# New Posts that aren't New **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459 "2015-09-16T12:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/1 "2015-09-16T12:18:52Z")
Ok, here’s the deal. I go onto the Cafe Society board, for example. I see a thread that has new posts in it. I go to read the new posts and then leave the site or read a different thread. However, the next time I go back into that board, the icon to the left of the thread shows I have a new post to read in the thread that I was reading. Only it turns out that it was the same post I read 10 minutes ago. I don’t think its a timing delay issue or anything, because I can read the post at night and then the next day I go back into the board and it says that I have a new post and its still the same one from last night. Is this just something I will have to deal with, or is it my computer or browser. I notice on my work PC, which is running on Firefox, but it also does it on my phone which is android based. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/2 "2015-09-16T12:44:41Z")
I notice the same thing periodically; it’s been happening the past few days. Then things improve for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/3 "2015-09-16T13:02:54Z")
That exact thing has been happening for years here. I just ignore it, it’s part of the boards quirks. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/4 "2015-09-16T13:07:57Z")
Ok, will do. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/5 "2015-09-16T18:37:27Z")
Often I see my last post listed as a new post. It just happened again. After enough time I just started ignoring it. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/6 "2015-09-16T20:07:11Z")
I see this behavior if I come back to the boards too quickly after my last visit. The last activity field isn’t updated, so it still displays things based on the old time. New messages are based on when (in the board’s opinion, which sometimes will disagree with yours…) you visited the board, not based on which messages you’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/7 "2015-09-16T20:14:28Z")
Then there is the other thing, where it marks new messages as already read. Both are extremely annoying. At first. Years later, it just seems part of the system. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/8 "2015-09-17T05:33:24Z")
It seems worse lately. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/9 "2015-09-17T16:35:10Z")
Happens to me too, but it’s better than having all my New Posts marked Read. That’s not happened for a while now. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/10 "2015-09-17T17:18:34Z")
Just a glitch in the matrix, just go about your business, there’s nothing to see here. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/11 "2015-09-18T02:01:30Z")
And the OP’s glitch just happened to me with this very thread. Oh Life, thy name is Irony. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/12 "2015-09-18T14:22:49Z")
Possibly related to the recent spam deluge? Spammer posts, mod deletes post, but board doesn’t change the New Post flag? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-that-arent-new/731459/13 "2015-09-18T14:31:35Z")
No way. This has been happening for a long time