Mod suggestion: Visual designation of the "thread starter"

[tobias_t]

Hi all,

I want to suggest what I think would be a very cool mod (unless it's already out there somewhere).

Basically, the person who starts a specific thread should be visually designated as the "thread starter" throughout the whole thread, maybe with an icon in his postbits or something similar.

I think this would really help users to understand more long-winded forum discussions better. It would also give people some more "authority" in "their" threads, which I think would be nice.

Best, Tobias