I wouldn't even call it robust. In these groups and forums, there is usually
more people involved than a person asking and a person answering a question.
There are usually a number of people with similar questions or partial
suggestions. So most questions can be considered the starting point of a
discussion. The question posed may not be answerable by an individual, but
the group may come up with enough bits and pieces for a workable solution.
So it may appear that you have started a fight, it's just a number of people
throwing out information that may help.

Depending on your time frame, the conditional formatting should be a
solution when the next version of Office is released later this year.