Used to stay logged in

Back in the good-old days, just a few weeks ago....
I didn't have to log in every time I visited the forum.
And, it would keep track of the posts I've viewed so I
didn't have to cruise past the "old" ones to get to the
"new" ones. That has changed - for the worse.

I don't believe I changed anything on my end, except
linking my adobe id's as per the suggestion/requirement.

Could this be changed back to the good-old way?