The mods should of course get respect, not only because they are in a place of authority but because they actually do that out of the goodness of their hearts - nobody here gets paid anything (correct me if I'm wrong here ? ). So its all good fun, that should set the presedens for acting accordingly and behave if a mod in any way shape or form arrives and gives an instruction.
Also some people here tend to self-police a bit, which is good as long as it doesn't go overboard.
Respect should of course also be given to other posters, people will have different views on things and tell others accordingly, but this site has a good tendancy to not go overbord on the negative and the trolling, (which I find is rare on any internet community) but rather focus on some constructive critsizm.
Personally I find this site filled with interesting people with great ideas, and is a nice escape from real life from time to time. Keep doing what you are doing guys, this place is awesome