Oh lord. I know for sure that most of you have already found this out...
I, unfortunately, am a dingbat that has been struggling with the new forum format.
Then I read Gink's post in the "forum dark theme" thread and was shocked that I hadn't noticed it sooner.
Anyone out there that is still in the dark ages and as much as a dingbat as me...
all you have to do is press the blue dot or star next to the title? really? it has been there the whole time...
I can finally clear out my unread topics...