# How to tell the difference between Admin & Moderator from Staff list?

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**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [Janeiro 11, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-admin-moderator-from-staff-list/37725 "2016-01-11T05:40:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 11, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-admin-moderator-from-staff-list/37725/1 "2016-01-11T05:40:58Z")

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Seems like a minor issue, but looking at the staff list one cannot tell who is an admin and who is a moderator without mousing over the icons. Take a look at the image below, can you tell who is who?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/4/94c60e0ea0b41b7ab4598f2d265d4101a2ffbc8c.png)  
In case you were wondering, from top down, we have an Admin, then a Moderator, followed by another Admin, and finally the last users is both an Admin and a Moderator. I would suggest a better way of differentiating the two types of staff, without the need to mouseover the icons. No idea how to create a mockup, but I have two ideas. One would be to vertically align the corresponding badges, so Moderators are on the left and Admin are on the right. That would allow for a quick glance without the need for a new column. My other idea would be to color the badges differently. I have no preference on colors, as long as it was clear which was which.

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