What is the red dot with a palm?

[babana.7521]

I don't see a place where I can ask this question, its not game related, it is about the user's avatar on this forum the Red dot - top right corner of user's avatar, what is it? Thank you.

[Schimmi.6872]

3 minutes ago, babana.7521 said:

I don't see a place where I can ask this question, its not game related, it is about the user's avatar on this forum the Red dot - top right corner of user's avatar, what is it? Thank you.

You can see the answer when you move your cursor over the symbol, it's a new forum-user.

[babana.7521]

2 minutes ago, Schimmi.6872 said:

You can see the answer when you move your cursor over the symbol, it's a new forum-user.

Thank you, here I am thinking I have been left out of some secret society 😄 way to over think!

[Dante.1508]

I see no red dot or palm on users avatars?

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

12 minutes ago, Dante.1508 said:

I see no red dot or palm on users avatars?

Here's an example:  https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/133846-help-newbie-player-regarding-legendary-weapons/#comment-1941348

 

[Dante.1508]

Just now, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

Here's an example:  https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/133846-help-newbie-player-regarding-legendary-weapons/#comment-1941348

 

Oh new people haha, i get it now.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Well, new to the forum, anyway. 

[Fyrebrand.4859]

Okay, so here's my question: why did they choose that symbol to mark new forum users? Kind of gives off STOP or DANGER sign vibes.

[Linken.6345]

27 minutes ago, Fyrebrand.4859 said:

Okay, so here's my question: why did they choose that symbol to mark new forum users? Kind of gives off STOP or DANGER sign vibes.

More like stop dont flame this person they are new.

[Doggie.3184]

It's a weird choice of symbol because my first impression was that the user was banned. 😆

[Danikat.8537]

4 hours ago, Fyrebrand.4859 said:

Okay, so here's my question: why did they choose that symbol to mark new forum users? Kind of gives off STOP or DANGER sign vibes.

It might not be deliberate.

The default Invision theme (the one they use on their forum) is white and dark blue. I haven't been able to find someone with the new user icon (in a very short search) but I saw similar icons which are blue or green. It's possible that when Anet set the colour scheme for this forum to be white and red it changed everything dark blue to red, including the icons and inadvertently made that one look like a stop sign. At a guess it's supposed to be waving.

I've never used Invision myself so I don't know if there's an option to change the colours of icons individually, or pick a custom icon but if so that would be a way around it.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

It's turquoise for me, but I use a dark mode app (always have).  Thus, never seemed like a stop sign, or such, to me.

[Linken.6345]

5 hours ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

It's turquoise for me, but I use a dark mode app (always have).  Thus, never seemed like a stop sign, or such, to me.

It is clearly bright red even in darkmode.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Invision's dark mode.  Not Night Mode Pro. 

[Linken.6345]

2 hours ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

Invision's dark mode.  Not Night Mode Pro. 

Yea I only use the dark mode you get by clicking theme at the bottom of this page.

Is that the invisions one?

Edited July 15, 2023 by Linken.6345

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

It is.

[Linken.6345]

7 minutes ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

It is.

Ah ok so your useing another program got it.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Yes, as I indicated in the original post.