Replies from roblox staff and/or moderators should be highlighted or prioritized (Either showing a “summary” of replies from them, like this
)
Either that or replies from them could be highlighted with a certain eye-catching color, this would help information be spotted easily and be found easily. Another thing could be indicating that a staff replied in the thread title in the category.
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I have custom CSS to achieve this and I’ve pushed for it to be added here before. AFAIK you can do it in a theme agnostic way by using the CSS variables discourse is already defining. Massive ++ for staff response visibility which is super important on active announcements and bug reports.
.topic-post.group-Roblox_Staff .cooked,
.topic-post.group-DevRelationsTeam .cooked,
.topic-post.group-moderators .cooked {
background: #4c331933 !important;
background: var(--highlight-medium) !important;
}
.posters .group-Roblox_Staff .avatar,
.posters .group-DevRelationsTeam .avatar,
.posters .group-moderators .avatar {
background: #4c331933 !important;
background: var(--highlight-medium) !important;
outline: 2px solid var(--highlight);
}
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This is a great idea although it should be togglable/optional for the staff to highlight something like that, as sometimes they may want to raise visibility for a post (eg an update on a bug) but also may sometimes want to just participate or say something that doesn’t need as much visibility (eg answering a side question or just saying hi)
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That would count as spam, so they’re very unlikely to do it, and most of the times teh ya sneer all questions in one post, even though I agree with your post m
I’ve seen some staff have their whole post have a blue background. However, theres no marking for it on the top of the post and only rarely do they use it.
Example:
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What program/ extension did you use to achieve this?
Interesting. I thought it was <highlight> but apparently not.
Another way to highlight staff replies is to always prioritize their avatar with the badge being visible like this. That one it’s easier and much simpler to check if a staff replied without having to check the whole thread.
Update on this: I think this feature is slowly rolling out. Might close but this still needs more feedback.
This has been a part of the Forum for years now. Maybe we just don’t know the rich text tag for it?
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We use this on some specific posts to make sure they are seen, it’s not a standard thing we do on every staff post. This has existed for years. I personally think this staff highlight is a little too intense to put on all staff posts.
I forwarded this feature request to the team and they’re looking into if/how we should do this structurally.
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You can also use the <mark> tag to get a similar effect:
this is marked text
but it shows up differently on the Roblox Dark theme.