Padlock symbol

[SamShorty]

 :002:Could someone tell me what the padlock symbol on my ad for 2013 Tiger signifies.
The post tells me that the ad has been read by 175 members.Does that mean they have tried to see it and that access is restricted for some reason?  Or have the members been able to see the ad in it’s entirety?
Help!!

[Ad™]

I'm not sure what padlock symbol you are referring to 

The only padlock I know of is when a topic is locked meaning that no one can reply. The post is certainly not restricted (or locked), anyone can see it and members can reply to it. The 175 means that 175 people have opened the topic and presumably read it.

 

[Wullie]

I saw the padlock when I first read the post but it’s not there now - maybe just a glitch.

Alex