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To bring it in line with official Lemmy terminology, this should be used instead. The star symbol should probably also be a shield instead of a star, and it should also not be displayed if the comment is from someone other than you.

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[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought about this even more and I still hate "Speak as moderator". Although it is now much clearer what the action does, it does little to explain why one might perform the action. It's like calling a power button a "circuit closer". Yes a lot of power buttons technically close a circuit it sucks as a name for an end user.

So going back to “Speak as moderator”, I thought about why someone might want to do this and I think it most cases you want to use “Speak as moderator” to announce something that is important that you want users to take seriously. Thus I think naming the button "Mark comment as important" is a way better descriptor.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

~~Why not just "Mark important"? I'm sure one can already assume that the object is the comment from context.~~

edit: maybe not.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago