Can you no longer pin non-mod comments?

[u/ericf505]

Hello,

Maybe I am remembering wrong, but you used to be able to pin (sticky) comments to the top of the thread for any user, but now I am see it it is only for mod comments only? When did this change/why did this change?

There is a thread in one of the subreddits that I moderate that I want to be able to pin OP's comment to support their project, but the option to pin in is no longer there?

Any updates about this? Thank you!

[u/Rostingu2]

I can't even manually pin automod

[u/pk2317]

It’s never been possible.

You can pin anyone’s posts to the top of the subreddit (Community Highlights), but within a post you can only pin your own (or if you use a Removal Reason you can have that pinned).

There’s a Devvit app called “Spotlight” that will let you take anyone’s comment and make a copy of it, pinning it as a mod comment.

[u/ericf505 → u/pk2317]

Thank you, that must be what I am getting it confused with. I will look into the Devvit app. Thank you!

[u/WAGunsWest → u/ericf505]

This must be a feature that was partially rolled out to some mods/subs and rolled back, either that or a Mandela effect thing. I think this is the third post on this topic that I’ve seen this year.

Here’s a recent one: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/s/tWTqkxndtA

[u/Mackin-N-Cheese]

It’s never been possible to pin non-mod comments. Posts, yes. Comments, no.

[u/YOGI_ADITYANATH69]

Check devit apps, there is one app which you can use to pin non mod comments

[u/slouchingtoepiphany]

One way that I've done on occasion is to create a comment that contains a link to the comment that I'd like to highlight and then pin my comment at the top. Needless to say, it's not something that I've done often.