BuddyPress.org

works for me… in fact i style the first li on my sites:
<li id=”post-<?php bp_the_topic_post_id() ?>” <?php if (my_forum_is_first_post() ) echo ‘class=”first”‘; ?>>

buddypress does not use the same bbpress functions and overrides the majority of the features

*i really hate we can’t post code here – @apeatling please add the functionality (or syntax highlighter – very easy with a few filter tweaks)