"(NEW!)" ??? I think not.

[rh71]

Whenever I go back to a thread I read before, it's tough to find where the last post I read was (last post in the thread since that refresh of the page). So I figure that's what (NEW!) beside each post is for. Wrong. It's there for posts I've seen 2 days ago.

What's the deal with this yellow (NEW!) image ... which will likely appear for this post even if you leave and come back to the thread.

Hell, I just logged out and logged back in and this post says (NEW!) next to it.

 

[kursplat]

doesn't this work on a cookie ? so if you trash your anandtech cookie everything is considered new ?
there is also this among others
good luck

 

[sash1]

the new thing is based on cookies. If you baleet your cookies then all messages are new. Normally logging out and in again fixes it.

~Aunix

 

[rh71]

... still trying to figure out how it works...

Test:
While logged in, I visited a thread. There were 2 responses, both marked (NEW!).
I left the thread, went back in, and they're still marked (NEW!). Fine.
I then logged out, then logged back in.
I went back into that same thread, now there are 3 responses, all marked (NEW!).

But:
There are threads around that are not marked (NEW!).

I simply do not know why and how there are posts not marked (NEW!). When does it disappear ?