Topics

Topics are where users post. In most forums, there are many topics, sometimes with 150+. With over 7,700 topics, the LEGO Universe Forum is the forum with the most topics. There are 5 different types of topics: Popular, Normal, Locked, Pinned/Sticky, and Announcements. Talk to the Mods is the topic with the most pages ever, with 1,900+ pages. Right below that is Your Position in the MBs Advanced with 1,354 pages.

"Topics are the building blocks of the Message Boards."

Normal and Popular topics
A topic starts out as Normal when it's first posted. After a certain threshold of posts and views, it becomes a Popular topic. The exact specifications are unknown, but if it gets to about 2 or 3 pages, it usually becomes a Popular topic. For this reason, there are very few Normal topics in most forums, since most topics can get to 2 or 3 pages. However, the LEGO Universe Forum has a huge amount of Normal topics, since many of them are not answered. Most Popular topics usaly reach up to 50 pages before its forgotten but, if a topic is really popular it can reach to 1000 pages.

Pinned
Pinned topics are topics that stay at the top of the front page of the forum, no matter how active they actually are. Pinned topics are usually "Welcome Newbies" topics or other important topics that need replies. Topics can be unpinned, if they become spammy or highly off-topic. Recently, the pinned topics in the MB Forum have been unpinned and re-pinned several times. This is possibly a glitch because if they had been unpinned for a reason, it is unlikely they would have been re-pinned. If a topic is an important announcement that does not require replies, it can be made a sticky topic instead of being pinned.

Sticky/Announcements
Sticky topics, also known as announcements, are messages left by moderators that are displayed at the top of the first page of the forum, just above Pinned Topics. These topics are locked to avoid drawing attention away from the main point. These are usually rules or guidelines of some sort and importance. For example, there have been announcements on reduction of spam and roleplay rules.