Remove diamonds in reviews done by moderators before becoming moderators

Question

I was going through this post's timeline: Is a clean install better than upgrading?

Looking at the events in the timeline is quite confusing TBH.

First, let's take a look at this event: https://askubuntu.com/posts/5466/timeline#review_669540

Zanna was not a moderator in 2017. She became a moderator in 2020. So, having the diamond in this case is a bit confusing but it's OK as all the reviewers voted to leave the question closed.

Let's take a look at the next event: https://askubuntu.com/posts/5466/timeline#review_833759

In this review, Zanna cast vote to reopen the question. But since majority of the reviewers voted to leave the question closed, the question was not reopened.
This will look confusing to someone new to the network as many know that moderator actions are final; so they would assume that the question should have been reopened because of Zanna's vote. Most of the people new to the site would not know when Zanna became a moderator, so things will look contradictory to them.

There are other reviews as well in the timeline in which Zanna has participated (but was not a mod back then).

So please remove the diamond from reviews which were done before becoming a moderator to avoid confusion.

Answer 1

A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?

When a user runs in a moderator election, that's what's asked of them. And I think that's how it should stay.

It's an easy to explain rule: the diamond is always attached to a mod's name (except in user-generated content). To change it would require developer time better spent on other issues.

With your suggestion, things start getting confusing in other ways. When the diamond isn't always next to the mod's name, you might think there are two different accounts at play. And what would the pattern be for when a diamond is displayed and when it's not? (Reviews show the same information that's shown elsewhere in the system. In addition you can see comments under the post.) Do we give ex-moderators their diamonds on posts they unilaterally closed?