# Differentiate Admin and Moderator Shield Icons

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [1월 9, 2019, 9:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114 "2019-01-09T21:21:33Z")
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### Author: ![RobMeade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmeade/32/109119_2.png) [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)
#### Post date: [1월 10, 2019, 6:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114/18 "2019-01-10T18:52:15Z")

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My recollection was incorrect, it was actually cpradio, Tobias, and Sam who responded, here’s the link;

> [@Moderator Shield Icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-shield-icon/77420/4):
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> If you look on the about page you can see who is admin and who is merely a moderator.

The consensus was that it was about making Admins _less visible_.

Hope this helps 🙂

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