Why does this forum mark message as read randomly? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

mike_ekim1024 · 07-01-2013, 06:03 PM

I just went to ft86club.com and it shows every thread as read. Why does it do that? It happens frequently and it's annoying since I don't know what I've read. I guess it's a bug in vBulletin, maybe something about using multiple computers/devices to read the forums?

Mike

spdfreak · 07-01-2013, 10:30 PM

Bothers me as well.

mike_ekim1024 · 07-19-2013, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by spdfreak

Bothers me as well.

I'm getting seriously ticked because of this huge bug. I haven't read the forum for a few days and now only a few topics are marked as "not read". I can't believe vBulletin costs anything - I assumed it was free because it's so bad.

Shim · 07-19-2013, 10:14 PM

I don't have this problem at all. Is your browser prefetching/precaching?

spdfreak · 07-20-2013, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mike_ekim1024

I'm getting seriously ticked because of this huge bug. I haven't read the forum for a few days and now only a few topics are marked as "not read". I can't believe vBulletin costs anything - I assumed it was free because it's so bad.

I wouldn't say huge bug but yeah, kind of annoying.

mike_ekim1024 · 08-02-2013, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by spdfreak

I wouldn't say huge bug but yeah, kind of annoying.

Yeah, Annoying in the sense that's it's completely unusable. I read on my ipad.. And just now I read a few new posts, refreshed..and bam.. Everything marked as read. Fail.

Foobar · 08-02-2013, 08:02 AM

I've also noticed this as well using Firefox, Chrome, and the tapatalk app for Android.

mike_ekim1024 · 09-14-2013, 01:30 PM

God damn it, it just happened last night and this morning. vBulletin should die a horrible death. I just can't use it if I don't know what I've read! Uhhhh

ZionsWrath · 09-14-2013, 01:41 PM

I noticed it happens more if I browse not logged in, then log in

So I try to visit the main page, log in, then click new posts, then open new tabs any posts I want to read. Doing this I haven't had that bug in a long time. Not sure which step is the effective one but I'll keep doing all of them

DaJo · 09-14-2013, 01:47 PM

It seems like when new posts pop up and you refresh the page, the bold "unread" threads disappears and turns itself into "read" even if you didn't click it.

I am using Firefox; not sure if that's the problem but I just keep my list of "New posts" tab open and open all the new threads in another tab.

bear89103 · 11-19-2013, 11:36 AM

I am also experiencing this. I have experienced this on a Mac Pro Laptop, an iMac, a Dell PC, using the following browsers... Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.

I have also experienced the same thing using the mobile browser on my iPhone and iPad. I don't use Tapatalk.

mfbmike · 11-19-2013, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mike_ekim1024

God damn it, it just happened last night and this morning. vBulletin should die a horrible death. I just can't use it if I don't know what I've read! Uhhhh

Have you tried clearing your cookies?

sklimo · 11-19-2013, 02:30 PM

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wparsons · 01-28-2014, 03:26 PM

It's not a bug, it's a setting that does this on purpose. If you had taken 10 seconds to google it you would've found this link:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=172692

It's a VERY simple setting to change in the admin panel, would take anyone with admin access all of a minute to do. The persistent options (2 & 3 in that link) come with a performance hit though, so it depends how good the server hardware is if they can enable it without degrading things or not.

07-01-2013, 10:30 PM	#2
spdfreak Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: GBS BRZ Limited Location: Chicago Posts: 191 Thanks: 296 Thanked 143 Times in 77 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Bothers me as well. __________________

07-19-2013, 10:14 PM	#4
Shim Dismember Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S & JSW Location: midwest Posts: 74 Thanks: 29 Thanked 56 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I don't have this problem at all. Is your browser prefetching/precaching? __________________ The fault lies not in our cars, dear Brutus, but in ourselves.

09-14-2013, 01:47 PM	#10
DaJo FT86Club Vancouver Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: BRZ Sport-Tech; Drove: MR-S, AE86 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,532 Thanks: 391 Thanked 1,178 Times in 633 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	It seems like when new posts pop up and you refresh the page, the bold "unread" threads disappears and turns itself into "read" even if you didn't click it. I am using Firefox; not sure if that's the problem but I just keep my list of "New posts" tab open and open all the new threads in another tab. __________________ 1984 AE86 BT 20V 5MT 2007-2012 2000 MR-S 5MT 2010-2012 2013 BRZ Sport-Tech 6AT Since '12 (OEM+ STI tS Build) 2015 Lexus IS250 AWD F-Sport 2 2015-2018 2018 Lexus NX300 F-Sport 3 Since '18

11-19-2013, 11:36 AM	#11
bear89103 Old Fart Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Chino, CA Posts: 733 Thanks: 981 Thanked 465 Times in 248 Posts Mentioned: 55 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am also experiencing this. I have experienced this on a Mac Pro Laptop, an iMac, a Dell PC, using the following browsers... Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. I have also experienced the same thing using the mobile browser on my iPhone and iPad. I don't use Tapatalk. __________________ Project Panda86 Journal - =================================

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