# Incorrect unread-post counter

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-unread-post-counter/226898>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-unread-post-counter/226898 "2022-05-12T20:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-unread-post-counter/226898/2 "2022-05-12T20:22:20Z")

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> [@Number of unread replies is different than number of topic replies due to reply deletions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-unread-replies-is-different-than-number-of-topic-replies-due-to-reply-deletions/142244/2):
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> We have had this reported a few times before, it is fiendishly hard to fix. If a large number of posts are deleted then unread count is artificially incredibly high. We could I guess do a client fix that caps numbers but it just replaces imperfect with more imperfect. Problem with counting deleted replies is that there is no cheap way of do it. You may have read 17 of the 32 deleted replies.

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