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Posted by: Spartan TKIA
I was aware that he did not have gold text, but I have never really considered why. I'm fairly sure employees that are not part of the web team (such as Marty the Elder) do usually have gold text, so I'm not sure why he does not. I was under the impression that employees had to have gold text, but that may be wrong.
Posted by Achronos ages ago, suggesting that employees are given gold text:
Just as Bungie employees are never not seen as "speaking for Bungie", moderators are always "speaking as moderators". In both cases, even when they aren't speaking for anyone but themselves, they are viewed as being "official".
If they were allowed to turn off their color, it would be easier for them to go under the radar, yes. But that also means it would be easier for them to forget that everyone knows they are moderators, and forget that they have to hold themselves to the standard that implies. The same goes with Bungie employees - if they post on Bungie.net, I give them gold text, not because they necessarily want to have a big target painted on them, but because they need it to remember that people know they are employees and anything they say will be treated as an official press release.
This is non-negotiable. It is for both our protection, their protection, and your protection. You're not going to convince me that it is a bad idea. There are lots of cases where a person who could be considered a representative of an organization posts something they think is anonymous or off the record only to have it come back to them in a bad way. The colors and titles DIRECTLY prevent that kind of thing from happening - it isn't arbitrary, it was very deliberately done and has nothing to do with some ambigious worry about elitism - which I still think many people on these forums are way too paranoid about and are generally acting like luddites about new features because of that paranoia.
Oh nice, I guess that makes sense... but it doesn't say why Tinman lost the gold text.