Now I certainly know all moderators here, but many don't, my point here is people don't want to bother (most of the time) looking at the names whenever they are reading replies.
We were all new to the forum, we were all lost. So, let's make it easier to the newbies and guests to recognize the member level without even looking at it. It's psychology, the human being focuses on abstract things.
Speaking of psychology, it might be still a good point to red the both. You should be more alerted whenever a moderator is around your replies, and you should be alerted whenever reading a banned member thread/reply as it is a warning and reminder that Apricot is there hunting the bad guys.
Thank you.