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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, it's really beautiful! Although it did create a new problem for me to solve for the lemmy client app I'm developing.

So here's the problem: how can one distinguish a real mod from a display name/username looking like a mod?

One way is to put up a "mod badge" in the UI.

I hated this option, as it didn't fit well with my general design. I wanted a color only method of mod identification. The problem with this is, well usernames similar to yours. What if a user just changes their username to the color green?

That increases the chances of someone being fooled by a fake mod.

I tried putting animated text for mods for this. Then, my performance degraded like crazy. I still haven't solved this problem. For now, I'm still doing the color identification way. Let's see, when all major features have been implemented, I'll go on to work on this again.