# Remembered Topic location should be "First Unread" post instead of "Last Read" post
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [Outubro 23, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440 "2014-10-23T00:43:56Z")
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [Outubro 23, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440/1 "2014-10-23T00:43:56Z")
Proposal:
To solve the problem cited below, make the default location that one enters a topic be the “First Unread” post rather than the “Last Read” post.
That way, sam would come back to topic #22 at post #7 instead of post #10 or 11.
Continuing the discussion from [How should I disable automatic redirection to the Last reply？]
> [@sam](#):
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> The general issue we have that we probably want to sort out long term is this.
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> I track topic #22
> Post #7 is made
> Post #8 is made
> Post #9 is made
> Post #10 is made, they mention me
> I get a notification and click to post #10
> I did not read 7-9. and have no easy way of catching back up on my gap.
>
> In general this is not a huge issue, but if there is a 78 post gap it can get tricky for users.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Outubro 23, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440/2 "2014-10-23T00:47:37Z")
I personally feel this is rather overthinking the problem. Can you point to any other Discourse instance where people are complaining about this, or this is even _mentioned_?
Because I can’t.
(Not opposed to a “jump to last unread” in the topic navigator, though.)
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [Outubro 23, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440/3 "2014-10-23T01:09:50Z")
I don’t think this comes up often enough to be a huge complaint. That said, i do think this would be better default behavior… not a priority, and happy to let it ruminate.
Regarding the explicit “jump to first unread” in the topic navigator idea, I opened a [separate topic here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-jump-to-first-unread-post-in-topic-navigator-progress-bar/21441).
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [Outubro 23, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440/4 "2014-10-23T01:43:56Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> jump to _last unread_
The “bottom” link is already there?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [Dezembro 4, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440/5 "2025-12-04T11:32:47Z")