Comment 2 for bug 1299494

i like the idea but i would like it to be more flexible, so the user has some control.

we already have similar rules (such as "is a bot") in the "user matching" section of settings; they currently set styles and a muting state. it should be feasible to just add a group ID there, with a separate ordered list of groups containing elements like { string group_text; int group_id; }. that group ID would be auto-generated and hidden from the UI.

we already create groups to colorize operators differently; these could be used to provide defaults similar to those in the patch.