# "Who's on line" - how can you tell?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-on-line-how-can-you-tell/918903>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-on-line-how-can-you-tell/918903 "2020-08-24T17:52:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-on-line-how-can-you-tell/918903/1 "2020-08-24T17:52:23Z")

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I know how to tell if someone is on line or not (assuming they are signed in of course) in XenForo and vBulletin, but I can’t tell with Discourse. Is there a way to know?