# Introducing the unified new view for the topic list

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-unified-new-view-for-the-topic-list/404728
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [June 9, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-unified-new-view-for-the-topic-list/404728 "2026-06-09T02:56:43Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-unified-new-view-for-the-topic-list/404728/8 "2026-06-09T19:26:28Z")

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> [@sren-1](#):
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> I will never understand _New_ vs _Unread_ vs _Unseen_

Never say never! There are various settings that can change this by site or account, but the defaults are:

- New: a topic that was created within the past 2 days that you haven’t opened yet
- Unread: topics you’ve already read that have new replies
- Unseen: topics you’ve never read at any point (hidden by default, a bit of a niche case)

The hope with the combined new is that the labels topics/replies are a little more intuitive than figuring out the difference between new/unread

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