Clicking on the topic title goes to the first post, not the most recent

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NateDhaliwal reported that clicking on a topic title after reading it redirects to the first post rather than the most recent one, noting this behavior differs from another forum they use. Moin clarified that this is likely due to specific category settings, such as those for announcements or documentation, where the Navigate to first post after topics are read option is enabled. Moin explained that users can still navigate to the latest post by clicking the timestamp in the activity column or by selecting the desired destination via the reply count link. NateDhaliwal acknowledged the explanation and thanked Moin for the clarification.

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As the title says, here on Meta, after reading a topic, and going back to the homepage, when I click on the topic, it goes to the first post and not the last one.
But the thing is that it doesn’t occur on another forum I’m on, so I put Contribute > Site feedback and not Contribute > Bug.

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Does this happen in all categories?

I think some categories, like #announcements and all documentation categories, are configured that way.

There is a Navigate to first post after topics are read option in the category settings

You can click the time in the activity column to definitely go to the latest post or click the number in the replies column and choose whether you want to be taken to the first or last post.

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Right. Thanks for the explanation!

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