Foo - Why are some thread titles in bold, and others in plain text?

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patentcad
02-16-09, 04:44 PM
Does anyone understand this?


AEO
02-16-09, 04:47 PM
get new reading glasses?

x136
02-16-09, 04:48 PM
It's completely random.

Noob.


AEO
02-16-09, 04:51 PM
that button beside "Logout", click on "Mark All Forums Read" it'll get rid of all these bold titles.

superdex
02-16-09, 04:52 PM
bold == unread

KingTermite
02-16-09, 04:54 PM
Who's the new guy? LOL :p

x136
02-16-09, 05:07 PM
Who's the new guy? LOL :pThis is just the account I use to be a jerk with. I have others.

Sincerely,
Joe Gardner.

jgedwa
02-16-09, 05:19 PM
BF is monitored. Any thread that has a stupid post in it is left with plain text. Any threads with all good posts is in bold. So, scan through all the ones with plain text and see which poster appears in each one. There is your culprit.

jim

patentcad
02-16-09, 05:58 PM
If BF was actually monitored I would have been banned in 2007.

Joe_Gardner
02-16-09, 06:00 PM
If BF was actually monitored I would have been banned in 2007.

This is true.

crtreedude
02-16-09, 06:15 PM
This is true.

Is the rumor true that Joe and Heather are fleeing to a third world nation because of PCad? :rolleyes:

chipcom
02-16-09, 06:16 PM
WTF Pcad...are you running out of road nazi material and expanding into clueless noob schtick?


Excellent choice.

patentcad
02-16-09, 06:48 PM
Is the rumor true that Joe and Heather are fleeing to a third world nation because of PCad? :rolleyes:

That will not be necessary, within 5 years, the USA will be a third world nation.

x136
02-16-09, 07:00 PM
That will not be necessary, within 5 years, the USA will be a third world nation.You heard it here first, folks. Time to start brushing up on your fiddling skills.

DataJunkie
02-16-09, 07:02 PM
If BF was actually monitored I would have been banned in 2007.

No. Aug 2005. :p

no1mad
02-16-09, 07:02 PM
BF is monitored. Any thread that has a stupid post in it is left with plain text. Any threads with all good posts is in bold. So, scan through all the ones with plain text and see which poster appears in each one. There is your culprit.

jim

Most plausible explanation so far. I'd just assumed that the threads in bold were the ones that were being viewed at the time by other members...

patentcad
02-16-09, 07:02 PM
You heard it here first, folks. Time to start brushing up on your fiddling skills.

It will be all sex and violins.

ModoVincere
02-16-09, 07:05 PM
You heard it here first, folks. Time to start brushing up on your fiddling skills.

better than diddling skills I guess.

x136
02-16-09, 07:05 PM
It will be all sex and violins.Are those prerequisites or features?

patentcad
02-16-09, 07:12 PM
Are those prerequisites or features?

Of course.

StupidlyBrave
02-16-09, 07:13 PM
Did you get your Sax and Violins on TV?

pgoat
02-16-09, 08:17 PM
Mr. Howell

x136
02-16-09, 08:25 PM
Of course.Interesting. I'm intrigued and, at the same time, not allowed.

deraltekluge
02-16-09, 11:32 PM
Most plausible explanation so far. I'd just assumed that the threads in bold were the ones that were being viewed at the time by other members...I think it's supposed be bold = threads that you haven't read, or that have changed since you read them. But there seems to be a certain degree of randomness about it.

patentcad
02-16-09, 11:45 PM
Interesting. I'm intrigued and, at the same time, not allowed.

It's always that way.

x136
02-16-09, 11:54 PM
It's always that way.Tell me about it.

patentcad
02-17-09, 05:02 AM
Tell me about it.

Just sayin.

botto
02-17-09, 05:13 AM
Does anyone understand this?

yes.

wolfpack
02-17-09, 05:16 AM
:lol: at pcad. seriously.

patentcad
02-17-09, 05:24 AM
yes.

For that matter how come your 'last visit to BF' date is never on your post count profile you weasel?

substructure
02-17-09, 06:17 AM
How come I constantly lose socks in the wash?

AEO
02-17-09, 06:22 AM
How come I constantly lose socks in the wash?

things that go bump in the night http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162796/

wolfpack
02-17-09, 07:02 AM
How come I constantly lose socks in the wash?

isn't this a question for pcad's other thread? :)

SonataInFSharp
02-17-09, 11:24 AM
Bold means there is something new that you haven't read.

My questions is this, though: I get to the page and there are lots of unread posts. Great! I will look at 3 or 4 threads, but when I go back to the FOO page, it marks them all as read!!! Then I lose track! Why does it do this? It has been driving my crazy for a long time.

patentcad
02-17-09, 03:02 PM
None of you really know do you? Admit it.

superdex
02-17-09, 03:06 PM
I do my reading by the "View new Posts" button. I see a little of everything, and while sometimes that means I post in the bmx forum, I don't mind

ModoVincere
02-17-09, 03:10 PM
How come I constantly lose socks in the wash?

jsharr.....he like to starch them :innocent: