I understand teamzr1's point, but the reason I brought it up was because of the loss of function. They could turn it off before but now can't and so they complain. I agree that it's a nice "credibility" indicator.
I like to be able to turn off the stars on the moderator's account because I don't want people thinking they need to suck up to the moderator, by giving stars or get revenge for being punished, etc. I want the moderator account to appear as neutral as possible.
In any case, because of the loss-of-function aspect, I'd like to see it as an option that could be enabled or disabled at the site's discretion, as Gizmo said.
