# Q about new threads and replies **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 9, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485 "2001-09-09T04:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/1 "2001-09-09T04:51:52Z")
Is there a way to view NEW threads and replies to the SDMB without leaving the site and coming back again? If I spend an hour at the site, I find myself constantly entering the site, leaving the site, getting rid of my SDMB cookie and returning in order to see the updates. Is there an easier way? If I just sit here and stare at a thread will it display a new response when one is given? ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/2 "2001-09-09T05:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by upperdeckfan \* > \*\*If I just sit here and stare at a thread will it display a new response when one is given? \*\* I guess I’ve just answered that one on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Poirot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@Poirot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poirot)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/3 "2001-09-09T17:38:38Z")
Why were you doing all that again? Your cookie should be invisible to posting, so what would make you delete it? ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/4 "2001-09-09T18:14:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by upperdeckfan \* > \*\*If I spend an hour at the site, I find myself constantly entering the site, leaving the site, getting rid of my SDMB cookie and returning in order to see the updates. \*\* When I visit this site, there is a display at the top of the message board showing the current time of my arrival. If I show up at 12:00pm, that specific arrival time remains displayed even if it is now 1:00pm. If I do the above prodedure, I usually see updates to the posts that I did not see before leaving the board. ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/5 "2001-09-09T18:22:01Z")
Similiarly, I logged in to post the above post, but when I went back to view the thread titles and number of posts in the menu, my post was not counted or displayed. If I leave this site and return, my post will show up in the menu. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/6 "2001-09-09T19:33:49Z")
Have you tried the reload button? ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485/7 "2001-09-09T22:56:41Z")
Thanks. I’ll give that a try.