I can’t help but think that some people might have hesitated to downvote adefmay’s first comment, or might have replied at greater length with a more positive tone, had it been obvious that this was in fact adefmay’s first post. (I did realize this, but replied in a comically insulting fashion anyhow. Mea culpa.)
It might be helpful if there were some visible sign that, for instance, this was among the 20 first comments from an account.
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I can’t help but think that some people might have hesitated to downvote adefmay’s first comment, or might have replied at greater length with a more positive tone, had it been obvious that this was in fact adefmay’s first post. (I did realize this, but replied in a comically insulting fashion anyhow. Mea culpa.)
It might be helpful if there were some visible sign that, for instance, this was among the 20 first comments from an account.