They're actually called on/off images, but hey. Do we remove them? I don't like them, I know a couple others don't as well but people sometimes use them to see if there's any new posts in those sections.
Don't remove the whole concept altogether, but we should definitely get a new style of userbars -
as well as possibly banner and forum icons that tell you if there are new posts.
If you want this removed I would have to do it tomorrow. (Unless Crayo does it.)
I think it should be removed. It isn't really needed and it frees up some space on MF.
I think if they are removed, it would be a bit hard to tell when there are new posts.
However, I always use the "View New Posts" feature, so I don't mind if they are removed.
I'm indecisive, however, I'll go with sure, remove them.