If I click on 3X minutes from the main page I get taken to the first post in a long thread. If I click on 3X minutes from the poster's profile it takes me to the last post. Weird.

Where are you clicking to see this? I am trying to reproduce this issue so any help you can give me to find the problem will help me resolve it.

For instance, I click on Activity -> Topics Last 24 Hours and I see a list of things...

When I click on an item:

It takes me to the last post:

Are you on your phone? Maybe phones handle the site differently. I am using Windows 10, Chrome browser, HP laptop.

The first image I posted was from the "Topics Last 30 Days" page. Snipped and pasted.

https://www.classiczcars.com/discover/112/

The second was from widget77's profile page. Snipped and pasted.

https://www.classiczcars.com/profile/10902-widget777/

Nope, I am using Chrome on a mac. Tried on my PC with Chrome and same result, it always jumps to the end.

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Fwiw, I think what's going on here is that the logic for which post to go to varies in a number of ways.

E.g. if you click on a thread in an activity stream and you've not real all posts in the thread, it takes you to your first unread post. If you've read them all and you're clicking on the thread title then it takes you to the first post. If you click on the post count, it takes you to the last post.

If you click on the thread in someone's profile page, it takes you to their contribution to the thread.

Etc etc. this is all pretty normal forum behaviour I think.

Here's a thread focused on the problem @Captain Obvious

Points - behavior when you're logged in is not the same as behavior when you're logged out. When you're logged out it doesn't matter what you click on all you get is the first post of the thread.

For whatever reason, when you're logged in, clicking on the "X replies" button on one of the main pages takes you to the last unread post. Clicking on the "X time ago" takes you to the first post. This is different than the way it used to be. And, in my opinion, does not make sense. As illustrated below.

If you're on somebody's profile page, logged out or logged in, and click on the "X time ago" button it takes you to the last unread post. So, although this makes sense, it is not consistent with the behavior from the main topics page. The buttons do different things on different pages.

In sum, often when you click on a button, you can't be sure of what will happen. The result is lots of extra clicking and scrolling.

As far as what's normal, I roam around a variety of different forums and having the ability to go straight to the last post is normal, logged in or not. And being able to tell what will happen when you click a button, by the label on the button, is common practice.

These comments are meant to be constructive. I know that designing and managing a forum is difficult. But, letting problems slide does not really help with the health of the forum.

Example - I just went over to the Hybridz forum, not logged in, and clicked on "13 hours ago" from the main "All Activity" page. I was taken to the post that was made 13 hours previously. As expected. That's normal.

p.s. this really does seem like an AI training exercise. Commenting for the paranoid... The robot brains are manipulating us.

Guys,

Can you check your account settings and make sure you have the option selected appropriately? I have a feeling this is why some of you see the first post vs others who see the latest reply.

1. Click your name in the upper right

2. Click 'Account Settings'

3. Click 'Content Preferences'

4. Select your preferred option for opening content (see below screenshot)

PS: The default was set to beginning of the post. I just changed the default to the first option globally, but I'm not sure if it changes existing users or just applies to new users.

6 minutes ago, Mike said:

Guys,

Can you check your account settings and make sure you have the option selected appropriately? I have a feeling this is why some of you see the first post vs others who see the latest reply.

1. Click your name in the upper right

2. Click 'Account Settings'

3. Click 'Content Preferences'

4. Select your preferred option for opening content (see below screenshot)

PS: The default was set to beginning of the post. I just changed the default to the first option globally, but I'm not sure if it changes existing users or just applies to new users.

I click on 6 minutes ago and it takes me to the last post like it used to do! Thank you Mike.

Pic for the content

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Pic for the content

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