How come talk has that new post indicator thing and in here doesn't?

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:12, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

They never really wanted to start off topic, seeing as how there was already a /talk

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:14, Reply)

I can't say I really understand talk
whenever I have a look over there it's not very busy and nobody is talking about much (except with this suicide guy). What's the appeal?
( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:17, Reply)

one word answers
no need to think
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:17, Reply)

My understanding is that back in the day before there were other websites, it was a little more fast-paced
Apart from that there isn't much to understand.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:19, Reply)

It was quite good but then all the good people fucked off.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:23, Reply)

Because it works by taking the highest ID and storing that....
...and from there when you reload the page, any post with a higher ID would be 'new' so they mark it down.

Because OffTopic has threads, that wouldn't work without re-coding that bit and getting code updates on this place is like pulling teeth.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 14:22, Reply)