But here’s something from meta which calls the blue disc numbers “unread” (the number 1 is in a blue disc):
Your unread topics appear here.
By default, topics are considered unread and will show unread counts 1 if you:
- Created the topic
- Replied to the topic
- Read the topic for more than 4 minutes
Or if you have explicitly set the topic to Tracked or Watched via the notification control at the bottom of each topic.
Visit your preferences to change this.
I guess I am straying off topic here…