diff --git a/src/components/catalog-filters/filters-protip/filters-protip.tsx b/src/components/catalog-filters/filters-protip/filters-protip.tsx
index 9060a242..5ae12370 100644
--- a/src/components/catalog-filters/filters-protip/filters-protip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/catalog-filters/filters-protip/filters-protip.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ const FiltersProtip = () => {
           <code>idolm*ster</code> — this can match <em>"idolmaster"</em> or <em>"idolm@ster"</em>, etc…
         </li>
       </ul>
+      <ul>
+        <strong>Filtering by display name or user ID</strong>
+        <li>
+          Prefix the pattern with <code>#</code> to search by <em>user ID</em>: <code>#GPPr4CQSRCt8</code>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          Prefix the pattern with <code>##</code> to search by <em>name</em>: <code>##Anonymous</code>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          To filter by <em>role</em>: <code>#!#owner</code>, <code>#!#admin</code>, <code>#!#moderator</code> (or <code>#!#mod</code>)
+        </li>
+      </ul>
       <ul>
         <strong>It is also possible to filter by regular expression:</strong>
         <li>
@@ -75,6 +87,9 @@ const FiltersProtip = () => {
         <li>
           <strong>On</strong> — enables or disables the filter.
         </li>
+        <li>
+          <strong>Color</strong> — highlights matched threads with the specified color.
+        </li>
         <li>
           <strong>Hide</strong> — hides matched threads.
         </li>
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/pattern-utils.ts b/src/lib/utils/pattern-utils.ts
index 81484791..b260d162 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/pattern-utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/pattern-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Comment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
+import useSubplebbitsStore from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks/dist/stores/subplebbits';
 
 /**
  * Checks if a text matches a pattern according to various pattern matching rules:
@@ -93,7 +94,110 @@ export const matchesPattern = (text: string, pattern: string): boolean => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Checks if a comment matches a pattern in its title or content
+ * Checks if a user ID matches a pattern
+ *
+ * @param comment The comment to check
+ * @param pattern The pattern to match (without the # prefix)
+ * @returns True if the user ID matches the pattern, false otherwise
+ */
+export const userIdMatchesPattern = (comment: Comment, pattern: string): boolean => {
+  if (!pattern || !comment?.author) return false;
+
+  // Check both address and shortAddress if available
+  const address = comment.author.address || '';
+  const shortAddress = comment.author.shortAddress || '';
+
+  return address.includes(pattern) || shortAddress.includes(pattern);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a display name matches a pattern
+ *
+ * @param comment The comment to check
+ * @param pattern The pattern to match (without the ## prefix)
+ * @returns True if the display name matches the pattern, false otherwise
+ */
+export const displayNameMatchesPattern = (comment: Comment, pattern: string): boolean => {
+  if (!pattern) return false;
+
+  // Special case for "Anonymous" to match undefined display names
+  if (pattern.toLowerCase() === 'anonymous') {
+    return comment?.author?.displayName === undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (!comment?.author?.displayName) return false;
+
+  return comment.author.displayName.toLowerCase().includes(pattern.toLowerCase());
+};
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a user has a specific role
+ *
+ * @param comment The comment to check
+ * @param role The role to check for (without the #!# prefix)
+ * @returns True if the user has the specified role, false otherwise
+ */
+export const userHasRole = (comment: Comment, role: string): boolean => {
+  if (!role || !comment?.author?.address || !comment?.subplebbitAddress) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const subplebbits = useSubplebbitsStore.getState().subplebbits;
+  const subplebbit = subplebbits[comment.subplebbitAddress];
+
+  if (!subplebbit?.roles) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const userRole = subplebbit.roles[comment.author.address]?.role;
+
+  // Handle different role names (moderator/mod)
+  if ((role.toLowerCase() === 'moderator' || role.toLowerCase() === 'mod') && userRole === 'moderator') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return userRole?.toLowerCase() === role.toLowerCase();
+};
+
+/**
+ * Parses a pattern that may contain special filters and content filters
+ *
+ * @param pattern The pattern to parse
+ * @returns An object containing the parsed special filters and content filters
+ */
+export const parsePattern = (
+  pattern: string,
+): {
+  specialFilters: { type: 'userId' | 'displayName' | 'role'; value: string }[];
+  contentFilter: string;
+} => {
+  if (!pattern) return { specialFilters: [], contentFilter: '' };
+
+  const parts = pattern.split(' ');
+  const specialFilters: { type: 'userId' | 'displayName' | 'role'; value: string }[] = [];
+  const contentParts: string[] = [];
+
+  parts.forEach((part) => {
+    if (part.startsWith('#') && !part.startsWith('##') && !part.startsWith('#!#')) {
+      specialFilters.push({ type: 'userId', value: part.substring(1) });
+    } else if (part.startsWith('##')) {
+      specialFilters.push({ type: 'displayName', value: part.substring(2) });
+    } else if (part.startsWith('#!#')) {
+      specialFilters.push({ type: 'role', value: part.substring(3) });
+    } else {
+      contentParts.push(part);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return {
+    specialFilters,
+    contentFilter: contentParts.join(' '),
+  };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a comment matches a pattern in its title or content,
+ * or if it matches special filters for user ID, display name, or role
  *
  * @param comment The comment to check
  * @param pattern The pattern to match
@@ -102,6 +206,53 @@ export const matchesPattern = (text: string, pattern: string): boolean => {
 export const commentMatchesPattern = (comment: Comment, pattern: string): boolean => {
   if (!pattern || !comment) return false;
 
+  // Check if the pattern contains spaces, which might indicate combined filters
+  if (pattern.includes(' ') && (pattern.includes('#') || pattern.includes('##') || pattern.includes('#!#'))) {
+    // Parse the pattern into special filters and content filter
+    const { specialFilters, contentFilter } = parsePattern(pattern);
+
+    // If there are special filters, check if the comment matches all of them
+    if (specialFilters.length > 0) {
+      const allSpecialFiltersMatch = specialFilters.every((filter) => {
+        if (filter.type === 'userId') {
+          return userIdMatchesPattern(comment, filter.value);
+        } else if (filter.type === 'displayName') {
+          return displayNameMatchesPattern(comment, filter.value);
+        } else if (filter.type === 'role') {
+          return userHasRole(comment, filter.value);
+        }
+        return false;
+      });
+
+      // If there's also a content filter, check if the comment matches it as well
+      if (contentFilter) {
+        return allSpecialFiltersMatch && matchesPattern((comment?.title || '') + ' ' + (comment?.content || ''), contentFilter);
+      }
+
+      return allSpecialFiltersMatch;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Simple cases for single filters
+  // Check for user ID filter (starts with #)
+  if (pattern.startsWith('#') && !pattern.startsWith('##') && !pattern.startsWith('#!#')) {
+    const userIdPattern = pattern.substring(1);
+    return userIdMatchesPattern(comment, userIdPattern);
+  }
+
+  // Check for display name filter (starts with ##)
+  if (pattern.startsWith('##')) {
+    const displayNamePattern = pattern.substring(2);
+    return displayNameMatchesPattern(comment, displayNamePattern);
+  }
+
+  // Check for role filter (starts with #!#)
+  if (pattern.startsWith('#!#')) {
+    const rolePattern = pattern.substring(3);
+    return userHasRole(comment, rolePattern);
+  }
+
+  // Regular content matching
   const titleLower = comment?.title?.toLowerCase() || '';
   const contentLower = comment?.content?.toLowerCase() || '';
   const textToMatch = titleLower + ' ' + contentLower;