# About the "Last Seen" stat in users profiles

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**Created:** [August 20, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-last-seen-stat-in-users-profiles/969990 "2022-08-20T16:17:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-last-seen-stat-in-users-profiles/969990/3 "2022-08-21T07:31:55Z")

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> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> Do most people log in and out when they visit, even if they don’t post?

Looking at the migration thread, Tuba Diva said that everyone had to login again after moving to Discourse.

> [@It's that great getting up morning: The new site is nearly ready for you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/1):
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> \*\*When you arrive at the new site you will need to reset your password to get into the system.

So those people who were last seen this year must have logged in once since the migration. They may have logged in then, and haven’t bothered to post since, for whatever reasons. But they keep coming back, maybe just because they need to search for something, or check a message.

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