mod can be modification

Modok disapproves of this suggestion.

I don't think any moderators have MOD as their username so having Mod in the name does not refer to a moderator.

Most of the moderators on Steam are not global moderators. And the ones who are have Valve Employee badges on their profiles.

Agreed.

But how am I going to call attention to my use of Retgro british fashion sense m8?

I came here because I thought the OP was "the" Shak.... seems deceptive...

"Civilians"

We're all civilians. Steam's no government operation.

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

"Civilians"

We're all civilians. Steam's no government operation.

You are a civilian, I am a subject (UK) lol

Forum moderators, Game devs, and Valve Staff have different colored nicknames.

Normal users have white.

Orange for moderators. Only in the hub they have moderation power in.

Gold for game devs. Only in the hub for their games.

Green for Valve staff. Everywhere. Also have the Valve logo next to their nickname in a position that cannot be copied.

Yellow for Steam group officers. Only in the Steam group they have officer rank in.

So no matter what someone's nickname is, there is no way to confuse someone based on their nickname.

Originally posted by HikariLight:

So no matter what someone's nickname is, there is no way to confuse someone based on their nickname.

Agreed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiNyEG89QSo&ab_channel=JohnChristen

report, ignore and move on, thats all that you can do.

doubt valve will censor "mod" and i dont think thats a good suggestion.

that said, i have seen some use "premium valve verified account" as well, under their profile info, reporting it didnt net anything worth while.

btw, we are all civilians, unless one is in the military, or some type of government body, think you mean "average user", "steam user", or such.

in any case, most should know by now, or have noticed, valve employees have a much different account, than the average user, they also have headers above their account, talking about scams and such.

and when they make comments, they have different colored names (depending, ie.. yellow, green, orange and gold i guess... which looks more yellow to me) and badges next to their names (like "developer", "valve", "moderator", etc.., which also accounts for game hub staff for every game on steam), as someone else mentioned.

have a nice day

Steam already censors things like Admin as part of names as is.

Originally posted by Tezzious:

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

"Civilians"

We're all civilians. Steam's no government operation.

You are a civilian, I am a subject (UK) lol

I'm an Australian so...God Save the King?