revert scam resolver name colour
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The change was made because I've never really understood why the scam resolver colour is green when every other staff role is red. Red is a colour associated with being staff on the website and being a scam resolver is essentially a specialised moderator like a resource moderator, so they have the same colour.
Resource mod and chat mod have the same colour, I think that the lighter pink makes sense because it is showing that they are more specialised than general moderators.
The scam resolver colour was known across MCM for well... being the scam resolver role. Now it is even harder to differentiate between roles that staff have.
The resource moderator role is often/almost always has been taken up by someone who had a higher position and so their name colour was never really seen.
That dark green bold color is almost iconic to this forum and looks great, I don't see the valid meaning to have changed it. Now it's blending in with Chat Moderator and you made it more confusing imo.
It's slightly different, just slightly lighter, hardly noticeable.
Yes, there is no point - it's all about preference and aimed towards the beauty appeal to the site.
Tradition. The color has been dark green like that from the start, back then there was only:
Administrator
Moderator
Resource Moderator
Scam Resolver
Since there was no Chat Moderator, it flowed throughout the site quite well. We've had this originality of a color, and many have pointed out how other sites have "mimicked" the same variation. Why change it now?
They actually don't.
Chat Moderator: #FF8B8B
Resource Moderator: #F66F6F
The lighter pink signifies the exact opposite, a chat moderator comes before a moderator. You can only become a resource moderator or scam resolver after becoming a moderator unless we need to make rare exceptions.
Chat Moderator -> Moderator -> Scam Resolver or Resource Moderator (when necessary).
What I find interesting is how this change was made without the rest of us discussing it, especially with me. You easily could've asked why the color is green and asked for my opinion before switching them out.
Looking at it from a view:
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It makes sense to differentiate roles by color. Now, as a new person to the site, you could easily mistaken M6 as a Chat Moderator despite his role being significantly different from a normal chat moderator. It makes sense to give Scam Resolvers a distinct color to distinguish them from other staff roles.
temp or not IMO scam resolver should be red either way to match the other position's colors
I know there’s been a lot of discussion over this, and I know that the ‘green’ has been a rather treasured or original theme for Scam Resolvers, however I believe the red perfectly fits the role.
While the green may have been a thing of the past and people seem to value originality, the red signifies authority. I’ve always associated red with authority and the theme of red for staff seems to fit perfectly.
While the green may have been a thing of the past and people seem to value originality, the red signifies authority. I’ve always associated red with authority and the theme of red for staff seems to fit perfectly.
Update as of 5/28/18:
As a couple of you have noticed, the color has been changed to a darker shade of red. The same has been done for the Resource Moderator rank, the color of an Administrator still has a darker shade than both. This looks so much better than the salmon color. One of the reasons in having a complete transition to "red only" for staff is so any other colors can be available for future accessibility, whether it's from fundraisers or new ones being made in general which is exciting.
The "original green" is still shown on the username prefixes in the scam reports section:
If it's red, it'll be matching the "Banned" or "Suspended" prefixes which may confuse members so we do not currently plan on changing this.
Besides that, the footer of the site:
Will be updated once Mick has some free time.
Thanks for all of your input everyone!
As a couple of you have noticed, the color has been changed to a darker shade of red. The same has been done for the Resource Moderator rank, the color of an Administrator still has a darker shade than both. This looks so much better than the salmon color. One of the reasons in having a complete transition to "red only" for staff is so any other colors can be available for future accessibility, whether it's from fundraisers or new ones being made in general which is exciting.
The "original green" is still shown on the username prefixes in the scam reports section:
Besides that, the footer of the site:
Thanks for all of your input everyone!
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The green felt very natural, and I really liked the color. It was definitely iconic; so much so that when I clicked on this post I initially hit the agree button.
But I think that staff colors should have consistency. I think once we get used to scam resolver being red, it'll feel just as normal as when the themes were updated. Weird at first, but better as we grew to accept it.
But I think that staff colors should have consistency. I think once we get used to scam resolver being red, it'll feel just as normal as when the themes were updated. Weird at first, but better as we grew to accept it.
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