How to make it obvious who is staff?

[riking (Kane York)]

Group flair is a great way to do this - it’s what the team uses here on Meta! Highly recommended.

Automatically add group flair to members' avatars

Overview Group avatar flair displays to the bottom-right of a user’s avatar, providing a stylish way to highlight a user’s group membership. When creating or configuring a group, an admin can choose an image or Font Awesome icon to use as group flair. Below are the currently supported contexts, using our logo as an example: User cards [usercard] Topic/PM posts [posts] Topic maps [topic-summary] User profile banners [profile] User summary “Most…” lists [most] Users…

This also allows for a separation between who is company staff and who is forum staff (which is what Discourse calls admins + moderators).