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Clicking on the thread title takes you to the first unread post.

If people need the granularity of reading every new post, they'll probably be using "New Posts" to locate new content.

There's also the option of Watching the forum for new replies.

I don't really see what the issue is here. The important part of the HYS forum is new threads being created, so what they've done makes loads more sense.