diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-list-item.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-list-item.js.es6
index f9b3cd38b7..bf8e273d44 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-list-item.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-list-item.js.es6
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(bufferedRender({
   attributeBindings: ['data-topic-id'],
   'data-topic-id': Em.computed.alias('topic.id'),
 
+  @computed
+  newDotText() {
+    return (this.currentUser && this.currentUser.trust_level > 0) ? "" : I18n.t('filters.new.lower_title');
+  },
+
   actions: {
     toggleBookmark() {
       this.get('topic').toggleBookmark().finally(() => this.rerenderBuffer());
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-post-badges.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-post-badges.js.es6
index 9eb07ade4f..f125c839b2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-post-badges.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-post-badges.js.es6
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(bufferedRender({
   rerenderTriggers: ['url', 'unread', 'newPosts', 'unseen'],
 
   buildBuffer(buffer) {
+    const newDotText = (this.currentUser && this.currentUser.trust_level > 0) ? " " : I18n.t('filters.new.lower_title');
     const url = this.get('url');
     link(buffer, this.get('unread'), url, 'unread', 'unread_posts');
     link(buffer, this.get('newPosts'), url, 'new-posts', 'new_posts');
-    link(buffer, this.get('unseen'), url, 'new-topic', 'new', I18n.t('filters.new.lower_title'));
+    link(buffer, this.get('unseen'), url, 'new-topic', 'new', newDotText);
   }
 }));
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/raw-views/list/post-count-or-badges.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/raw-views/list/post-count-or-badges.js.es6
index 40faddcde2..6d35e0800f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/raw-views/list/post-count-or-badges.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/raw-views/list/post-count-or-badges.js.es6
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+import { default as computed } from "ember-addons/ember-computed-decorators";
+
 export default Ember.Object.extend({
   postCountsPresent: Ember.computed.or('topic.unread', 'topic.displayNewPosts'),
-  showBadges: Ember.computed.and('postBadgesEnabled', 'postCountsPresent')
+  showBadges: Ember.computed.and('postBadgesEnabled', 'postCountsPresent'),
+
+  @computed
+  newDotText() {
+    return (this.currentUser && this.currentUser.trust_level > 0) ? "" : I18n.t('filters.new.lower_title');
+  }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/post-count-or-badges.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/post-count-or-badges.raw.hbs
index 4e41ba326b..f997dcbff0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/post-count-or-badges.raw.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/post-count-or-badges.raw.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{#if view.showBadges}}
-  {{raw "topic-post-badges" unread=topic.unread newPosts=topic.displayNewPosts unseen=topic.unseen url=topic.lastUnreadUrl}}
+  {{raw "topic-post-badges" unread=topic.unread newPosts=topic.displayNewPosts unseen=topic.unseen url=topic.lastUnreadUrl newDotText=newDotText}}
 {{else}}
   {{raw "list/posts-count-column" topic=topic tagName="div"}}
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-list-item.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-list-item.raw.hbs
index 942e3f8d82..2831237bc5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-list-item.raw.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-list-item.raw.hbs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     {{/if}}
     {{raw-plugin-outlet name="topic-list-after-title"}}
     {{#if showTopicPostBadges}}
-      {{raw "topic-post-badges" unread=topic.unread newPosts=topic.displayNewPosts unseen=topic.unseen url=topic.lastUnreadUrl}}
+      {{raw "topic-post-badges" unread=topic.unread newPosts=topic.displayNewPosts unseen=topic.unseen url=topic.lastUnreadUrl newDotText=newDotText}}
     {{/if}}
   </span>
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic-post-badges.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic-post-badges.raw.hbs
index b2076113c3..2cbf0f9b69 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic-post-badges.raw.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic-post-badges.raw.hbs
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     <a href='{{url}}' class='badge badge-notification new-posts' title='{{i18n "topic.total_unread_posts" count=newPosts}}'>{{newPosts}}</a>
   {{/if}}
   {{#if unseen ~}}
-    <a href='{{url}}' class='badge badge-notification new-topic' title='{{i18n "topic.new"}}'>{{i18n 'filters.new.lower_title'}}</a>
+    <a href='{{url}}' class='badge badge-notification new-topic' title='{{i18n "topic.new"}}'>{{newDotText}}</a>
   {{/if}}
 </span>