Forum Suggestion

With the number of threads posted in this forum, and the number of users that seem to come and go, it would be nice possibly in the user's credentials to post the date of the last post. This would give an indication if the owner of a particular thread is continuing to support the thread. There is a lot of good information presented in the forums, however many times the threads are no longer maintained, and often times there is no indication of this, other then when posting a question or response, this communication is unanswered. This frustrates the person asking the question and often leads to a series of BUMPS.

I'm not proposing necrothreading, however it would be great to know if the author of the thread continues to be an active member of the forums. The best way I can think of this is either the date of the last post, or a last seen date (which would be the date of the last active login).

There is a last seen date, on the profile. "Last activity"

I guess I was asking for this info to be posted in the same section as the cup/beans, location, etc. Possibly in really small font or something.

It is not hard to see the active memebers. If you are unsure then it would be great to check the profile.

I rate we already have enough information with thanks/thanked, posts, join date

drubin said: It is not hard to see the active memebers. If you are unsure then it would be great to check the profile.

I rate we already have enough information with thanks/thanked, posts, join date

I rate that the information already displayed is disorganized and messy enough. We don't need to be adding anything else to it.

I would put Last seen: date

in really small font next to the report post icon. Checking profiles?? That's messy and quite sloppy.

kevdog said: I would put

Last seen: date

in really small font next to the report post icon. Checking profiles?? That's messy and quite sloppy.+1 and that's not all

I wonder if this person has been around lately - I'll just check the profile - minutes roll by as I get a poxy proxy error, oh hang on maintenance notice as well.

Be easy if it was on the panel and quite useful - something else to look at while the forums try and keep up.

Why do we need to know when someone has joined? Why not put it there.

kevdog said: I would put

Last seen: date

in really small font next to the report post icon. Checking profiles?? That's messy and quite sloppy.

+1 I would also find this useful.

I can see how the idea would be useful. It would also add several new database queries to every page view. It is probably a better idea to conserve our resources.

matthew said: I can see how the idea would be useful. It would also add several new database queries to every page view. It is probably a better idea to conserve our resources.

+1 The databases are currently over run as is.. ;-p

drubin said: +1 The databases are currently over run as is.. ;-p

Is it the amount of something which cause a problem or the infrastructure in place to deal with it.

@matthew - would it add as much if we didn't have extraneous information like join dates in the panel?

I don't know that the savings would be enough to do the work of editing the forum code to not display the info you mention, but the extra expense is enough to make editing the code to add it something we don't really want to do.

that's fair enough - a straight answer :D

While you're a watching matthew - is there an end in sight to the forum speed/lockouts - I understand that people have other things to do with their lives - but it'd be nice to know something

I keep hearing that it is dealt with. Things work well for a while, and then degrade. We (the forum admins) really aren't sure what the problem is* and are hoping that the person in charge of the physical machines can find something.

So...no ETA, just hopefulness. :)

*what is causing the problems, which ubuntu-geek and the physical machine admin are able to fix quickly when they crop up. The cause is what is elusive.

Ok - ty - I'm full of hopefulness

It'll be the ghost in the machine I expect :)

I don't like the idea of a last login being shown. I have my online status hidden because I don't like everyone to casually see if I'm there or not. If they take the trouble to check my profile, that's fine, I don't mind if they see my last post. Other than that, I don't want them to know when I was last logged on.