Unread/New Posts

[UN4GTBL]

I'm not sure if I'm the only one that is experiencing this or not...

I'm having an issue where the unread/new posts are acting weird for me. It seems that if I visit the site one day, and there are 20 threads with new/unread posts in them, if I don't visit them right then and there, the next time I visit the site, they have all been marked as read, so I am missing out on some amazing projects here.

On all the other forums that I visit, unless I click on the "Mark Forums Read" link the threads will stay as unread/new. So if there are 20 threads with unread posts in them, and I only have time to look at one or two threads, the other 18 or so will stay as unread until I click on the thread and read past where I last read. Otherwise they stay as unread.

I can't find a setting that might impact this, so just wondering if it's just me. I have this "issue" across multiple ISPs, multiple computers, multiple operating systems, and it's been like this ever since I joined a few years ago - but I finally decided to ask tonight.

Any ideas?

 

[LumpyMusic]

I'm experiencing exactly the same thing. Go away for 2 weeks, then come back and there's threads that were posted TODAY or an HOUR ago that don't show as "new" or "unread".

Cleared all my cookies/cache, logged out and back in. No joy.

Perhaps it's a little like HarbFreight. Just something that will ALWAYS be there.


Sgt Lumpy

 

[NUTTSGT]

I believe that when you click on the "New Posts" tab at the top, it only brings up the new posts since your last visit to GJ.

 

[LumpyMusic]

It's annoyingly frustrating. As UN4 points out, it means we miss a LOT of great posts/projects/topics. I can't imagine ANY forum software functioning in that manner on purpose. There is no logical reason for it to grow old in minutes or between visits.

Owners/Moderators/Gurus, please consider addressing this and setting the Unread/New Post parameters where they should be.


Sgt Lumpy

 

[DodgeMech]

another forum i'm on with this same software, does the same thing...and it is annoying...

fwiw, it seems my timeout is around an hour or so

 

[UN4GTBL]

Oh wow, glad to hear is not just me!

 

[UN4GTBL]

I've never seen new posts limited like that...

 

[NUTTSGT]

It's annoyingly frustrating. As UN4 points out, it means we miss a LOT of great posts/projects/topics. I can't imagine ANY forum software functioning in that manner on purpose. There is no logical reason for it to grow old in minutes or between visits.

Owners/Moderators/Gurus, please consider addressing this and setting the Unread/New Post parameters where they should be.


Sgt Lumpy

Should be is going to be where the site admin/owner thinks they need to be.

I just checked on a few other forums that I'm a member of, the new posts only go back a few pages, not since the last time I visited.

Maybe it will change when the site gets rehashed like HAMB ? Maybe not, I'd guess it might have something to do with data storage, bandwidth and everything else it takes to run a forum.