# A small suggestion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337>\
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**Created:** [October 22, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337 "2002-10-22T05:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337/1 "2002-10-22T05:16:38Z")

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I am not sure if this has been proposed before.

Would it be too much trouble to mark threads as “replied to” with some kind of symbol? I have seen on some other vBB boards, a small black dot in the middle of the envelope is used.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337/2 "2002-10-22T05:28:38Z")

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I’d support that. I do sometimes (rarely, but sometimes) forget that I’ve replied to a thread. It’d also make it a tad more convenient to check on all your recent posts without having to read all the thread titles.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337/3 "2002-10-22T07:53:05Z")

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Might also cut down on the number of people doing vanity searches, which would be a huge bonus.

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**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337/4 "2002-10-22T08:13:29Z")

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This would be an EXCELLENT feature, IMHO.

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**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337/5 "2002-10-26T04:27:57Z")

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Oh. Any thread one had posted to, there’d be a dot next to the thread title? I LIKE this idea! One would not need to do username searchs for oneself.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-suggestion/133337/6 "2002-10-26T13:24:32Z")

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I suggested this right after the new version came into being. I was told it would go into the pile with the other suggestions the administration was getting.