The new-new functionality: why call it "new" not "unread"?

[Teafh]

@lindsey

Simplified topics list

We are simplifying the topic list for new communities by combining the New and Unread topic lists into a single view. Existing communities can opt into this functionality today by enabling the experimental_new_new_view_groups setting, and you can demo it today on Meta by joining the testing group.

I think it’s more reasonable to call these topics “unread” because according to my settings I should read them and I haven’t. Calling them “new” gives me the feeling that I don’t need to read them, they are simply new topics.

[Teafh]

I saw a discussion from two years ago .

@awesomerobot

@mbauman

Not all unreads are necessarily “new”.

This is another naming nuance, but I see what you’re saying. I guess the idea is roughly that “unread” means “new to me.”