Threads don't show as read

[Izzmo]

Anyone else run into this problem? You view a thread, come back, and it doesn't get shown as read. The only way for it to happen is to just either make the forum as read, or mark the WHOLE forum as read. ehhhh sucks.

 

[jmpSHO2nd]

I had a problem a while ago but it was the opposite, it would tell me that there were no new threads to view even if I was off the forum all day.

 

[Izzmo]

Weird.....

 

[SHO1]

I had a problem a while ago but it was the opposite, it would tell me that there were no new threads to view even if I was off the forum all day.

I've had it like this in the past too, but not the other way unless it's only been a very short time since reading it.

 

[SoonerLS]

The problem I've noticed is that threads are not marked read by you actually reading them; it appears to be time-based. If you visit the forum within X hours of the last post in a thread, that thread will show as unread, whether you've read it or not. Likewise, if you visit after X hours, the thread will show as read, even if it was posted after the last time you visited the forum.

This is apparently across the board for forums running on vBulletin, as I've seen it on all of the vBulletin forums on which I'm a member. It hasn't always been this way, but it has been like this for quite some time.

 

[Bizzy]

If you do a hard refresh, I think it's ctrl+F5 in most browsers, it should show threads read/not read more accurately. The other way around this problem is to tell your browser to check for a new page each time you visit. That will refresh your cookie. There's nothing worse than stale cookies doncha know.