Hide Staff Notices from non-Staff

[Lilly]

Hi @benjamin_bracken welcome to Dicsourse Meta.

I am sorry for the confusion with that feature, but you are correct, that is the intended behaviour - to notify all users of a staff message above a post.

It sounds like you have been using Staff Notices instead of Whispers. perhaps try using that feature because I think it does what you were trying to achieve. you need can make staff the whisper allowed group in your admin - all site settings.

Creating a whisper post

This guide explains how to create a whisper post in Discourse, including how to enable the feature and use it effectively. Required user level: Users in whisper-allowed groups Whispers are a feature in Discourse that allow for private discussion within a topic or personal message. This guide will walk you through enabling and using whispers. Enabling whispers Before whispers can be used, an administrator needs to enable them: Go to your site settings Find…

If you really want to hide staff notices, you can use some CSS, but be aware that it can be overridden in the browser dev console.