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PLEASE NOTE: The Reality TV World Message Boards are filled with desperate
attention-seekers pretending to be one big happy PG/PG13-rated family. Don't
be fooled. Trying to get everyone to agree with you is like herding cats,
but intolerance for other viewpoints is NOT welcome and respect for other
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how easy it is to fit in, but save your drama for your mama. All members are
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As entertainment critic Roger
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"Topic Icon Colors, Flames, and Locks"
sleeeve 3456 desperate attention whore postings
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05-28-02, 03:43 PM (EST)
 
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1. "RE: Topic Icon Colors, Flames, and Locks" |
Yellow icons mean that there is a new message in that thread since the last time you visited the site.The forum software does its best to keep track of the last time you visited so that it can update the yellow/blue icons for you as appropriate, but if you use the "mark as read" button at the top of each forum, you can change each icon in that forum from yellow to blue immediately... this is handy, so that you don't have to try to keep track of what you've read, and what you haven't... also, since you can do it on a forum-by-forum basis, if a new post appears in one forum while you're reading another, it's easy to go find it (cause it will be hilighted in yellow). From the lobby, you can mark all of the forum as read, if you choose... Notice that the folders on the lobby also change from yellow to blue and back to indicate the presence of new messages... personally, I'd recommend only using "mark as read" in each individual forum, because its a daunting task to read the entire message board at once. As i said, if you choose not to use mark as read, the forum software will try to change the blue and yellow icons for you, but it's not nearly as reliable. As for the flames... any time a topic gets more than 20 replies, the flames appear to mean that it's a hot topic... it means nothing in terms of performance of the individual thread... it's just there so that people notice that this topic, for whatever reason, is generating a lot of discussion. Locks can only be added and removed by moderators... once a lock is in place, no messages in that thread can be edited or modified by any user other than a moderator. Please note that a locked forum is NOT the same as a locked thread... you may post to a locked forum, but your post will not appear until a moderator has decided whether it is appropriate to display... We have several inactive forums that currently have locks on them, but if there's something you desperately wish to add to one of them, you can, and a moderator will decide whether or not to "release" your message into the forum. 
You never know what might be up my sleeeve... 
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dabo 25344 desperate attention whore postings
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05-28-02, 03:45 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: Topic Icon Colors, Flames, and Locks" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-28-02 AT 03:51 PM (EST)Blue means there are no new messages on this thread since the last time you were here (on the boards), yellow means there are. Threads start flaming when they reach 20 posts, and the "view all" selection is added at 21 posts. edited because sleeeve got his post up between the time opened this to read and finished my post. adding: By the way, there used to be a function where posts could be rated, which was particularly helpful on spoilers at times, but was abused in other forums. As sleeeve points out, the popularity of a thread can now be determined only by the number of posts it generates.  SMILES ARE FREE
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