# Separate admin and personal accounts?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-admin-and-personal-accounts/57726>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-admin-and-personal-accounts/57726 "2017-02-21T16:45:41Z")\
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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:** [February 21, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-admin-and-personal-accounts/57726/3 "2017-02-21T17:03:20Z")

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To add to @Mittineague, here’s what I generally do:

Normally, I just post. I don’t really worry whether I’m seen as a mod or not - but that might just be the atmosphere in our community.

If I need to say something as a “regular user”, ensuring that my comment is not construed to be official, I add a disclaimer at the bottom. Something like: _Note: this is my personal opinion, I’m not speaking in my role as a moderator._

Conversely, when I need to be sure that my comment is understood to be official, I use staff color.

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