In CB one day I asked the question "so.. how does the logic for detecting monks that are in the Monestary work?" I don't remember the answer (or if I got one) but the reason I asked was a (I thought) reasonable one.

Currently the "Other Users" nodelet merely displays who is in PM without any type of metric describing their level of activity.

How much effort would there be in adding logic to keep track of the last time a user sent something to CB or submitted a node? (I'm asking this meaning is it possible and would it require a lot of effort?)

If a user became inactive there could be another nodelet titled "Sleeping Monks" or we could just remove them from the "Other Users" nodelet without any further comment until they were active again.

Part of the challenge would deciding a metric that was reasonable (i.e. not too stringent yet not too wide open) for determining when a monk was sleeping or was active. Is 3 minutes of inactivity a sleeping monk? 10 minutes? An hour?

Just food for thought....

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In reply to Re: Users who don't log out by blue_cowdawg
in thread Users who don't log out by diotalevi

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