# "More than 15 replies or 150 views"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-or-150-views/159103>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 4, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-or-150-views/159103 "2003-03-04T22:38:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-or-150-views/159103/1 "2003-03-04T22:38:38Z")

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I’m curious why I never see this icon used on the boards (the reddish-colored icon that denotes new posts), even though it appears in the legend at the bottom of the screen. Is the board set up so that it doesn’t recognize such threads?

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-or-150-views/159103/2 "2003-03-04T23:06:35Z")

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**Coldfire** answered your question [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161742).

Basically, since so many SDMB threads fit those descriptions, they aren’t really all that useful. The option is turned off.

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-15-replies-or-150-views/159103/3 "2003-03-05T05:16:11Z")

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Thanks, **wolfstu**. I realize I should have searched for this first but the boards were being too slow this afternoon.