I think I made it clear in
my previous reply that there is no bug in the forum and mods already know about them.
The real question is: if mods don't want regular members to know about the existence of those accounts with special privileges, why they let them wear avatars?
You didnt make this clear. Also, this is just speculation.
Yes, it's the same as always. Currently there are 3 patrollers and 20 non-patroller local moderators. (I saw someone say elsewhere that all mods have jurisdiction over newbies, but this isn't true.) At some points in the past there have been more patrollers, but that's not necessarily indicative of a shortage.
Maybe we just found 2 of them
Theymos said moderators; there are 3 local moderators that have patrol permissions and 20 local moderators who doesnt. None of those users have the Staff/Moderator rank role.