# the little blue arrows pointing down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-blue-arrows-pointing-down/76310>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 15, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-blue-arrows-pointing-down/76310 "2001-08-15T01:35:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Evno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Evno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evno)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-blue-arrows-pointing-down/76310/1 "2001-08-15T01:35:37Z")

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so, do these mean there’s a new posting in that thread that I haven’t read yet?

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-blue-arrows-pointing-down/76310/2 "2001-08-15T02:21:11Z")

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They mean that there is a reply to the thread since the last time the system has a record of you logging on. Clicking on one will take you to the bottom of the thread.

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**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-blue-arrows-pointing-down/76310/3 "2001-08-15T21:39:16Z")

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Thanks **waterj2** you just blew my mind with that one.