# Make posts in a topic by topic starter recognizable

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-posts-in-a-topic-by-topic-starter-recognizable/42324
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 10, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-posts-in-a-topic-by-topic-starter-recognizable/42324 "2016-04-10T07:08:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-posts-in-a-topic-by-topic-starter-recognizable/42324/1 "2016-04-10T07:08:34Z")

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When I read the first post on a very long topic, I find myself losing the context of all the answers when I can’t remember who the original poster was.

Is it an idea to mark the posts of the original poster somehow in a topic?

P.S.: wasn’t sure if this has been discussed before. Searching for _original poster_ or _topic starter_ didn’t get me any results.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-posts-in-a-topic-by-topic-starter-recognizable/42324/2 "2016-04-10T08:35:50Z")

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Yeah, there is CSS for the OP user in the rendered page, if you view source. We added this quite a while ago. We don’t choose to style it out of box because I don’t think highlighting the OP is that important in a larger conversation, and might actually have a few negative repercussions about “ownership”.

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### Author: ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-posts-in-a-topic-by-topic-starter-recognizable/42324/3 "2016-04-10T12:09:39Z")

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Well, that’s exactly what I’m looking for. What is the class used for this?

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### Author: ![frictionel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frictionel/32/299701_2.png) [@frictionel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frictionel)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-posts-in-a-topic-by-topic-starter-recognizable/42324/4 "2016-04-10T12:14:33Z")

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The class to style is `topic-owner`.

If you want to mark all but the first post use: `.topic-owner:not(:first-child)`