Re: Own name in the Other Users box

My theory is that the list of Other Users lists users who were active in the last five minutes. If you go away for five minutes (or take five minutes to compose a new node), then load a page, you will not be in the list of Other Users, because you weren't active during the preceeding five minutes. When you load another page you will be in the list, because of your first request.

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(tye)Re: Own name in the Other Users box by tye (Sage) on Feb 05, 2001 at 21:11 UTC
It is "worse" than that. The "Other Users" list is updated every three (I think) minutes. It can't be updated when you stop visiting, as there is no way to tell when that happens. It could be updated immediately if you visit and aren't already in the list, but it isn't. So you can visit the site repeatedly for a couple of minutes and still not appear in the "Other Users" list. But then, even if you never visit again, you'll be in the "Other Users" list for about three minutes soon after that. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]

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(tye)Re: Own name in the Other Users box
by tye (Sage) on Feb 05, 2001 at 21:11 UTC

It is "worse" than that. The "Other Users" list is updated every three (I think) minutes. It can't be updated when you stop visiting, as there is no way to tell when that happens. It could be updated immediately if you visit and aren't already in the list, but it isn't. So you can visit the site repeatedly for a couple of minutes and still not appear in the "Other Users" list. But then, even if you never visit again, you'll be in the "Other Users" list for about three minutes soon after that.

tye

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