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I haven't played with it but I know you can sticky a self-post as a mod. What about putting your sidebar content up as a sticky self-post if it is that important to your sub?

Might be annoying to see for some but it'll be very visible for Alien Blue users.

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Wouldn't be any more annoying than the sticky post that's already there for alien blue users. I agree, just put the sidebar content in the sticky...

A sticky can only be updated by the original poster, while a sidebar can be updated by all of the moderators. For sidebars there's even a diff log so that all of the moderators can understand how it's been updated. Most subreddits have multiple moderators, so putting the sidebar in the sticky isn't practical.

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