That $ in front of my name is rather un-specific. All it means is that I'm a paid employee of deviantART (i.e. dA gave me a $... oh, we're hilarious here!). Now, I mentioned that I'm a developer, which means I work on the site on the technical level.

Since there has been a teensy bit of confusion in "The Nicolas Cage Situation" (I love that name; it should be a movie), let's say a thing or two about what I'm not.

I'm not on the helpdesk! I know very little about our policies; I'm effectively just another user of the site when it comes to things like copyright and other violations. If you ask me for help with a non-technical problem you're having on dA, I'm going to tell you to go talk to the helpdesk because I don't have any special ability to help you beyond what a normal user has. And they're very nice people who spend all day helping deviants. (Well, technically I have access to some moderation tools for testing functionality... but if I use them for-real then $Moonbeam13 will beat me up for messing with things I shouldn't.)

I'm not normally speaking for deviantART. Because I'm a developer, my actual usage of the site tends to be for personal reasons. If I'm going around talking to you about bugs on the site, or responding to comments on a feature announcement, then I have my dA representative hat on. If I'm talking to you about something else, I'm probably just some guy. Now, because I have a $ I do find myself avoiding contentious situations, since there's a solid chance I'd stir up more drama, and that'd just cause extra work for some of my fellow staff who're responsible for responding to the community. The less I have to apologize to $Heidi for ruining her weekend, the better.

That's my brief comment, which largely sprang from having seen a lot of people being cranky at another developer for not being an expert on dA policies.