# Can't clear a grey unread counter on a meta topic due to Whispers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-clear-a-grey-unread-counter-on-a-meta-topic-due-to-whispers/42136>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [6 Abril, 2016 15:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-clear-a-grey-unread-counter-on-a-meta-topic-due-to-whispers/42136 "2016-04-06T15:57:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [6 Abril, 2016 16:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-clear-a-grey-unread-counter-on-a-meta-topic-due-to-whispers/42136/6 "2016-04-06T16:39:01Z")

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I’ve been wondering if the simple solution is to mark them as Read if the user is not staff and they visit the topic. But I’m not sure if that won’t have any negative side effects (and the user has read to the end of the topic).

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