# A Bold Question

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 16, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875 "2008-03-16T18:05:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875/1 "2008-03-16T18:05:31Z")

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When reading discussions some topic headers are highlighted and some are not. I can’t figure out, or remember, what the difference is?  
  
  
  
 They appear to be listed in order of the last reply.  
  
  
  
 I can’t identify if the bold means I have or have not read some or all of the messages or if I have looked at the messages or replied?  
  
  
  
 So what are the bold titles?

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**Author:** ![Skypilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/skypilot/32/237_2.png) [@Skypilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Skypilot)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875/2 "2008-03-16T18:08:58Z")

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I think bold titles are the ones you haven’t looked at while the ones not bold are ones that you went in and looked at. Hope I’m right.

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**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875/3 "2008-03-16T18:09:14Z")

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I think bold means that you haven’t opened that thread at all (at least that’s how it works for me). On better forum software, bold means that there is a new post that you haven’t looked at yet.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875/4 "2008-03-16T18:43:25Z")

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The other guys are right. Bold means you never opened the topic, gray means you have.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-bold-question/11875/5 "2008-03-16T23:04:16Z")

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Thanks guys.

It would be really nice if there was an indicator for new topics and a different indicator for old topics with new replies and one to indicate you have replied previously or that there is a reply to a prior reply by you.

Oh well, I guess you get what you pay for.