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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro

03/15/2010 08:49:33 AM · #1

Brian brought this up in another thread. Thought it deserved consideration in this section of the forums...

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

It would be nice if everyones profile had a time stamp that showed the last log in time. Example. (user name last logged on 2 weeks ago) or (user name has not logged on since this date) or (user name has been logged off for amount of time)

RianBotes

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/15/2010 08:53:42 AM · #2

Def does and I was wondering about this myself. It would be great if this could be done. Hope to see this in the future

citymars

Nikon D700

03/15/2010 08:55:23 AM · #3

I don't know... sometimes people like anonymity. If they want to announce their presence they can say hello in a forum.

Covert_Oddity

Nikon D700

03/15/2010 08:57:40 AM · #4

Originally posted by citymars:

I don't know... sometimes people like anonymity. If they want to announce their presence they can say hello in a forum.

Or they could just make it an opt in thing in your preferences, that way if you don't want people to know if you're here 24/7 you can hide it :)

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

03/15/2010 09:07:07 AM · #5

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

Originally posted by citymars:
I don't know... sometimes people like anonymity. If they want to announce their presence they can say hello in a forum.

Or they could just make it an opt in thing in your preferences, that way if you don't want people to know if you're here 24/7 you can hide it :)

Well, you can already see if someone is logged in or not (profile page), and the duration (Who's Online). I thought this would be a helpful feature as sometimes I'll run across an image from a prior challenge or forum thread and look at the photographer's profile...only to see they haven't entered a challenge in awhile. A glance at the forum thread postings (bottom of their profile page) will sometimes give a clue as to how long it's been since they've been active at DPC.

pedrobop

Canon PowerShot SX100 IS

03/15/2010 09:07:30 AM · #6

Good idea. It would be nice to see if old members are still watching us newbies.

Bugzeye

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

03/15/2010 09:10:57 AM · #7

True but you have no anonymity if you are logged on to the site, For instance you have currently been logged on for 12 minutes.

Originally posted by citymars:

I don't know... sometimes people like anonymity. If they want to announce their presence they can say hello in a forum.

Message edited by author 2010-03-15 09:13:48.

citymars

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

03/15/2010 11:37:22 AM · #8

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

True but you have no anonymity if you are logged on to the site, For instance you have currently been logged on for 12 minutes.

Yeah, I don't like that feature, either. It makes me want to put on a tin foil hat.

cutout

Canon EOS-20D

03/15/2010 11:55:34 AM · #9

well hello

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

03/15/2010 12:23:56 PM · #10

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

True but you have no anonymity if you are logged on to the site, For instance you have currently been logged on for 12 minutes.

Originally posted by citymars:

Yeah, I don't like that feature, either. It makes me want to put on a tin foil hat.

But you'd look GOOD in a tinfoil hat!!! LOL!!!

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/15/2010 12:32:17 PM · #11

Last login is pretty meaningless for some... If you have the keep logged in option set - would you use the last refresh or something instead? In which case those of us that browse with several machine and a bizzion tabs may not even open that tab for weeks at a time.... Last thread post is on the bottom of the profile page so could easily be copied to the main profile header... or maybe last additionally challenge entered and/or last post or something might help..... Your really look for people that drop off the planet right...

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

03/15/2010 12:53:55 PM · #12

I think this is not publicly viewable for privacy concerns.

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

03/15/2010 01:47:42 PM · #13

I would like to see something like this put into place as well. However, it seems people like to stay in their holes and not publicly show themselves so we could keep it a bit more private and set it up to trigger after an expiration period.

For example, instead of showing that I was online 2 minutes ago or my last login was 3 months ago it could just say something like: "This user has been inactive for 3 months", or "This user has been inactive for 5 years". Until that expiration period is reached it will show the user/member as "active" or just not show anything at all.

fitz3000

Nikon D7200

03/15/2010 01:57:16 PM · #14

I think DPC should not turn into Facebook page and I'm pretty sure that everyday we'll have at least one or two topics titled: "Where's Tom, Dick or Harry, I haven't seen him awhile"

Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom

03/15/2010 02:15:02 PM · #15

Originally posted by purifier:

I think DPC should not turn into Facebook page and I'm pretty sure that everyday we'll have at least one or two topics titled: "Where's Tom, Dick or Harry, I haven't seen him awhile"

Well, sometimes you just never know...

Steve Davidson - FOUND SAFE

ETA - look at the first post in that thread.

Message edited by author 2010-03-15 14:15:52.

one2one

Olympus E-5

03/15/2010 03:09:10 PM · #16

I don't like it. I want my anonymity to remain as it is and I'll even go as far as to say that the Who's Online is invasive to my privacy. I don't want people to know when I'm online or not. I don't do Facebook, My Space, Twitter or any other social network thing just because I think it's not anyone's business when I'm online or not. If I want you to know I'm online, I'll tell you. :)

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

03/15/2010 03:26:21 PM · #17

If privacy is such a big concern then how about going with "Last Participated" instead? In other words, you do anything specific on the site such as upload a submission, leave a comment, mark a favorite, vote or post in a thread the last participated date gets updated, but lurking doesn't get recorded.

Edited for clarity

Message edited by author 2010-03-15 15:28:52.

Tez

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

03/15/2010 03:41:14 PM · #18

this suggestion is pointless. It does nothing to better the site and just serves to keep the DPC tea-group happy so people can gossip.

It's a bad idea and doesn't have any grounds in making this a better site.

I take my civil liberties rather seriously and it is NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE if I am online, or when I was last online here.

All it would do is satisfy some petulant curiosity.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

03/15/2010 03:51:05 PM · #19

Originally posted by Tez:

^User has been online since 16 minutes ago. Tez' gossip tea group meets in 2 minutes...

Bugzeye

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

03/15/2010 04:22:49 PM · #20

To those of you who are concerned about your privacy. I suggest you shut off your computer right now because every click you make is being logged by someone somewhere. The internet is the last place on earth you are going to have any kind of privacy.

Boy I am glad I didn't start this thread. lol

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

03/15/2010 05:28:39 PM · #21

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

... Boy I am glad I didn't start this thread. lol

Bugzeye

03/15/2010 05:38:06 PM · #22

lol I thought about saying it like this [user]glad2nothavestartedthisthread[/user]

Originally posted by glad2badad:

Originally posted by Bugzeye:
... Boy I am glad I didn't start this thread. lol

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70 f2.8 L IS

03/15/2010 06:53:17 PM · #23

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

Seconded!
I get a real kick out of the "intrudes on my privacy" comments. We come here for community; to share thoughts, to participate... but we don't want folks to know that we were (or are) here?! WTF! It's like wanting to be party to a conversation, and occasionally interject a comment, but not be recognized as being "in the room."
Hell, it's not like someone said our complete log-in history should be public record... now *that* would be intrusive!

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

03/15/2010 07:38:08 PM · #24

Originally posted by kirbic:

Originally posted by Bugzeye:
To those of you who are concerned about your privacy. I suggest you shut off your computer right now because every click you make is being logged by someone somewhere. The internet is the last place on earth you are going to have any kind of privacy.

Boy I am glad I didn't start this thread. lol

Seconded!
I get a real kick out of the "intrudes on my privacy" comments. We come here for community; to share thoughts, to participate... but we don't want folks to know that we were (or are) here?! WTF! It's like wanting to be party to a conversation, and occasionally interject a comment, but not be recognized as being "in the room."
Hell, it's not like someone said our complete log-in history should be public record... now *that* would be intrusive!

I'm on this side. If you want to stay private then don't get online. It is very simple to track people these days.

Tez