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There is a theme for the mobile view

Show Original Poster Avatars

Summary Show Original Poster Avatars is a simple theme component that shows the profile picture of the original poster (OP) on the mobile topic list, rather than the latest reply. Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-mobile-op-avatar-component New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component I turned this into a component because it’s a common request, but keep in m…

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On the mobile theme, the list of posts show's the latest replying user's avatar, not the OP's avatar

I have had several people come to me very confused why their post was attributed to another user. This is because the avatar of the latest poster is used in the mobile view and nothing else (not even an author name). The author of the post is always the left most user on the desktop theme for a reason; not carrying over this important distinction is highly confusing.