That isn't what the mod flair is for and you shouldn't have had it on at the time of your comments.

I'll have to disagree with you on this. The mod flair is used whenever we are speaking in the position of a moderator. In the thread posted by Power_of_Pie, it was necessary that we distinguish ourselves because his thread was directed at the mod team, specifically AstonishingSpiderMan. It was very well a moderator issue, so I decided that it would be the responsible thing to do if I marked all of my mod-related comments in the thread. This serves two purposes:

1. The comment can immediately be recognized as a moderator response to a moderator issue, and

2. It leaves a log in the moderator log so we can always track the comment down if we ever need it for any accountability issues in the future.

I only made 4 comments in the thread, all of which were distinguished by the mod flair:

• Comment 1

  • This was the comment I posted which included a picture of the reason why Power_of_Pie was removed from the mod team.
  • I believe my decision to distinguish this comment was justified because I am presenting evidence from a moderator's perspective to backup Ajuaju's argument that was regarding the thread by Power_of_Pie.

• Comment 2

  • This comment was in response to Waqster94 who wanted clarification on whether the moderators may have misinterpreted Power_of_Pie's comment as a joke. I gave Waqster94 some background relating to the image I posted earlier in Comment 1.
  • My justification for distinguishing this comment was because it is a direct follow up to Comment 1.

• Comment 3 (links back to #2)

  • This comment links to Comment #2. TheUltimateTeigu had a similar question to Waqster94, so I asked him to read my response to Waqster94, which is Comment #2.
  • The comment was distinguished for the same justification as Comment #2, in addition to allowing all users to recognize this to be a statement from the moderators in response to Power_of_Pie's thead.

• Comment 4

  • This comment was different from the previous three. It was in response to JuviaOfTheDeep who said they were being harassed via PM. I directed the user to report it to Reddit's admins, but they told me it has already stopped because AstonishingSpiderMan already made the report.
  • Now, my justification for distinguishing this comment was because JuviaOfTheDeep (technically, it was their former account but the person running the account is the same person) was involved in an incident involving another user who publicly harassed her on /r/FairyTail. I sent a modmail to our modmail (so there can be a record of it and because I felt like this was a moderator issue as there were reasonable grounds to believe that the offensive incident may have taken place within the subreddit) on March 22 asking about the whereabouts regarding RainWomanJuvia (JuviaOfTheDeep's previous account). I was told by my fellow moderators that their account was removed because of trolls harassing her. This was reaffirmed when JuviaOfTheDeep commented on AstonishingSpiderMan's thread and when JuviaOfTheDeep stated in Power_of_Pie's thread that the "dirty PM's... still continued on this account". That was when I decided it would be the right decision to ask the JuviaOfTheDeep to report it to Reddit's admins.

There are definitely times when the mod flair may have been used in the wrong situations, but we'll be sure to remind each other when the mod flairs are used inappropriately in the future. However, this shouldn't be seen as a negative reflection on the mod team. I still have confidence in my fellow moderators. I still believe they are able to act professionally when dealing with mod-related issues.

Thank you for expressing your concerns about the mod team.