Add topic owner tag

[h_pup]

In other websites such as reddit, users who create a topic have a tag next to there name when they post on said topic,

(OP = Original poster)

[DonaldDuck5150]

yeah this would be a nice thing to have i agree

[xChris_vC (Chris)]

Can see some benefits to this!

• Staying on-topic: For instance, in a scripting question, someone might propose a solution where others give feedback on.
  With an OP badge, everyone will be reminded that they’re looking for a solution for the original poster, keeping the discussion focused on their specific issue rather than turning into a generic code discussion.

• Quicker for Roblox staff: In the case of a bug report, engineers may have questions about reproduction. Other users tend to join the conversation, leading to a cluttered view. Having an indicator of who submitted the report would prevent confusion.

[GameInspectors]

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[realismdevv]

I agree with this request. It would be helpful and it’d make me look cooler on my topics.

[PiercedMissile]

Yes, I am constantly confused on who the OP was, and have to scroll upwards to see who made it, and then scroll back down to pick up where I left off. This gets very annoying.

[sfgij]

Yeah this is very useful, especially when for some people it isn’t obvious

[adorablecoe (coe_x)]

Completely agree! This will help me so much going through topics created by users because sometimes I don’t even know who the OP is in topics. Hope this does get added in the future!

[PeZsmistic]

Its very easy to do this yourself FWIW. Install a custom CSS styling extension such as Stylish, and set up this rule for the devforum. I’m unsure if there’s a way to do this on phones.

.post-stream .topic-post.topic-owner article .topic-meta-data .names::after {
    content: "OP";
    color: var(--tertiary);
}

The only catch with this is that you can’t see if someone has replied to OP when you expand the replied-to post because there are insufficient classes in the DOM to identify OP here, but for the primary use case it’s perfect.

[ValiantWind (Val)]

Thanks for posting an alternative. I’ll definitely be using this until Roblox implements the feature request (if they choose to)

[h_pup]

It is something good for everyone to have, not just the people who can be bothered to do that (even though it is pretty easy)
Especially new users

[Hooksmith]

Thanks everyone for piling in your support for this request and apologies for not addressing it sooner!

I talked to the product team of the devforum and they are okay with us temporarily implementing the CSS addition above by @PeZsmistic until we have something more user-friendly (e.g. alt text, localization, …).

This is now live on the forum on all themes.

Thank you PeZsmistic for writing this up!

[PeZsmistic]

Lol my bad, can you add order: 999; to the rule as well? On mobile there is a vertical flex layout and without this the OP tag is inserted before the username right at the beginning.

Fix:

[Hooksmith]

Thanks for the heads-up, I have now executed order: 66;

[darkpixlz]

Thanks for the update! I was lacking this on mobile, glad it’s finally global. I’d recommend adding a background too for general visibility. That’s what I do on my theme but maybe that’s because I have a background and it wouldn’t contrast nice on the solid color, but I’d try it out.

.topic-owner .topic-meta-data div.names span.first:after {
  content: "OP";
  color: var(--primary);
  background-color: var(--secondary);
  border-radius: 8px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  padding: 5px;
  font-size: 12px;
  display: inline-block;
}

[Hooksmith]

This feels a little heavy to us, so not doing this for now.