It looks like the “last active” stat on user profiles registers the last date of log-in / simply viewing iNaturalist and not the last date of activity like adding an ID, comment, observation, or other publicly accessible content associated with a profile. For privacy purposes, I would suggest: –ro…

really, there should be an option to hide the last active date altogether, if a user so desires. i don’t have a problem with what it shows other than that.

Not sure why if it’s visible with one click on their profile anyway though.

You’d let people turn it off.

My request is that it’s modified on the user profile. pisum suggested being able to turn it off on the user profile completely. Where are you referring to?

[image] bouteloua: –rounding it off to month, e.g. December 2018 rather than December 18, 2018, and/or –basing the date on last publicly accessible content (IDs, comments, observations) rather than last date logged in, sending private messages, etc I find it very useful to know if it is like…

[image] tony_wills: but of limited value lurkers diagree

[image] pisum: lurkers diagree maybe. maybe they don’t. hard to know.

A less precise "last active" date on user profiles?

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charlie April 18, 2019, 3:01am 9

maybe. maybe they don’t. hard to know.

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A less precise "last active" date on user profiles?

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