# Bug or bot? A 'new' user showing as read a lot of posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-or-bot-a-new-user-showing-as-read-a-lot-of-posts/40632
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [5 maart 2016 om 22:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-or-bot-a-new-user-showing-as-read-a-lot-of-posts/40632 "2016-03-05T22:51:17Z")
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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [17 november 2017 om 21:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-or-bot-a-new-user-showing-as-read-a-lot-of-posts/40632/10 "2017-11-17T21:22:10Z")

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I think I solved this one.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/87ec11e298e950203966a988fae4d1a9e197f9d7](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/87ec11e298e950203966a988fae4d1a9e197f9d7)

We had the data when storing post timings, but weren’t using it. There are still a few cases where the count won’t be 100% accurate, but it’s so much better than counting every post in a topic as read.

As for repairing existing stats… 😖 Maybe we don’t?

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