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11-11-2012, 08:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Thailand
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Phantom phorum visits?
Why is it that when I log on to forums.anandtech.com after a few days absence that the forum software insists I visited it a few hours earlier, and hence resets all the message/forums read flags accordingly.
Case in point: Just now, at 8:57pm local time, I logged on and was greeted with:
Welcome, wpcoe.
You last visited: Today at 06:04 PM
I clearly was not online at 6:04pm today. But, now I get the privilege of manually scrolling through interesting threads to find the first unread message. 
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11-12-2012, 06:59 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: London, Ontario Canada
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Time zone issue?
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11-13-2012, 05:17 AM
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Senior Member
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That could be a factor, I guess, but in the example from the opening post, I hadn't been online for a couple days.
These random false "You last visited" times are nothing new. It's not just a one-time event, I've been experiencing this off and on for several years. At one time in the past I even changed my password, wondering if somehow mine had been hacked and someone else was logging in under my username.
It really does make forum reading far less of a smooth experience trying to find my place in threads to pick up reading where I left off.
I guess I need to keep a notepad near my computer so I can jot down the time of each forum visit, since I often just have a vague recollection that it's been "several days" or "maybe a week" or "over a month" since I've read the forums.
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11-13-2012, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Dallas TX
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Does anyone else use your PC? Can you check your browser history?
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11-13-2012, 03:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Thailand
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Norman, is that you?
My computer is password protected, I live alone and lock the door when I leave. Highly unlikely that someone else uses it. :-)
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11-26-2012, 02:49 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Thailand
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..and the beat goes on...
Another, current, example:
Welcome, wpcoe.
You last visited: Yesterday at 03:17 PM
No way in hell was I reading this forum yesterday. It has probably been over a week since I was here. But, nonetheless, the forum software has kindly marked all threads and messages prior to yesterday @ 317pm as already read.
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11-26-2012, 04:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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What you're seeing is very odd; I've never seen anything like it myself or complaints about it. The only thing I can suggest is changing your password and moving on from there.
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11-26-2012, 08:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Thailand
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In the past, I did change my password, and the phantom login date/times continued.
I had a sudden thought today, though. Is it possible that somehow accessing the main AnandTech site ( www.anandtech.com) might interact with the forum site? I know I did go to the main site yesterday, but didn't even click on any links from the main page since there were no new articles.
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11-27-2012, 11:22 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jan 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wpcoe
In the past, I did change my password, and the phantom login date/times continued.
I had a sudden thought today, though. Is it possible that somehow accessing the main AnandTech site (www.anandtech.com) might interact with the forum site? I know I did go to the main site yesterday, but didn't even click on any links from the main page since there were no new articles. |
Not possible.
Are you accessing the forum on another device or do you have an app installed like Tapatalk or another forum app on your phones/tablets?
Even if you don't physically browse yourself, when those apps provide you with update(whether you check to see the new update or not) notifications, that constitutes as a forum visit.
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