I like this feature, it’s a nice touch.
Curious a little about it..what’s the longest time of being away recorded so far? Anyone see anyone who had been gone for, like, 10-12 years? Or maybe it only records the time length that these boards have been around making a max possible “been away” date of only 5 or 6 years ago?
I notice it disappears after awhile. I had one announce my return and it had said a good long while (three years or so), but going back to that post, it’s no longer visible, at least to me. Maybe it disappears after a poster sees it? Or after a certain amount of time by default.
I could have sworn I saw one really long time length before, like…seven years, but I could be misremembering.
If it disappears after a certain amount of time, I don’t expect there to be any way to link back and prove times anyways.
That’s it.
No problem with the rules or a mod decision, just plain ol, “talkin about board features”.
Still visible to me. Just below the 4 months later message, I see the following:
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Idle_Thoughts — their last post was 3 years ago.
I searched for “It’s been a while since we’ve seen” and there’s no Looking at discourse.org, it seems to be as designed.
These banners are visible to other users, but not the poster they apply to… and by default are only visible to community members who have been active enough to achieve Trust Level 2.
Reading discourse.org, only admins can do a proper search. By looking for, “Welcome back”, I found the 21 year gap.
I can see the notification for BannyMcBanface’s post (he’s one of our test accounts), but Banny couldn’t see it.
(and now he can’t see anything because we banned him again)