Nick prefixes are the symbols which you see at the start of some people’s nicknames. GeekShed uses 5 different prefixes for nicknames.

• ~ for owners – to get this, you need to be +q in the channel
• & for admins – to get this, you need to be +a in the channel
• @ for full operators – to get this, you need to be +o in the channel
• % for half operators – to get this, you need to be +h in the channel
• + for voiced users – to get this, you need to be +v in the channel
• Users with no status in the channel will have no nick prefix

These prefixes let you better understand who owns a channel and who the senior admins and other moderators are.