# Last read not resetting **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 24, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248 "2015-12-24T07:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/1 "2015-12-24T07:43:00Z")
On my subscribed threads, I’m noticing that on later visits during the day, I’m still getting the same “first unread” on two or three listings. I’m on the current version of Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/2 "2015-12-24T15:42:55Z")
I get that a lot. Threads still marked Unread until I’ve gone into them two or three times. On my PC using Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/3 "2015-12-24T21:02:11Z")
Problem has persisted after clearing cookies, BTW. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/4 "2015-12-24T21:28:17Z")
Not being marked in which way? They are still bold? That’s on the server, probably because it’s overloaded. They haven’t changed to gray? That’s a browser issue. Not cookies so much as making sure your history is working properly. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/5 "2015-12-29T21:34:02Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Problem has persisted after clearing cookies, BTW. But were you still logged in? That could make a difference. Log out of the Dope, close all windows, clear cookies, restart internet browser, log back in to the Dope. See if that works. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/6 "2015-12-30T02:15:42Z")
No, that does not work, at least not for me. It doesn’t happen all the time, not even most of the time. Just the odd thread or three on any given day. Just a little while ago, I had to go into one thread three different times before it would finally be marked Read. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-read-not-resetting/741248/7 "2015-12-30T23:22:47Z")
This is a new issue for me. My previous problem with the board has always been seeing everything as ‘read’ because the board has me as having visited x seconds ago. Irritating in the extreme because the ‘View First Unread’ link isn’t there. Now the ‘view first unread’ link just takes me to the first post in a thread, regardless of how many times I’ve visited that thread.