The "unread posts" feature that so many of us used isn't available on the new board.....yet. The powers that be know that many of us would like it back, and are working to see if it can be integrated into the new board. On the new board, you are seeing them again because there have been new posts made to them since you read the original post. There are time stamps on them, though, so you can look at the date and time on the box on the left...and only click on the new ones. And of course, threads that you want to follow, you subscribe to. There's help available how to do that also. Does that help?