# "Last visit" indicator in a forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [May 3, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899 "2022-05-03T20:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899/1 "2022-05-03T20:56:52Z")
In each forum there’s a thin red line followed by “last visit”. This useful feature seems like a really simple thing to ascertain by Discourse. But apparently it’s not, as it can be wrong by several hours. Recently I was away for about 24 hours, yet in each forum my “last visit” went back only 6 hours. Why can’t this inaccuracy be corrected? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899/2 "2022-05-04T20:28:17Z")
Did you have multiple devices open browsing the website? Or multiple tabs in the same browser? That’s usually the reason. “Presence” is a 10 minute window where no web browser (where you are logged in as you) has pinged the website. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899/3 "2022-05-06T06:30:25Z")
No, I use only one device, an iMac, and only one tab open. I’m still finding threads beneath the red line that I’ve never seen. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899/4 "2022-05-21T04:56:23Z")
I was just away for about 24 hours. All the “last visit” lines are at 2 hours ago. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899/5 "2023-07-31T20:00:18Z")
I have noticed recently the opposite problem, sort of, and I think it started when my Opera browser updated and upgraded me to Opera One. When I open the site during the morning, the “last visit” line on all forums is about right, around 12 to 13 hours. I browse through the forums, open and read in a fair number of threads, make a few posts in some of those threads, and close the program. Later in the day, if I go in again, none of the “last visit” lines have moved to show the activity from earlier in the day. In any case, I go through the forums again in the same way. Still later again, in the evening, all of the “last visit” lines have re-positioned to about the correct amount of time. None of this is a real problem, mostly I was wondering if anyone else has seen this effect.