Highlight new comments: enable for mods

r2/r2/controllers/front.py

@@ -292,8 +292,9 @@ class FrontController(RedditController):
         previous_visits = None
         if comment:
             c.focal_comment = comment._id36
-        elif (c.user_is_loggedin and c.user.gold and
-              c.user.pref_highlight_new_comments):
+        elif (c.user_is_loggedin and
+                (c.user.gold or sr.is_moderator(c.user)) and
+                c.user.pref_highlight_new_comments):
             previous_visits = self._comment_visits(article, c.user, c.start_time)
 
         # check if we just came from the submit page

r2/r2/templates/prefoptions.html

@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@
         ${checkbox(_wsf("use a %(creddit_link)s to automatically renew my gold if it expires", creddit_link=creddit_link), "creddit_autorenew")}
     </td>
   </tr>
+  %elif c.user.is_moderator_somewhere:
+  <tr class="gold-accent">
+    <th>${_("gold options")}</th>
+    <td class="prefright">
+      ${checkbox(_("highlight new comments"), "highlight_new_comments")}
+      <% gold_link = unsafe('&#32;<a href="/gold/about">' + _("reddit gold") + '</a>') %>
+      &#32;<span class="little gray">
+        (${_wsf("since you don't have %(gold_link)s, this will only apply in subreddits you moderate", gold_link=gold_link)})
+      </span>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
   %endif
 
   <tr>