The discussion revolves around the fact that pinning a post is counted as a reply. taonmatt found this behavior unexpected, as it increments the reply count without adding a visible response. ondrej explained that staff actions, including pinning, are indeed counted as replies, and offered a CSS solution to hide the action. However, taonmatt clarified that the issue is with the reply count, not the action stub itself. dsims asked if there’s a reason why these actions should count as replies, sparking a discussion on the functionality of staff actions. Firepup650 pointed out that staff actions can be edited to include text, making them similar to replies, and that this feature is often used in close messages on other forums.
I was a little surprised to find a reply on a post I just made and then discovered that pinning it was counted as a reply.
I found out by unpinning it and re-pinning it and found the reply count was now 2.
I found this a bit weird, anyone else? Or explain why it makes sense?
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Hello,
staff actions such as closing, pinning etc… are counted as replies. I think you can hide it via this CSS. This may be annoying in other UX stuff
.small-action {
display: none;
}
.small-action.time-gap {
display: block;
}
Or like I do sometimes, I just delete the action made by staff as this deletes the reply
Hi Ondrej
Thanks for the suggestion although it’s not the reply “stub” that bothers me but the reply count.
My experience was that deleting it didn’t bump down the reply count. And that’s really the issue.
I think that most users, like me, would not think of this as a “reply” and, like me, would then scroll back and forth looking for it.
You can edit them, and include text, which is functionally quite similar to a reply, and I see it used in close messages on other forums a lot.
