@BonGart: You get a list of questions with already placed closed votes in the moderator tools (10k+ rep). Some users use that list to track down questions that need to be closed. Not every question is brought up in the chat. And if you look into the Vote to close chat, it's more a list than a chat. Point is, closing questions is and should be a team effort. I believe, the vote indicators help us to track down problematic content faster. I understand the point you're trying to make, but I don't see any actual issue. :(