# Why won't it refresh? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-it-refresh/106963 "2002-05-03T00:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-it-refresh/106963/1 "2002-05-03T00:08:34Z")
I posted something in the Pit several hours ago. Just now, I hit “refresh”, but the thread configuration did not change. My post is there when I click on the thread, but it’s still where it was on page 2 when I replied. None of the other threads have been moved, either. I don’t like that. How am I supposed to know which threads have new replies and which ones don’t? Please tell me this is not another one of those things we’ll have to live with. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-it-refresh/106963/2 "2002-05-03T00:26:59Z")
Unfortunately, that’s another one of those things answered in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1946046#post1946046) in the technical issues FAQ: > [@](#): > > …due to the demands placed upon the server, the full set of database updates needed to successfully complete a thread/post creation gets interrupted, and so you may end up with inconsistent data in the database. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-it-refresh/106963/3 "2002-05-03T01:02:00Z")
Okay. Shame on me for not reading the FAQ carefully enough. Carry on!