# Just wondering..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 8, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410 "2002-04-08T02:37:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410/1 "2002-04-08T02:37:41Z")

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What are the checkmarks for?

There is one to the left of the SDMB link that didn’t seem to do anythng when I clicked it.

There is one after everypost, some black, some yellow, that also don’t seem to do anything, and won’t let me click them.

Is this something so terribly obvious that I’ll feel like an idiot for not knowing?

The Punkyova

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**Author:** ![starrbrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@starrbrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starrbrite)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410/2 "2002-04-08T02:40:04Z")

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the check marks means there is some unread posts…

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410/3 "2002-04-08T03:39:52Z")

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[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/off.gif) is a V, as in vBulletin Version 2.2.4. It does look a lot like a check though.

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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:** [April 8, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410/4 "2002-04-08T07:23:04Z")

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Welcome to the boards, **starrbrite**.

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**Author:** ![starrbrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@starrbrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starrbrite)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410/5 "2002-04-08T13:37:51Z")

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Well thank you for the warm welcome.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-wondering/102410/6 "2002-04-08T14:10:57Z")

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Since this had already been asked before, I put the answer in the FAQ on technical issues (currently the last post in that thread.)