"new" link disappears in grey but not blue or green

April 20, 2006 11:50 PM

Why does the "new" link disappear once I've refreshed the page on the grey but not o the blue or green?
posted by kechi to MetaFilter-Related at 11:50 PM (7 comments total)

I've seen that the new link in MeFi and AskMeFi only changes once every 20mins. Why is it different here? And what's the reason for this? It might be somewhat ADD of me, but I'd prefer the new link to change everytime I refresh.
posted by kechi at 11:53 PM on April 20, 2006

um I meant on. My n key is sticky.
posted by kechi at 11:55 PM on April 20, 2006

you know, i don't think taping sack hair to your head is such a bad idea.

that said, this new link problem really needs to be resolved.
posted by Hat Maui at 1:33 AM on April 21, 2006

Why indeed. WHY.
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:53 AM on April 21, 2006

kechi, I think Matt has said that he generates a static front page every n minutes to reduce server load.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:39 AM on April 21, 2006

Actually, I've noticed the problem as well, and haven't spent time looking into it yet, but yeah it's weird and I don't know why that is.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:05 AM on April 21, 2006

same for me...
posted by RufusW at 9:03 AM on April 21, 2006