Next to the comment counter, I can't seem to figure out what the bracketed number indicates. For a second I thought it meant new comments, but I've seen some posts that have 2 (+2) and when I open it, it still only has 2 comments.
What does the number in the bracket mean?
6 Comments
Chainweasel@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y
It's how many new comments there are since you last opened the post. If it says 12 (+2) it means there are 12 comments but last time you opened it there were 10.
Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Oh, that's pretty slick.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 3y
Wouldn't 2 (+2) mean there are two posts, and both of them are new?
Alimentar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Maybe, but come to think of it, it doesn't occur on all posts so if they're new comments then why don't they appear on every post
Edit: oh I'm dumb. It's on posts I've looked at. So they're new comments since I've seen the post (I think)
Dave@lemmy.nz · 7 pts · 3y
It would only show on posts you have previously looked at. So in the 2 (+2) scenario, you previously saw the post when there were no comments, now there are two.
ODuffer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
JaCrispy@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
It means that is your default feed that loads when you open the app. You can change your default by tapping the vertical ellipses next to each feed.