# Trouble with New Posts button

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-new-posts-button/513345>\
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**Created:** [October 10, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-new-posts-button/513345 "2009-10-10T21:17:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-new-posts-button/513345/1 "2009-10-10T21:17:43Z")

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I’m having trouble with the New Posts button. Everytime I click on it it tells me to wait 300 seconds between searches. The last few times the time remaining was dropping but then I clicked on it again and it told me 300 seconds again.

I did not use the search function in anyother way taht would have reset the timer. I have not been able to get a list of New Posts since I logged on around 4:30pm.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-new-posts-button/513345/2 "2009-10-10T21:27:40Z")

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Still happening. I pressed New Posts, it said wait three seconds. I counted to 10, did nothing else, clicked again and it told me to wait 300 seconds.

Humph.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-new-posts-button/513345/3 "2009-10-10T21:29:53Z")

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My trackball is getting on in years and occasionally something sticks and a single click becomes a double, sending two searches to the server.