# ‘New & Unread Topics’ are all over 8 months old

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446 "2023-08-16T19:42:39Z")
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### Author: ![spdegabrielle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/spdegabrielle/32/190784_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spdegabrielle)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446/1 "2023-08-16T19:42:40Z")

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I’ve been trying to improve the new user on boarding experience for my server.

I went through the process of signing up as a new user and noticed that the ‘New & Unread Topics’ are all over 8 months old.

Is there a way to fine-tune what topics are shown?

Best regards,

Stephen

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### Author: ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446/2 "2023-08-16T19:51:14Z")

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Check the setting: `default other new topic duration minutes` – “Global default condition for which a topic is considered new.”

If you change it, you may also apply it to all users (it controls the default user preference, and users may override that personally 👍).

 ![Screenshot 2023-08-16 at 12-49-37 Admin - fnord](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/a/3/da3b133f6ea77c3bcdff6eda2792179fa32625c9.png)

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### Author: ![spdegabrielle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/spdegabrielle/32/190784_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spdegabrielle)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446/3 "2023-08-16T19:59:46Z")

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‘default other new topic duration minutes’ was set at 2 days

The new user I created only minutes ago displayed ‘new and unread’ posts from 2022 - it seems like the new user accounts are created with no time limit on new and unread?

This implies that changing the setting will not impact new users?

S.

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### Author: ![spdegabrielle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/spdegabrielle/32/190784_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spdegabrielle)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446/4 "2023-08-16T20:12:47Z")

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I went back and registered a new user after forcing the change for all users. It did seem to improve the results for new and unread for a newly registered user, but they still weren’t within the timeframe specified.  
S.

Ps wanted to try gif  
 ![Sad Lonely GIF by Pokémon](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/3/5/a350459107e0d30ddef048c8d7144f0d8baf3254.webp)

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### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446/5 "2023-08-16T20:54:28Z")

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> [@spdegabrielle](#):
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> New & Unread Topics

Hello 👋 I guess you mean this section.

 ![Screenshot 2023-08-16 at 22.51.23](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/4/0/c4036d8767c4834f8694356c81ad6e9896b7de29.png)

This is the Suggested Topics on the left. I think here only the title changed. There are some site settings where you can handle the timeframe. 🙂

`suggested topics unread max days old`  
`suggested topics max days old`

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-topics-are-all-over-8-months-old/275446/6 "2023-09-15T20:54:51Z")

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