Puzzled

[melchar]

So I go and reload my 'friends' LJ to see if there are new messages [because when I went back 25 messages, half the 'page' consisted of messages I'd read already on the prior page].

I see that intermixed with the messages that had been there are now another dozen messages. So what's up with that? If the LJ messages are listed chronologically, how do other messages get missed and now sneak in there, further down the page - and not end up listed as new messages up at the 'page' top?

Comments

[pbsjones.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that if you add new friends, their older messages will appear mixed in with your own older messages. It's as if they were your friends all along. Maybe that's what happened when you reloaded your list.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

It's all got to do with how the message was posted. Entries are sorted by the post timestamp, but that's not necessarily when you click the "post" button.

If time zone or clock settings are wrong, the "post time" could be set wrong and they would be sorted in earlier. If the "post time" isn't set when the message is posted, but rather when the poster begins to compose the message, it could be a few minutes (or more) earlier.

[buull.livejournal.com]

I've seen a couple people have problems similar to this. I believe the short answer is: bad programming and/or design.