What does the red dotted line next to some top-level comments mean? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Chozo@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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I've noticed that some comments on threads will have a red, dotted line next to them, almost like it's the color coding for child comments, but it shows up occasionally on a top-level comment which has no parent comment. I've tried looking at the accounts where I see this, but I can't find any patterns for it yet, myself. Any ideas what this is?

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[-] Chozo@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

I think I figured it out immediately after posting this, lol. If there's a red line next to this comment, then I think that's to highlight OP's comments in their own thread.

[-] UnhappyCamper@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ooohhh, I was wondering why they didn't have a way to signify who the OP was when commenting, this helps so much.

Edit: it also seems that your own personal comments are highlighted with a green dotted line, unless you are OP.

[-] limebar@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

your own reply seems to prove this true :)
good to know

[-] Eric_Pollock@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Lol it's a good learning experience regardless

[-] nick@forum.fail 0 points 1 year ago

No red line next to your comment for me... Hmm, maybe it's instance specific.

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think this might be a Kbin-specific feature.

[-] Haus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Presumably this appearance can be tweaked with different themes available in the setup menu.

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