# Why don't my threads stay on the last post I read anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [August 29, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431 "2024-08-29T19:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/1 "2024-08-29T19:05:17Z")
Until this week, if I left a thread open in my browser, it stayed on the last post I read until I went back to that tab and started scrolling again. But now, all the threads I leave open seem to scroll on their own, so when I return to the tab the thread is on the most recent post and I have to scroll back up to find the last one I read. Same device. Same browser. I didn’t change any preferences. What’s up with this, and how do I fix it? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/2 "2024-08-29T22:19:45Z")
I’ve noticed that too. Slightly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/3 "2024-08-29T22:22:05Z")
Ditto. I assume it’s some discourse things and isn’t really fixable. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/4 "2024-08-30T00:40:49Z")
Someone on the Dope must be the Discourse liaison. Is it worth a call to tech support? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/5 "2024-08-30T03:12:25Z")
Is it common to leave several threads open on different tabs? I’m too linear to work that way. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/6 "2024-08-30T03:31:32Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Is it common to leave several threads open on different tabs? I’m too linear to work that way. - Once you try it, you’ll come 'round. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/7 "2024-08-30T04:00:22Z")
I leave one thread open on my phone, and another in chrome on my laptop, and maybe another in edge on my laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/8 "2024-08-30T12:36:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > Is it common to leave several threads open on different tabs? I’m too linear to work that way. - > > Once you try it, you’ll come 'round. Don’t know if it’s common, but I sometimes have 7-8 threads open on different tabs. I close one when it goes two hours with no new posts. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/9 "2024-08-30T15:29:22Z")
I have 21 tabs open, 9 of which are the dope. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/10 "2024-08-30T22:33:26Z")
It’s actually a good mental exercise. The tab shows how many new posts and when you switch to it the last post shows so you just have to subtract. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431/11 "2024-08-30T22:58:55Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Is it common to leave several threads open on different tabs? I’m too linear to work that way. I read the Dope by ctrl-clicking on every thread in my unread list. Which if I’m gone for a few days may be 75 threads. So 75 tabs. Plus the first tab which is the unread list itself. Then I close the unread tab, and whichever one is displayed I read to the end then close it. Lather rinse repeat 74 more times. When I’m out of tabs, I’m out of 'Dope. Along the way if one is too long or two boring I’ll just close it partially read and it’ll be waiting at that spot in my Unread the next time I’m back. So only one thread is being looked at, and no tabs are left open for long. If for some reason I’m called away from browsing altogether, I just close the browser and all 30 or whatever open tabs are closed en masse. But (ignoring the alleged issue of this thread’s OP), my read-to cursor in each thread will be right where I left off, and those now closed previously unseen tabs will pick up next time from the same place.