Updating Problem: Strange Happening - What Just Happened?

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A user experienced a strange issue where they replied to a thread, but four new posts appeared after their reply, despite the timestamps being in order. The user noted that the last post they saw was from 09:56 AM, but their reply showed a timestamp of 10:34 AM. Others in the discussion reported similar problems, suggesting that browser caching might be causing the issue by loading outdated content instead of refreshing from the server. A link was shared to a solution for forcing a browser to refresh directly from the server. This indicates a potential technical glitch affecting thread visibility and post timing.
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Something very strange happened just now. I was replying to a thread whose last post was at 09:56 AM. I replied to it almost as soon as it appeared, but the time of my post was shown 10:34 AM and suddenly 4 posts appeared before mine that were not there before!
 
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You mean the time stamp of the posts preceding yours was later than your reply?
 
No the time stamps were in the right order. It's just that the last post I saw (just approximately a minute before I replied) was the 09:56 AM one.

lisab reported a similar problem here: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=305020
 
I had this problem as well with some of my school's computers. I never had this problem with my personal laptop. I think for some reason the browser is loading from cache instead of refreshing from the server.
 
Turns out you're right Defennder:

http://www.addictivetips.com/internet-tips/firefox-refresh-web-page-directly-from-server-without-clearing-cache/
 

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