# More than 15 replies icon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 29, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619 "2000-04-29T21:16:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/1 "2000-04-29T21:16:12Z")

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Haven’t seen that yet, is it something in progress?

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**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/2 "2000-04-29T21:48:21Z")

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Probably disabled. I remember a board upgrade a few months ago that featured flaming folders for this. They were universally hated and quickly dropped.

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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/3 "2000-04-29T23:44:54Z")

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testin

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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/4 "2000-04-29T23:46:14Z")

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cookie test

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/5 "2000-04-29T23:48:24Z")

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Yeah, that’s turned off. It was really annoying during testing, and people with small monitors couldn’t even see whether the thread had a new post or not. Getting rid of the icons on the bottom of the screen that refer to their existence is, uh, not on the top ten list right now.

The new software, and our experience with it, are works in progress. Stuff like that goes at the final broom-sweep, not the first foundation laying.

Sorry if it threw you off a little.

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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/6 "2000-04-29T23:48:35Z")

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one more time

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**Author:** ![johnpriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@johnpriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpriest)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-icon/16619/7 "2000-04-30T22:02:40Z")

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Seem like the 15 or more icon isn’t needed since the acutal number appears. It would only be needed if that column were turned off again.