Bug Alerts popup shows unread new posts as read

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The discussion highlights an issue where alerts for new posts in threads are incorrectly marked as read. Users express frustration over the difficulty in reading post counts due to non-bolded text. A suggested solution involves adjusting preferences in the My PF menu to enable a setting that prevents automatic marking of posts as read. While this partially resolves the issue by changing the alert text, the bolding problem remains. Overall, the conversation emphasizes the need for clearer visual indicators for unread posts.
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As opposed to "unread", which is what new posts in a thread-of-interest should be.

Just wondering if I'm the only one experiencing this (in which case it's on my end), or not.

The pain-in-the-ass bit is that - even though I still get the flag on the page - I have to squint to read how many posts there are, and then count them up as I'm reading them, ie: the lettering should be in bold, but it isn't.

(I posted the same query a few months ago ; changed the wording a bit on this one, so you know what I'm talking about)
 
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Open the My PF menu and select Preferences. Tick "Alerts pop-up skips mark read" and it shouldn't happen any more.
 
Worked partially : the text isn't bolded, but the new ones now say "Mark read" at the bottom instead of "Mark unread". Thanks
 

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