# Jump.  No, don't.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 13, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392 "2000-05-13T00:51:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392/1 "2000-05-13T00:51:40Z")

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Why do some threads I revisit not have the tab ‘Go to the first unread post’?

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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392/2 "2000-05-15T15:18:55Z")

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OK, to try to bring some order to all the confusion this has caused among the myriad respondents, here’s some detail. All posts in GQ.

Posted Title Tab  
May 14 Earned Run Average No  
May 12 Football Question No  
May 7 The Sound of English Yes

So, is the problem sports related? Based on even-numbered days? Totally arbitrary?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392/3 "2000-05-15T17:13:37Z")

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Sample size: small, probably, but I’d had a few.

Distribution: not random.

Yeah, it doesn’t look reliable, but the vB board’s still new, and they probably haven’t got around to seeing whether this is working yet. Seems sturdier than the previous incarnation, so I’m happy to wait.

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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392/4 "2000-05-15T22:03:27Z")

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Thanks, picmr. I can wait too if it’s board-related. Just wanted to be sure my box/browser/ISP wasn’t responsible.