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feature-request

The words "Mod" and "Staff" are fine on the user card. However, the badges are too much of a distraction in the comments, especially when there are many comments from mods or employees.

I suggest reducing it to just symbols (as before) next to usernames in the comments similar to what's demonstrated in this answer:

...or any other alternatives. My personal preference is either the Stack Overflow logo shown above or the Stack Exchange logo as in the SOX userscript, but I don't mind any other symbols or icons suggested by the community, like in this answer, for example.

Additionally, if the symbol is added next to "Staff" in the user card (as is the case with "Mod"), it will be immediately clear to someone looking at the comments what the symbol represents.

feature-request status-declined

The words "Mod" and "Staff" are fine on the user card. However, the badges are too much of a distraction in the comments, especially when there are many comments from mods or employees.

I suggest reducing it to just symbols (as before) next to usernames in the comments similar to what's demonstrated in this answer:

...or any other alternatives. My personal preference is either the Stack Overflow logo shown above or the Stack Exchange logo as in the SOX userscript, but I don't mind any other symbols or icons suggested by the community, like in this answer, for example.

Additionally, if the symbol is added next to "Staff" in the user card (as is the case with "Mod"), it will be immediately clear to someone looking at the comments what the symbol represents.

feature-request

The words "Mod" and "Staff" are fine on the user card. However, the badges are too much of a distraction in the comments, especially when there are many comments from mods or employees.

I suggest reducing it to just symbols (as before) next to usernames in the comments similar to what's demonstrated in this answer:

or alternatively, in this answer:

Additionally, if the symbol is added next to "Staff" in the user card (as is the case with "Mod"), it will be immediately clear to someone looking at the comments what the symbol represents.

feature-request

The words "Mod" and "Staff" are fine on the user card. However, the badges are too much of a distraction in the comments, especially when there are many comments from mods or employees.

I suggest reducing it to just symbols (as before) next to usernames in the comments similar to what's demonstrated in this answer:

...or any other alternatives. My personal preference is either the Stack Overflow logo shown above or the Stack Exchange logo as in the SOX userscript, but I don't mind any other symbols or icons suggested by the community, like in this answer, for example.

Additionally, if the symbol is added next to "Staff" in the user card (as is the case with "Mod"), it will be immediately clear to someone looking at the comments what the symbol represents.

feature-request

The words "Mod" and "Staff" are fine on the user card. However, the badges are too much of a distraction in the comments, especially when there are many comments from mods or employees.

I suggest reducing it to just symbols (as before) next to usernames in the comments similar to what's demonstrated in this answer:

Additionally, if the symbol is added next to "Staff" in the user card (as is the case with "Mod"), it will be immediately clear to someone looking at the comments what the symbol represents.

feature-request

The words "Mod" and "Staff" are fine on the user card. However, the badges are too much of a distraction in the comments, especially when there are many comments from mods or employees.

I suggest reducing it to just symbols (as before) next to usernames in the comments similar to what's demonstrated in this answer:

or alternatively, in this answer:

Additionally, if the symbol is added next to "Staff" in the user card (as is the case with "Mod"), it will be immediately clear to someone looking at the comments what the symbol represents.