I think it would be great if the OP in each thread was made to stand out apart from the other posters. That way once the threads become a few pages long, new viewers will always know when the OP is posting. Maybe placing an OP symbol in each post made by the creator of the thread, or simply underlining their username or something like that. I've seen too many threads where people read the OP, then it seems like they skip through the next few pages and miss things that the OP replied to afterwards. I think a visual aid of some sort would really help thread's become more fluid and stay (sort of) on topic. Thanks for reading
Even with the indicator, if the reader skips over pages, they won't know they missed posts made by OP. That's why there's a search function inside the individual threads.