# Read/Unread timer resetting c. 5 minutes into a session **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 8, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423 "2013-01-08T00:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/301 "2013-06-11T03:35:04Z")
I’ve been having this issue for the first time tonight. Also, threads aren’t being listed correctly; the forum pages show up half of the time as if the last 3.5 hours haven’t happened. For example, right now the top thread in GQ is “I don’t understand why Pétain and Weygand would not concede with this, according to Beevor,” and the last post is shown as being made by **Little Nemo** at 11:20 PM (EDT). But if I refresh a few times, everything from the past few hours drops off, and the top thread is “Why Don’t Hybrid Cars Recharge Batteries Like Gas Powered Cars Do?” with the last post being by **Richard Pearse** at 8:02 PM. The threads still work if I go to them (several posts have been made in the hybrid car thread since 8:02), but they don’t show up correctly on the main page or the individual forum pages. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/302 "2013-06-11T04:07:10Z")
It seems to be timing out every few minutes now. Are the hamsters manic depressive? ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/303 "2013-06-11T11:03:40Z")
This problem has become extremely severe. I got on and at first it was showing that the last post for most of the forums wrmere ten hours ago. We need to give the hamsters a beating in order to get them to stop slacking off. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/304 "2013-06-11T12:19:35Z")
They’re still working on fixing the server problem. Until that is corrected there will be all kinds of varying performance issues that will display in various ways. We apologize for your inconvenience and hope this resolves soon. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/305 "2013-06-11T14:06:28Z")
Strange one last night - I browse the boards this way - GQ, GD, CS, IMHO, MPSIMS, Pit. Well, the first three were OK but IMHO and MPSIMS were all marked as read. The Pit, however, was back to normal again. I wonder if vBulletin is becoming aware and simply marking those things read that it knows you wouldn’t read anyway. Bob ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/306 "2013-06-11T14:32:32Z")
And again. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/307 "2013-06-11T14:40:29Z")
Same here, in IMHO. More espresso for the hamsters! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/308 "2013-06-11T16:34:55Z")
The board is COMPLETELY spastic today. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/309 "2013-06-12T01:18:06Z")
This is a weird one I just had to share. I went into Cafe Society first, opened up everything I wanted to read in tabs (everything was unread since my last visit), hit back, went into GD, and everything was marked as read. I went into a few other subforums and same thing. In the Pit? Everything was still unread since my last visit yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/310 "2013-06-12T01:47:18Z")
This has been happening to me a lot lately. How am I supposed to share my moronic opinions with the rest of the world if I can’t even determine when threads have been updated? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/311 "2013-06-12T11:23:55Z")
It’s every time now. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/312 "2013-06-12T23:34:15Z")
Yep, it’s happening every time I browse these days and it’s extremely irritating. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/313 "2013-06-13T02:42:12Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I just experimented it. I tried Find for the word “definitely,” which is in your post. I did it for your User Name, **spinky** , and it Found that. Other words it found. But some it did not. For example, while it Found your User Name, it will not Find **Siam Sam**. I tried the word “sigh” in the first post on this page, and nothing doing. And again, it’s only this website. > [@Canadjun](#): > > All of those work fine for me. Okay, mystery solved, and the problem was on my end. I’ve only recently started using Firefox more often, and in the Find box, I finally noticed the Match Case box was checked! I don’t use proper capitalization when doing a Find, so any words that were capped weren’t showing up. D’oh!:smack: It’s only by coincidence that words a did a Find for on other websites were lowercase. There was still a real problem with that one Weird Earl’s offering, but it finally went away. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/314 "2013-06-13T04:22:15Z")
It just got weirder. I started reading GQ. My last visited date was 6-10, TWO days ago. And I did visit yesterday. Then I went to CS. Last visited was current date and time. I proceeded to IMHO. Last visited date same as GQ! Finally to MPSIMS. Last visited was current date and time. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/315 "2013-06-13T16:42:48Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > It just got weirder. > > I started reading GQ. My last visited date was 6-10, TWO days ago. And I did visit yesterday. At 4:26 PM, am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/316 "2013-06-13T19:55:27Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > They’re still working on fixing the server problem. Until that is corrected there will be all kinds of varying performance issues that will display in various ways. > > We apologize for your inconvenience and hope this resolves soon. I hope they are trying to figure out what is wrong and not just buying a new server. I agree that it is quite possible you need a bigger server to **help** fix things, but problems are happening too recently and frequently for that to be the only issue. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/317 "2013-06-14T02:00:55Z")
Starting yesterday when I would go to certain board (Cafe Society yesterday and today, but others too) only the stickies would appear. Reload did not correct the problem. Going to that board again from the drop down menu, would then display all of the messages but they were marked as all read. I hope the board maintenance will take care of some of this. If not, I hope there is money to add the servers needed. Bob ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/318 "2013-06-14T04:39:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > At 4:26 PM, am I right? Honestly, I didn’t notice. However, right now I just came from the main forum page, and it STILL displayed the last visited as 6-10 12:05 AM Chicago time (I read the board late). That matches my browser history for that session. Right now the ATMB thread listing page shows the correct last visited as “Yesterday [6-12] at 11:22 PM”, but as I’m creating this post the page shows last visited as the current date and time. Weird. I guess the watchword is “patience”. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/319 "2013-06-14T10:59:46Z")
At last, the read/unread shit is working properly. Let us hope it says this way. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-timer-resetting-c-5-minutes-into-a-session/646423/320 "2013-06-14T23:14:59Z")
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