Gaian

A gaian is a user of Gaia Online. The requirements to be considered a gaian include being registered for an account, having some type of avatar representing the gaian, and being active on Gaia. It is also considered that a gaian must have some intrest in the events and components of Gaia.

Types of Gaian
Gaians are often categorized into groups depending on their actions and characteristics. These can include how their avatar appears, their wealth, or things they say in towns or the forum. There are also different terms of power as a Gaian.

Newbie
A newbie is a new user on Gaia Online. They normally have relatively little gold, and a resulting sparse avatar. They are known to not really fully understand Gaia, often requiring help from more experienced users.

Noob
Noob, often written as N00b, is a Gaian characterized mostly because they are extremely annoying. They are known for activities such as begging, creating negative threads, and speaking in l337 (leet) speech.

Noobs and newbies are different categories of people, though the two terms are used interchangeably. A person can be both a Noob and a newbie, however.

Helpers, Moderators, Programmers, and Administrators
Formn helpers, moderators, programmers and administrators are each people with different powers on Gaia.

Helpers have black user names, just like ordinary users, but they have the powers, such as being able to move threads.

Moderators, referred to as "mods" are a level above helpers, with either green or purple user names. They have unlimited powers in formns, such as deleting and removing threads, and can also deal with harassment and scamming cases.

Programmers are people who work on the programs behind Gaia. While they mostly work behind the scenes, many still have Gaia accounts and avatars, with dark green user names.

Administrators, referred to as "admins," run Gaia. They include many of the founders of Gaia. Administrators deal with wide spread problems, events, and announcements. They also control the NPCs. Admins have orange names, while NPCs have red names.