# "It's been awhile since we've seen \[poster\], their last post was \[months/years\] ago" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-awhile-since-weve-seen-poster-their-last-post-was-months-years-ago/1023466 "2025-09-29T00:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-awhile-since-weve-seen-poster-their-last-post-was-months-years-ago/1023466/4 "2025-09-29T07:29:39Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > 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. 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. > [@Finding old links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-links/990345/26): > > The “Ask The…” Anthology. Most all of the links still appear to work. Just…one of those long “collection” of threads if anyone cares to browse, as it seems some were getting nostalgic above… I searched for “It’s been a while since we’ve seen” and there’s no Looking at [discourse.org](http://discourse.org), it seems to be as designed. > **[Post notices for first-time and returning users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078)** > > To encourage kindness towards users who are posting for the first time or may not have posted in a while we’ve created a new feature that calls special attention to these new/returning users. These banners are visible to other users, but not the... > 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](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/). Reading [discourse.org](http://discourse.org), only admins can do a proper search. By looking for, “Welcome back”, I found the 21 year gap. > [@Being the last poster of a thread and then it dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3189): > > Sorry. I’m all out of grapes. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-awhile-since-weve-seen-poster-their-last-post-was-months-years-ago/1023466)._