Of course, you can hover over words or randomly tap them, but it would be much better to make it clear where the link is. As the link in this banner stands, it’s failing on the P of POUR - Perceivable.
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You could try Zwift orange. The contrast isn’t high enough, but it’s better than what we have now.
No, because the whole banner isn’t a target (and some people don’t “click”).
And this isn’t even getting in to what a screen reader user will get. In this case, they’d tab to a link that says “see this thread” with zero context about why they might want to see that thread.