Odd Issue

I see the same. I think those links are "historical records".

The issue that I was referring to is that having just posted a reply in a thread, and in fact, with that thread being displayed and showing my reply, the entry for it under the “New Threads” box still said “0 replies”.

caching - the boxes on the right are updated every 30 min. If they updated real time for every page load, it would cause extra load on the server.