There seems to be a bug in the system which is causing to appear "active" when they have not logged in. As soon as you click someone else's profile this shows them as "active" not in the sense of as showing them online but as having been active.
I became aware of this a few days ago and am now sure that it is real.
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Hi Tiger,
I have noticed this too. Also if you click whose online then go back if you click whose online again they seem to disapear in a matter of seconds. I have even noticed that it says I have gone offline when I'm still there.
Graham
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Oh I am so glad that you verify it. I thought someone had my password initially. Then further investigation had led me to this rather strange conclusion.
Mind you when you think about it is obvious. Everyone seems to be online every day which is most odd. At least for any forum system I have been a member of up to now.
My interpretation.
A lot of people are on line most of the day watching the web cam. They probably have this open as well so they can flit back and forth.
I have the cam running most of the time. Recording a lot of it and watching it on Real player when I have the time. Playing back at x 16 does speed it up a lot so doesn't take up so much time. I am also signed in here as well
Some won't sign out when they leave so could still show as being on line even though they are long gone. We used to say there ghost was still here.
The active ones are the ones who have posted messages recently i.e. not necessarily active now.
Not sure about what happens to nestbox unless he does sign out and doesn't close the window so can still read the messages.
Tiger, I just clicked on your profile and you weren't showing as active anywhere at 18:16 today
Online now showed There are currently 3 registered people and 44 guests on the community site. The 3 being myself, Cirrus and WendyB.
I don't think being on line everyday is odd at all. The forums/groups I have belonged to thrive on people being around most days.
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Well this problem is very much with us. I have not logged in in ages yet I am shown as active every day. Indeed I was far from this computer back in September and I was still shown as active.
This is a problem that needs sorting.
I've always wondered about this, too- people seem to be described as 'active' when I'm sure they are not.
You are not wrong there. I have never been on any other board that behaves like this one. Normally the date of last active means the date you last logged in. Here everyone seems to be active all the time. There is definitely a glitch.
Yes I agree Tiger and hope that somewhere along the line it will be fixed. It looks pretty silly with everyone showing as active
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I have worked it out now. If there is no one online the system seems to select some member at random as being active so as to make it appear that there is a steady stream of visitors to a group. That also explains why occasionally people have not been active for over a day.