it means you have posted to that thread.
Eric
thanks! 
Your welcome, I get so much here its nice to give a little.
Eric
I think it means that you have opened the thread to read.
jed
no. i just opened two other posts to ‘read’ and the dot wasnt there after i closed them.
Nope! Eric is right! It’ll show up if you’ve posted to that thread (not originated the post, but posted to a thread). It’s a handy feature that allows you to know what you’ve been involved in on the Board with just a quick glance.
If your a pirate it is the black spot that signifies that the rest of the scurvy crew plan to do you in. (Treasure Island ) However this is faol and our pirates have dissapeared somewhere.
Does anybody know where the pirates, once so vocal in thier defiance of anything organized went?
Montana