# Red envelope? Down arrow?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-envelope-down-arrow/25811>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2000, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-envelope-down-arrow/25811 "2000-07-17T07:27:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Manta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Manta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manta)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-envelope-down-arrow/25811/1 "2000-07-17T07:27:35Z")

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What does it mean when a post has got a red envelope next to the topic name and a blue downwards pointing arrow?!?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-envelope-down-arrow/25811/2 "2000-07-17T07:33:51Z")

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There are new posts in that thread since your last visit. There is a whole forum for questions like this: [About this message board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2)