[answered]Featured topic

How: a number is inserted into the database causing the topic type to be recognized as different.

This is done by the forum guides and moderators.

Why: Simply to feature content relevant to that particular forum, the featured topics stay at the top so they remain visible. If you think a topic merits this just notify the forum guide for that forum.

Thanks.

When does a topic become unfeatured?

Some seem stale - no activity for over six months.

Some that are relatively active hardly seem worthy of being featured.

Send us a note via the Help Desk if you notice topics that you think should be featured or defeatured. I can't promise we will be able to fulfill your request or do it quickly (as you can see, that's not as high a priority as pulling spam or dealing with TOS violations), but we will look into it. Thanks!