.

Id have to disagree with you M1. Im not colour blind or have any other health problems that stop me from distinguishing colours and I have a decent monitor yet I still think that the moderators colour and the regualar colour are too similar. It would be easier if it stood out a bit more than it does, but it doesnt particularly matter if it doesnt.

Nation of Moderation wrote:
> I'd say that the moderator blue being almost indistinguishable
> from 'regular' blue is far more confusing personally. More
> worryingly it shows that Freeola haven't really thought about
> the colours used. Even a brief dip into the world of human
> computer interaction studies will reveal that a greater
> proportion of people struggle to distinguish different shades of
> blues and greens more than any other colour...

Of course the most confusing thing is those people who change their nickname to something completely different after they have said "goodbye".

Here at Freeola, we are quite content with the moderator colour and the difference can be seen on the top posters page. For those who are less able to distinguish colours, and those who use poor monitors, the word "Moderator" under the nickname is a dead giveaway.

You are welcome here Cong_Man but please try to balance your criticism with something constructive.

I'd say that the moderator blue being almost indistinguishable from 'regular' blue is far more confusing personally. More worryingly it shows that Freeola haven't really thought about the colours used. Even a brief dip into the world of human computer interaction studies will reveal that a greater proportion of people struggle to distinguish different shades of blues and greens more than any other colour...

There has been a slight change in the way moderators user colours will be shown - from now on moderators will only be shown as such while posting within their own forum.

This is so that confusion does not arise as to who is moderating each forum. This will not affect your status within your own forum.