# Suggestion - how about a "threadspotted" icon **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 25, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413 "2010-02-25T17:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/1 "2010-02-25T17:44:58Z")
Suggestion - When we look at the list of threads in a forum, how about an icon next to a thread title if it has been included in Tuba’s threadspotting section. Maybe a little rosette, or a little medal on a stripy ribbon. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/2 "2010-02-25T17:57:14Z")
I like that idea - I never go to the front page, so I have no idea which threads have been threadspotted. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/3 "2010-02-25T19:01:32Z")
This is something worth exploring. I’ll see if I can find something suitable. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/4 "2010-02-25T19:24:27Z")
An eyeball. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/5 "2010-02-25T20:28:16Z")
A tuba! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/6 "2010-02-25T20:30:36Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > A tuba! Modesty forbids. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/7 "2010-02-25T20:39:47Z")
Good idea – I rarely hit the front page anymore, but I do like seeing what’s been Threadspotted. I’d definitely like it if this were implemented. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/8 "2010-02-25T20:52:04Z")
The eye of a needle–\>Threadspotting Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/9 "2010-02-25T22:41:53Z")
I like it too. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/10 "2010-02-25T22:48:16Z")
Just wanted to add that I like this idea–I don’t really read the main page much either anymore, but I do like to know which threads are up for threadspotting. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/11 "2010-02-26T03:23:25Z")
Help some of us out - or maybe just me - what is **TubaDiva’s** threadspotting section? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/12 "2010-02-26T03:55:34Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Help some of us out - or maybe just me - what is **TubaDiva’s** threadspotting section? It’s a [section](http://www.straightdope.com/threadspotting/archive/) on the [Straight Dope home page](http://www.straightdope.com/) that mostly features certain interesting and noteworthy threads from these here boards. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/13 "2010-02-26T04:05:36Z")
Ah - thank you. I searched for threads started by **Tuba Diva** and eye-balled the forum home page diligently. I didn’t realize there was life outside the [del]Matrix[/del] forums. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/14 "2010-02-26T16:21:32Z")
There’s new Threadspotting listings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And on Thursday I billboard the new Straight Dope Chicago column in the Threadspotting space. There’s new Weird Earls on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And there’s archives for each one – I need to go back and check them but haven’t been able to do that in a bit so some of the older links may be dead, be aware of that – but there’s a lot of stuff to look at in both areas. [Best of the Straight Dope Message Board](http://www.straightdope.com/threadspotting/archive/) [Weird Earl’s Archive of Web Curiousities](http://www.straightdope.com/weirdearls/) There’s also tons of columns and special reports and all manner of cool stuff to read on this site – the Message Board is just one facet of the glittering Straight Dope diamond. If you don’t read any of this stuff you’re missing out on a lot. [http://www.straightdope.com/](http://www.straightdope.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/15 "2020-06-12T22:25:38Z")
Bumping - I suggested this years ago, but nothing came of it. Could this be included on the new site? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413/16 "2020-06-12T22:38:57Z")
I dunno. Let me explore that. I never got it to work on the old site, obviously. You know you can also see a listing of the most viewed threads on the front page of the site, no? Updated every day. See “Trending Threads” on the front page. [https://www.straightdope.com/](https://www.straightdope.com/) Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator