# "New" now includes new replies

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-now-includes-new-replies/138026>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [July 9, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-now-includes-new-replies/138026 "2026-07-09T08:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-now-includes-new-replies/138026/1 "2026-07-09T08:37:45Z")

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I have noticed that the “new” count now includes new replies and not just new posts.

I personally was preferring the previous setting, so I could see if there were new threads (I can always go to “latest” to get both threads and overall posts.)

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-now-includes-new-replies/138026/2 "2026-07-10T17:53:30Z")

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I’ve lost track of this change. It was [first tried in 2023, and reverted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-new-has-been-enabled-on-meta/278811/), but now it’s on again and on by default for everyone. Not sure if/how it’s different, but I didn’t like it back then (when I was paying closer attention to discourse dev).

> **[Introducing the unified new view for the topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-unified-new-view-for-the-topic-list/404728)**
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> Following on from The "new new" has been enabled on Meta , we are now introducing an upcoming change to make the unified new view the default for the topic list on all Discourse sites. What is unified new? This change modifies the New tab on the...

I suppose we may be able to disable it.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-now-includes-new-replies/138026/3 "2026-09-10T14:20:02Z")

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I was able to opt-out of this change — but unfortunately that was only temporary. The Discourse team has decided to remove this site setting and will be pushing everyone to the new new system “soon”.

I really dislike this behavior, but your preferences may vary. If you missed its temporary rollout here, you can see it in action on Meta. Perhaps we’ll be able to improve it (or regress it, rather) back to the way it was through a theme component if others find it similarly confusing.

More details at that meta link above.