# Topic vanishes after reading - is this by design?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823 "2020-06-24T19:32:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/1 "2020-06-24T19:32:02Z")

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I generally go to New Topics when I log in. I’ve noticed that after I read a topic, it vanishes from the original list. Is this by design?

Just wondering

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/2 "2020-06-24T19:36:11Z")

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Maybe you’re sorting by “Unread”?

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/3 "2020-06-24T19:37:27Z")

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> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#):
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> I generally go to New Topics when I log in.

Once you’ve read it, it’s no longer “New”. New = Unread by you.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/4 "2020-06-24T19:39:04Z")

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Try going to Latest instead of New.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/5 "2020-06-24T19:43:18Z")

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> [@Omniscient](#):
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> Once you’ve read it, it’s no longer “New”. New = Unread by you.

Ding ding ding

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/6 "2020-06-24T19:46:54Z")

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I’ve also noticed you can “mute” a thread, which means you never see it again, unless you go to settings and look at your list of muted threads.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-vanishes-after-reading-is-this-by-design/912823/7 "2020-06-24T22:43:51Z")

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Yes. You can even mute an entire forum. (Hasta la pasta, Marketplace!)

Muted fora, though, still show up as a list — but at the bottom, and without the first few threads listed.