# yellow buttons at sdmb index

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-buttons-at-sdmb-index/89342>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 24, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-buttons-at-sdmb-index/89342 "2001-10-24T17:10:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-buttons-at-sdmb-index/89342/1 "2001-10-24T17:10:29Z")

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well, sometimes they’re yellow and sometimes they’re gray…what gives?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-buttons-at-sdmb-index/89342/2 "2001-10-24T17:24:18Z")

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Go back to page on which you see the yellow (mine are more _orange_ than yellow) and scroll down to the bottom of the page. All will be revealed.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-buttons-at-sdmb-index/89342/3 "2001-10-24T17:24:39Z")

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Yellow ones means there has been a poat since your last visit. Grey means no new posts.