SkipD wrote in post #17306090
The "Mark all read" command is not to mark "what I have read" (or "what I have seen") but instead it is to tell the system that "I have read everything" when I really have not. I, for example, actually open and look at a small percentage of the threads in the forum areas I look at. However, I want the system to eliminate the bolding of ALL threads as I leave the forum area so I click on the "Mark All Read" tool. That way, when I get back to the forum area the next time I can easily see every thread that's either brand new or has new posts. I still won't open more than a small percentage of those threads, but each time I leave I want to wipe the slate clean again.
I do this with all the forums I use and there's no other practical way for me to avoid the eye-hurting scan for new and interesting threads/posts.
The "Mark all read" command is not to mark "what I have read" (or "what I have seen") but instead it is to tell the system that "I have read everything" when I really have not. I, for example, actually open and look at a small percentage of the threads in the forum areas I look at. However, I want the system to eliminate the bolding of ALL threads as I leave the forum area so I click on the "Mark All Read" tool. That way, when I get back to the forum area the next time I can easily see every thread that's either brand new or has new posts. I still won't open more than a small percentage of those threads, but each time I leave I want to wipe the slate clean again.
I do this with all the forums I use and there's no other practical way for me to avoid the eye-hurting scan for new and interesting threads/posts.
Bingo and we have a winner.
By the title still being in bold means it's still trying to grab my attention. It could stay like that for months if no action is taken. If I'm not interested in the subject then I'm never going to click on it.
Marking the site as read as I finish at the end of the day enables me to know what's new at the start of the day.
