What are the icons down the LHS of page for?

[sadie]

Please can someone tell me what all the marks mean down the LH side of the initial page; the one that lists the threads?

There are two columns of them.  What do they designate. please?




Can someone answer this please?

[John]

Please can someone tell me what all the marks mean down the LH side of the initial page; the one that lists the threads?

There are two columns of them.  What do they designate. please?




Can someone answer this please?

A very good question Sadie, the answer to which I didn't know until a few minutes ago.

Basically, there are two vertical columns of icons, see pic below.




The first row icons designate whether the topic is quiet, a 'hot topic' or a 'very hot topic'.

Hot topic level is set at 300 posts while very hot topic is set at 1000 posts.

The presence of a little smiley 'participation icon' indicates that you have posted on that particular thread.

The second row of icons reflects the icon in the opening post.  This changes as editors monitor threads for any inappropriate comments, I use these icons regularly to designate threads which have been checked.

Hope this helps.

[Angelo222]

I always wondered what those ever changing icons were for but felt stupid asking.  Well done Sadie.