# Timing of posts marked unread

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**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-of-posts-marked-unread/919555 "2020-09-01T21:28:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-of-posts-marked-unread/919555/1 "2020-09-01T21:28:07Z")

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When I read a thread or topic (whatever) to the end and then leave it, it sometimes marks the topic as partially unread. Looks like it’s assuming it takes a certain amount of time to read them and if you don’t spend that much time there, it assumes you didn’t read all of it. I never thought of myself as a super fast reader, but apparently I’m faster than whoever came up with this thinks is typical. I suspect I’m not alone in this.