FAQ: Announcements Not Getting Read

[SleepyKrew]

All of the universal Announcement topics don't get read when I read them. If there's a new post and I click "first unread", it takes me to the OP. Is this just me?

[Mr. Flay]

No, it's a known bug within Global Announcements.

[CooLDoG]

This does not happen with me. Does it have anything to do with my browser (firefox)?

[Mr. Flay]

Not as far as I know - it seems to be internal to the board (I use FF, and get it 8 times out of 10).

[vivi]

It seems not happen to me till now, I have no clue to it yet.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Sometimes this happens to me, sometimes it doesn't. I've found that if you keep trying from different forums, eventually one will actually take you to the first unread post - maybe which forum goes to first unread is related to which forum the first unread post was posted from, or something like that (for instance, if I get to the GA from MD, but the first person to post since I last read the topic got to it from Help!, it'll go to the OP, but if I get to it from Help!, it'll go to the first unread post).

[tn5421]

No, it's a known bug within Global Announcements.

I'm pretty sure the logic is "Only moderators - global moderators - admins should be making or posting in announcements, it won't ever be a problem".

[Gamma Emerald]

Which is silly because EVERYONE COMMENTS ON NON-BAN GA THREADS
Not everyone but I made my point: that's a half-explanation.

[callforjudgement]

I just had the opposite problem: the Scummies 2016 ceremony thread was marked as read, but I hadn't read it. (I also don't remember using any "mark all posts read" feature or the like recently, although I guess it's possible and I just forgot about it.)