Coloured word things in front of threads?!?

[Froggy86]

Ok so I am farily new to the fourm and have been woundering what the colured circles with the red and blue words that move mean? If anyone knows I would be very helpful

 

[brittani299]

Ok so I finally figured that out too. So the red in the circle means that you haven't read that post. Blue means that you have

 

[Froggy86]

What do the ones that move mean :study:

 

[beardie]

A popular topic.. more than a certain number of posts (15-20 I think).

 

[Froggy86]

and the red stars mean that thats a thread that you posted on?
thank soooo much!