I believe it has to do with a new topic, if someone has posted on the topic since you have, etc.

White is "no new posts"
orange is "new posts"
wiggly ones mean over 25 replies (i think could be over 50 but I am sure it's 25)
a splodge with an exclamation mark is for stickies again white being no new posts and oragne being new posts.

Posts as in since your last visit.

I think a poll has a different icon to a "discussion topic"

How does something become a sticky?

It has to be done by a moderator or admin, if they think a topic is important enough to be kept at the top for everyone to see.

Who are the moderator/admins for this particular forum?

I could tell you but then... Then I wouldhave to ki// you mwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

i let them tell you themselves

Moderators cannot come out and say who they are. Just that yes, they are amoung us. I think some people know who they are..... Some don't. But no moderator can say "hey, i'm a moderator"

Crazy, well I think it's pretty obvious.

Announcements are little triangles with an "i" in them - same colour code applies

Can anyone become a monitor then??

Also, what does ita mean?

I wanna know what ita means too....I asked michelle that earlier!

Ita- I totally agree

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gaby

Thank you gaby!

Yay!! I had no idea what that meant and I thought it was just a typing error or something.

Lol thats what I thought too once! But its I totally agree and tmi is too much information... Umm I think thats it