# Am I the only one having this problem? Threads not being marked as read.

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**Created:** [January 14, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610 "2011-01-14T16:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/1 "2011-01-14T16:31:12Z")

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Since last night, any new thread I post in or read has not been getting marked as read, and the “last unread post” function doesn’t seem to be working either.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/2 "2011-01-14T17:02:42Z")

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I would venture to guess that it is only you.

Did you do something to your history settings?

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/3 "2011-01-14T17:12:47Z")

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Not on purpose. I didn’t even know I had any history settings. How do I access them?

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/4 "2011-01-14T17:15:42Z")

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It is not only you.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/5 "2011-01-14T17:16:27Z")

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OK, that’s good to know. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/6 "2011-01-14T17:17:28Z")

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Hrm. I logged out and logged back in and the issue now seems to be resolved.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-having-this-problem-threads-not-being-marked-as-read/567610/7 "2011-01-14T21:55:11Z")

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Mine went out last night, then came back today. Last night there was some kind of database upgrade going on. Maybe the urls for the threads were put in a different forn as part of the process.