# Weird "unread posts in this topic" number

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-unread-posts-in-this-topic-number/1020897>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [July 15, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-unread-posts-in-this-topic-number/1020897 "2025-07-15T23:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-unread-posts-in-this-topic-number/1020897/1 "2025-07-15T23:16:05Z")

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When I looked on the topic list, I saw [Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/316) and the little button told me I had 384 unread posts in this topic. There are 290 posts total and I had already read half of them.

Just a weird glitch or a sign of a bug? Haven’t seen another example, tbh.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-unread-posts-in-this-topic-number/1020897/2 "2025-07-15T23:18:25Z")

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Missing posts are from a banned troll.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-unread-posts-in-this-topic-number/1020897/3 "2025-07-15T23:20:56Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> When I looked on the topic list, I saw [Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/316) and the little button told me I had 384 unread posts in this topic. There are 290 posts total and I had already read half of them.
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> Just a weird glitch or a sign of a bug?

New math.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-unread-posts-in-this-topic-number/1020897/4 "2025-07-15T23:26:52Z")

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Aha. Also Hoorah.