What are you talking about? Where is the normal indicator?
I wondered that too! Click on "What's Your Crime? Basic Discussion" (or any forum title) and scroll to the bottom of the forum index page.
There are little octagonal symbols explained at the bottom. A blue octagon, appearing next to a thread title, indicates a "normal topic,"
meaning one with an average response rate, I guess you'd call it. Peachy orange indicates a "hot topic --- more than 15 replies,"
red a "very hot topic --- more than 25 replies." It's just funny that the word "normal" is used anywhere here.