Either as tradition or as policy, I've occassionally seen moderators typing [mod] at the beginning and [/mod] at the end of any post or section of a post in which they were acting as moderators. The impression you get is that they are putting on their uniform and doing the job that's been assigned to them, and the result seems to be a noticeably higher rate of cooperation.
I'd offer my services, by the way, but I've explicitly asked someone to shoot me if I ever volunteered for the position.


