# Why do some of my posts have view unread posts..

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**Created:** [June 21, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-of-my-posts-have-view-unread-posts/23077 "2000-06-21T06:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asmodeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Asmodeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asmodeus)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-of-my-posts-have-view-unread-posts/23077/1 "2000-06-21T06:28:56Z")

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but some don’t?

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**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 21, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-of-my-posts-have-view-unread-posts/23077/2 "2000-06-21T14:04:08Z")

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My best guess is that is has something to do with cookies. Probably something that works imperfectly, so you see it sometimes and not others.

your humble TubaDiva  
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