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    The "forum not read" flag getting reset

    A number of the forums seem to have the "you have not read this" flag reset most of the times I visit here. The ones that I notice the most are the first three in the list; "Site News", "Returning Members", and "New Members". When I check in each one, there are no new messages shown. And the date of the most recent post is older than my previous visit, often by a lot.

    I can go into the forum and click "mark forum read", and it seems to work--but then the next time I visit, those are marked as unread again.

    I have a guess about what is happening, but feel free to disregard because it is only a guess:
    The early forums in the list are often hit by spammers. The spam clean-up does a good job, but the clean-up process does not reset the "recent posts unread" flag.

    Anyway, is there a reasonable fix for this, or should I just keep paying attention to the most-recent-activity field in the forum listing?

    Thanks!!
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    We'll look into it. Thanks!

    The most-recent field on the main screen will order posts by most recently updated, even though it only shows the initial creation date.
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      Another data point--

      My login cookie expired, so when I came to the forum page I wasn't logged in. (I didn't notice, oops!) The list of forums with unread posts seemed to be correct!

      Maybe there's an issue with the "last visited" info in my profile?
      “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
      One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
      The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

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