Is it possible to prioritize posts from selected users in threads?

[rat03gopoh]

You'll lose a lot of dicussion context. I sometimes don't quote posts in response to the reply latest post, especially if I'm in mobile mode, because grabbing the snippets is incredibly annoying. ?topic=5574363.msg66403782#msg66403782
I've seen some members do that too.

If the post is sorted by most recommended, you might think I'm responding to user "A," when in fact I'm responding to user "X".

[letteredhub]

Op, if the feature is enabled by the forum administrator or you're able to make such list possible for yourself then you should be rest assured of missing on diverse perspectives in knowledge from different forum members that may also be immensely useful to you, probably more than some users in your list. Your knowledge scope would be concise to just those group of users as you overlooked other valuable perspectives of other users not in your list.

[MarryWithBTC]

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

Technically it's possible.
But don't you see the danger in that?

If the list were the same for everyone, it would be influencing each person's personal opinion, determining who finds it relevant and who doesn't.

A very valid point you made. if such a list were global, i agree it could unintentionally influence perception and elevate certain voices in a way that affects independent judgment

If it's an individual list, you run the risk of leaving behind users who make good contributions (in your opinion), but who for some reason are not yet on your list.

Furthermore, it could be missing the context of the ongoing debate, as well as the contributions of other users that may be relevant to the discussion.

Each debate is different from the other. A user might say relevant things in one debate, and less relevant things in another.

Even on an individual level, i agree there is a real risk of narrowing one’s exposure. Good contributions can come from unexpected users, no doubt and moreso, debates are usually context based . Someone highly relevant in one thread may be less in another.

There's already an "ignore" option that some users like to use (I don't), which ends up creating a filter to avoid reading someone's post that they don't want to see.

I also do not like the "ignore" option. However, your concern about context preservation can be treated by highlighting posts as suggested by @d5000 above, rather than reordering or filtering them out.

[joker_josue]

There's already an "ignore" option that some users like to use (I don't), which ends up creating a filter to avoid reading someone's post that they don't want to see.

I also do not like the "ignore" option. However, your concern about context preservation can be treated by highlighting posts as suggested by @d5000 above, rather than reordering or filtering them out.

Even just highlighting these posts can give a wrong impression of the debate if the person only reads those highlights.

Generally, the human brain will always look first at what is highlighted. Therefore, this type of highlighting can disrupt a proper analysis of the debate, or lead to even more time being wasted rereading the entire context and reorganizing ideas.