# Stupid and pointless question about vB indicators (not at all urgent). **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-and-pointless-question-about-vb-indicators-not-at-all-urgent/178154 "2003-05-29T01:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-and-pointless-question-about-vb-indicators-not-at-all-urgent/178154/1 "2003-05-29T01:16:23Z")
To the left of every thread is a little “envelope” indicator that tells me if there are new posts to a thread. At the bottom of every forum list is a legend explaining the indicators. “Yellow and open” means new posts. “Gray and closed” means no new posts. “Overstuffed” in either color (and open or closed, as appropriate) means more than 150 posts (3 pages). I have seen numerous threads go longer than three pages, but I have seen no “overstuffed” indicators. Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-and-pointless-question-about-vb-indicators-not-at-all-urgent/178154/2 "2003-05-29T01:23:45Z")
Nope. I read in another ATMB thread quite some time ago, that they had disabled those icons, to speed up the Board, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-and-pointless-question-about-vb-indicators-not-at-all-urgent/178154/3 "2003-05-29T02:08:43Z")
'Kay. Thanks, buddy. I guess we can let this die, then. Note to self: try the "search " function no matter how often it times out.