# Anyone else having problems with "Go to first new post"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130 "2016-10-10T05:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/1 "2016-10-10T05:44:30Z")
This function hasn’t been working right for me for a while now (a week or more). I’ve noticed it on three different computers, using Chrome on Windows on each (one is Vista, one is Win 7, and one is Win 10). When I click the “go to first new post” button next to a thread I’m subscribed to, it doesn’t take me to the first new post. It takes me back to earlier posts that I’ve already read, so that I have to scroll way down–or even go to the next page–to find the last post I read. It’s not just when I go from one machine to another. I can read a thread, close my browser, come back on the same machine moments later and go back to the thread and it takes me to the wrong place. Anyone else having the same issue? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/2 "2016-10-10T06:16:23Z")
Yes, bigly. ;). Very annoying actually. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/3 "2016-10-10T12:10:35Z")
It happens to me intermittently. It works fine for a bit, then takes me either to the very first post or to some random post in the thread. I do not log-out, do not clear cookies, etc. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/4 "2016-10-10T12:18:52Z")
Yes I noticed, and yes it’s annoying. Surprising? Can’t say I’m shocked yet another simple basic function of the board is now unusable. Following ‘live’ threads, like the debate ones is beyond frustrating without this simple function. Not that TPTB will give a shit, of course. The Straight Dope, where your low board performance expectations, will always need to be lowered yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/5 "2016-10-10T14:30:19Z")
Thanks–at least now I know it’s not just me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/6 "2016-10-10T15:22:21Z")
Interestingly, on other boards that I rarely visit, “go to first new post” works well, even after a months long absence. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/7 "2016-10-10T17:06:07Z")
It seems the board runs on the bare minimum necessary, and has a very large database that is probably rather fractured. There’s a reason why most sites archive posts that are a certain age or older, to get rid of the junk. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/8 "2016-10-11T00:55:58Z")
I have never had this happen to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/9 "2016-10-11T01:54:01Z")
Every day, every time I use it. I’m going to try some experiments where I log out and log back in. Try different machines, etc, and see if different conditions have any effect at all. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/10 "2016-10-11T02:17:11Z")
I’ve been here 17 years, and it’s never worked. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/12 "2016-10-11T07:56:16Z")
Its never worked for me on this board. And yes its a pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/13 "2016-10-11T08:32:10Z")
Have you checked your cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/14 "2016-10-11T13:29:15Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I’ve been here 17 years, and it’s never worked. > [@bucketybuck](#): > > Its never worked for me on this board. And yes its a pain in the ass. Same for me. I haven’t tested it thoroughly. I think it sometimes defaults to the first post of the day. I’m not sure. But I’ve definitely missed posts. I’m not sure how it works. E.g. cookies on our end or something on the server side. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/15 "2016-10-11T15:07:41Z")
This is the only thing I hate about this board. If I read 14 different threads on 3 different baby boards and new messages are posted while I am reading elsewhere on the board if I don’t check back before leaving those new posts get counted as read. So when I check back in hours or days later I have to scroll up to read the 2 or 3 messages the board decided I had read just because I was here when they were posted. ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-go-to-first-new-post/768130/16 "2016-10-13T01:03:46Z")
I’ve only been here a couple of years but it’s never worked right for me. Always skips posts that I haven’t read. At least I know it’s not just me.