Finding ZOS Comments in Posts

Onigar · August 2016

It's very clear to see there is a ZOS comment on a post with the red [ Z ] icon adjacent to the entry.

What is not so easy is to find the one or more comments within the post when there is a lot of pages to scan.

For what is currently a "hot" topic there may be a large number of pages quickly generated.

Before I go reading too much of the post I would rather see what the ZOS position or response(s) is/are (if the post is tagged with the red [ Z ]).

It's quite feasible to add some marker to the page number to indicate this (even making the specific page numbers "Red" would work).

k9mouse · August 2016

I use "Dev tracker" to see what ZOS is writing about and where. Also, I use "Recent Posts" to see any new post anywhere on the forum.

Zolexi · August 2016

Clicking in the Z will take you to the dev comment.

ZOS_GinaBruno · August 2016

If you click the Z icon next to the thread title, it'll actually take you to the first staff post. Then, if you click the arrows around the Z on the right side of the post, it'll take you to the next staff post (if there is one).

Allow me to demonstrate with a second post...

ZOS_GinaBruno · August 2016

Here's the second post!

k9mouse · August 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Here's the second post!

Awesome! Learn something new today!

Thanks @ZOS_GinaBruno

nine9six · August 2016

Zolexi wrote: »

Clicking in the Z will take you to the dev comment.

Yup, and then the arrows take you to the next one.

Ackwalan · August 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Here's the second post!

What witchcraft is this!!!! The illuminati are real!!!!

runagate · August 2016

I had absolutely no idea that the forum had this function. That's very, very useful to know.

rhapsodious · August 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

If you click the Z icon next to the thread title, it'll actually take you to the first staff post. Then, if you click the arrows around the Z on the right side of the post, it'll take you to the next staff post (if there is one).

Allow me to demonstrate with a second post...

You learn something new every day, I guess!

Followup question: Is there a way for posts from moderators (the ones that say "you guys were being jerks to each other, we cleaned up the thread") to... maybe not be marked with the big ol' Z when browsing the forums? I, and others I presume, will go into a thread concerning something interesting/important with a ZOS reply and then see that it's just a moderator doing their moderator things, or even just posting an on-topic reply to a thread (which don't get me wrong, it's great to know you guys play the game too!).

I know there's the Dev Tracker, but I think it might be more prudent to just not have it show up if it's moderation and not information, if that makes sense. Kind of like how on reddit now, subreddit moderators can choose whether their posts show up with the M tag or not.