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Paper Roses

(7,584 posts)
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:48 AM Monday

Hi all, Why are replies I make to a post highlighted in yellow. Any ideas? THanks for any help.

5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Hi all, Why are replies I make to a post highlighted in yellow. Any ideas? THanks for any help. (Original Post) Paper Roses Monday OP
So you can find your reply? sinkingfeeling Monday #1
The five most recent replies murielm99 Monday #2
Made me look. usonian Monday #3
Thanks for your advice, I have no idea how this happened. Paper Roses Yesterday #4
It's easy to punch the wrong button. I do it all the time. usonian Yesterday #5

usonian

(21,774 posts)
3. Made me look.
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 11:28 AM
Monday
https://www.democraticunderground.com/125627823#post2

I believe you are talking about seeing highlighted replies in the "reply tree" which is displayed between the original post in a thread, and all the replies.

There are a couple of options for highlighting in the reply tree. Just above the reply tree you should see a row of three buttons that look like this:

Highlight: NONE | 5 NEWEST | RECOMMENDED

"None" shows no highlighting, "5 Newest" highlights the five most recent replies, and "Recommended" highlights any reply which has five or more recommendations. I believe the last one is the one you're looking for.

Whichever option you select, it should stay the same across page loads. Hope that helps.


or something like that. When in doubt, ask EarlG.
Your question might be more visible to the admins in DU Community Help.
More generic computer stuff goes in this forum, but no big deal.
Hope this helps.

Paper Roses

(7,584 posts)
4. Thanks for your advice, I have no idea how this happened.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:24 PM
Yesterday

Back to normal so I can forget about that and just grit my teeth at other things, like the ballroom plans for the White house, among a huge list of other trump boondoggles.
PR

usonian

(21,774 posts)
5. It's easy to punch the wrong button. I do it all the time.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:35 PM
Yesterday

Whether flying about a large monitor or trying to scroll on a tiny phone screen.

Lots of people get into "private mode" on iphones, because it's easy to hit that accidentally, and then cookies go away, they're logged out and have to log back in all the time and so on.

"The internet is one tough town"

Good luck.

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