Clicking on a stream always marks the oldest unread message as read

[lamarqua]

I'd like to be able to read selectively threads in a stream. Unfortunately, clicking on the stream title in the sidebar will always mark the oldest unread message in the stream as read (giving it focus in the main view), and this message might be in a different thread than the one I want to read, potentially one I want to revisit later. I think this is a design issue; I don't think a message should ever be marked as read unless we scroll the view past it or interact with the main focus window.

[cool-pants]

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[timabbott]

Agreed. This is a duplicate of #10886, and is definitely not a good first issue, as it involves pretty subtle changes/testing.