Automatic resetting of "new post" flags
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:45 am
I have registered for only a few discussion groups on the internet. For most of them, new posts are flagged, and the flag is reset when I view the post. If I leave the web site without viewing all of the new posts, the unviewed posts remain flagged on my next visit. But not on www.hifi-remote.com !
On this web site, the new-post flags are all reset, either when I leave the web site or after some set time interval (I don't know which). So if I visit this web site to look for a device upgrade, and don't want to spend the time reading the new posts, on my next visit when I do want to read the new posts, there are no longer any flags for the posts that were new on my previous visit.
I looked at the settings in my profile, but there does not seem to be a setting that controls this behaviour. The site has a "Mark all forums read" selection, so I don't see the reason for the automatic resetting of the new-post flags. Is it possible to obtain the behaviour that I want? Thank you.
-- from CyberSimian in the UK
On this web site, the new-post flags are all reset, either when I leave the web site or after some set time interval (I don't know which). So if I visit this web site to look for a device upgrade, and don't want to spend the time reading the new posts, on my next visit when I do want to read the new posts, there are no longer any flags for the posts that were new on my previous visit.
I looked at the settings in my profile, but there does not seem to be a setting that controls this behaviour. The site has a "Mark all forums read" selection, so I don't see the reason for the automatic resetting of the new-post flags. Is it possible to obtain the behaviour that I want? Thank you.
-- from CyberSimian in the UK