Scrolling icons, split from "We have a new forum"

[ben_brown]

What I want to know is what does the scrolling icon next to some catagories and threads mean?

Also I went from a senior member to an intermediate member....what's up with that?
...and some have stars and some don't. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

Other than that everything seems to be pretty cool.

[gibsonlp]

This means that this is a "popular topic" (with more than 25 replies).
We changed the ranking system a little bit.
What do you mean by stars?

[ben_brown]

Thanks for the reply. As far as the stars go....When I go to Basses for example in the upper right hand corner of the icons next to the threads "Horseshoe/Highgain" and "What no stripe...?" there are little red stars. What are they for?

[ben_brown]

Ok...I've figured it out. There is a small red star in the upper right corner of the icon for every thread that one posts to.
That's pretty cool. It helps you remember what you posted to when you're on a roll.