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JayJhabrix
Inspiring
May 6, 2009
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(Updated) – what exactly does it imply / mean?

  • May 6, 2009
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Okay... no wise a$$ ones , i know what 'Updated' means!

What i meant was in the listing, some topics have an "(Updated)" and some don't.So why does that happen? Does it imply that a previous post has been edited?

JJ

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    It makes no difference whether you have opened the thread previously or posted in the thread.

    Unless you Mark all as read, threads never visited just move to the top without being tagged as Updated, so they are only marked if you fake a visit

    In any case, it does not matter whether you post or not.

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    JayJhabrixAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2009

    Ok... have been attempting to observe this over the last few days...

    The answer seems to be as follows:

    "(Updated)" appears whenever a thread has had any changes made to it since you last visited that forum. It makes no difference whether you have opened the thread previously or posted in the thread.

    The purpose of this seems to be to inform you that though you have or haven't checked out the thread, there have been updates since your last visit. As i mark all threads read on exiting the forum i have not been able to verify if "(Updated)" vanishes on static threads on a subsequent visit.

    Kath-H
    Kath-H
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2009

    No, it doesn't vanish. Some weirdness though about 'updated' appearing on a few threads in a previously-unvisited forum.

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    JayJhabrixAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2009

    Kath-H wrote:

    No, it doesn't vanish.

    Yup... you're right... my God Kath... you're really on a roll today!!

    ~graffiti
    ~graffiti
    Legend
    May 6, 2009

    Good question.

    At first I "assumed" that it meant there were new posts since your last viewing of the thread but, that isn't the case.

    Maybe it only shows up if there are new posts in threads that you have posted in? Dunno. Haven't checked that.

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    May 6, 2009

    ~graffiti wrote:

    Good question.

    At first I "assumed" that it meant there were new posts since your last viewing of the thread but, that isn't the case.

    That is absolutely the case in my experience.  Consistently.   You don't have to have posted in the particular thread.

    One thing that appears to work here.

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    Anonymous
    May 6, 2009

    For some reason it seems to malfunction occasionally in this forum.


    Maybe because, in the nature of things, there are more people in here complaining than there are people posting questions in the main forums!


    Afternote: Notice that there are more "Sad" and "Angry" emoticons in here than any others?

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    Anonymous
    May 6, 2009

    Updated just means that more posts have been added since your last visit to the thread. Threads that don't have it either means there are no new posts, or that you've never visited the thread.

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