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Mme. Defarge

(9,106 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:26 AM 11 hrs ago

the red and blue boxes on certain discussion threads. What do they mean?

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I'm just now noticing (Original Post) Mme. Defarge 11 hrs ago OP

red means the post has a youtube, blue means it has a X/Twitter Ptah 11 hrs ago #1

Thanks! bamagal62 10 hrs ago #2

Merci! Mme. Defarge 6 hrs ago #3

This. TheProle 2 hrs ago #5

Red means a video that the OP won't summarize TxGuitar 6 hrs ago #4

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1. red means the post has a youtube, blue means it has a X/Twitter

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:29 AM

11 hrs ago

(4,635 posts)

2. Thanks!

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 AM

10 hrs ago

I knew about the red video box. Had no idea about the X/Twitter blue box!

(9,106 posts)

3. Merci!

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:58 PM

6 hrs ago

Now some of us will know what to avoid.

(4,186 posts)

5. This.

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:57 PM

2 hrs ago

(4,373 posts)

4. Red means a video that the OP won't summarize

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 03:01 PM

6 hrs ago

and will expect you to get enraged about its content with no information and will alert if you ask them to summarize.