People who's 'name' is shown in green are officially known as
Editors , people who are listed in Forum Moderators lists are, believe it or not, officially known as
Moderators 
Moderator names are not distinguished by colour due to VBully board limitations.
Whilst I haven't looked at the thread/post that triggered this thread, I will make this general observation.
There seems to be a growing tendency to respond to genuine (albeit perhaps somewhat naïve) queries in a manner that I consider as belittling (borderline bullying), but not especially from Editors or Forum Moderators. Probably contagion from socmed sites such Twitter and Reditt. I've also seen the same drift elsewhere - quite often much worse Ψ²
Also wonder if its related in the lack of civility in which politics is currently conducted and presented, which in part is probably a backlash against political correctness. Referring to one's opponents as 'my friend', 'my colleague' etc is so @#$%^& disingenuous. But I digress ... no more to come.
Disclosure - I am a Moderator on the Calibre Forum
BR