Marking messages as "read" when they aren't

patsmom
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:17:43 +0000

Is there a profile setting anyplace that will allow me to leave posts marked as unread (bolded) when I leave and return to the forum or am inactive for more than about 10 minutes? Other forums I belong to that use the same software as CC only mark posts as read when I actually read them (city-data.com, for example) and if I leave the site’s tab open while I browse to another website or walk away from the computer for a while, the unread posts remain in bold.

On CC, though, if I log on and only have 5 minutes to read the Parents Forum, for example, and don’t have time to read the new posts in the Cafe at that sitting, then when I come back later in the day, the new posts that I didn’t get to read earlier are now un-bolded so I can’t really tell at a glance what I haven’t read yet. And if I’m inactive on a forum page for >10 minutes and I refresh the screen, the posts that were bolded earlier are now marked as read. It’s very frustrating!

Is that clear as mud? I don’t know how else to describe what I’m talking about.