<<<< the requirement of thread icon

[TigerUK]

I don't think anyone actually pays any attention to these icons. Apart from boobs,

And I think most people just pick any random one without really giving a damn about it.

I could understand the need for these though, I used the bit-tech forum and they have something similar, on the Gaming section they require to you select an icon to represent the platform pc/ps2 etc and users can sort out the forum based on the platform, if they only want to see pc games for instance.

My problem with it that it doesn't really have any special meaning, most people disregard it, and worst of all, I have probably missed out on posting or pming someone because I just pressed submitted and switched windows, without realising that the post hasn't been posted at all because of the requirmeent for a post icon.

I've had to retype out page long of pm's and posts in the past because they didn't go through the first time, just because of the post incon thing.