What are the light bulbs for?

[Ray,IN]

There is a light bulb to the left of every forum board. They all appear the same to me, I see no difference between any of them. What is their function?
Yes, I've been a member since 2002 and never asked before.

[NLOVNIT]

A "lit" bulb=unread new threads for you in that Forum. A "dark" bulb=no new threads.

I'll agree, the difference is very, very subtle. I have a hard time telling the difference, I even tried changing the screen resolution thinking it was me. I think the lit bulbs were brighter on the old platform.

Lori-

[mikedes]

Ray
When I looked at the bottom it indicated that the light bulbs show if there are new posts on that subject or not
Mike D

[Ray,IN]

For some of us older folks they are practically useless this way. Perhaps they could be changed to light and black or some other noticeably different colors.