Before, unread posts in a topic you were tracking were split into two groups: A grey bubble for unread posts that were made before the last time you visited the topic; and a blue bubble for unread posts that were made after the last time you visited the topic. (I’m using the built in dark theme.) Th…

This was an intentional change that happened alongside the new last visit indicator for topics: FEATURE: Add last visit indication to topic view page. (#13471) committed 06:17AM - 05 Jul 21 UTC (UTC) [ima…

For what it’s worth, I think the grey bubble would still be valuable even after this new feature was added. If I was really behind on a topic and read part of it before taking a break, it was nice to be able to see at a glance how much conversation there’d been since I was last catching up. Certainl…

I actually agree with you, but most other people didn’t, so we are in the minority. I figured it’s better to go with majority rule on this one, especially if it is in the direction of making things simpler.

Grey bubble for unread posts not showing up

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tshenry (Taylor) July 30, 2021, 2:39am 2

This was an intentional change that happened alongside the new last visit indicator for topics:

Topic		Replies	Views
Unread messages blue numbers appearing in Latest lately (when they shouldn't)? Support	20	3280	November 12, 2020
Unread dot indicator Support	3	73	October 20, 2025
Removing NEW status from topics - behaviour changed? UX ux	3	77	May 16, 2026
Read topics tracking UX	20	4207	August 4, 2015
Inconsistencies in the unread posts indicators Support	3	96	July 2, 2025

Grey bubble for unread posts not showing up

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