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Why Do I Show Online After I Leave?  

community 38F   
Ask me for a photo
9220 posts
1/24/2011 6:59 pm
Why Do I Show Online After I Leave?

I was talking with LAHIFI about his blog where he focuses on issues around logging out. Specifically about why he sees people online that he knows aren't anymore.

Here's how it works on our end...

Logging In:

When you log into the site, you get placed in an "Online Now" database table along with anyone else who is logged in. Whenever we display your information anywhere on the site, we first look at that table to see if your marked as "online."

Logging Off:
If you actually hit Log Off, we stop showing you as online. When if you click Log Off, we take your information out of the Online Now table. Every time someone looks at your information, we go back to that table, see your offline and display you as offline.

Closing your browser, or computer without logging off:

When you close your browser without logging off, we don't know about it. There's no flag to us that you've closed your browser, shut the lid on your laptop or turned off your computer. When there is not activity from you, we keep you in the Online Now table for 2 hours. After 2 hours, we consider you offline again.

rm_rubenesque8 51F
3244 posts
1/24/2011 7:25 pm

 I don't think that's true every time. Last night night at about 11 pm I lost my internet connection and was unable to fix it until this morning, at 7 am. My friend told me I was shown as online. Also I could be away for days but would still be shown as online.


wd40w 71M
6966 posts
1/24/2011 7:52 pm

 "Once upon a time..." We used to have indicators on out profiles telling folks if we were online, on IMC or broadcasting...when pray tell are those features going to return? You also need to account for server lag in this equation...like add two hours to your two hours if we don't log off...and don't get me started on the IMC and it's problem of showing folks online when they are not...
"Illigitimi Non Carborundum Est" W.F. "Bull" Halsey wd40w


roxy54sexy 61F
8914 posts
1/24/2011 8:01 pm

 Hello, I rather be online then not. If you really want not to be online just click the sign out buttion on sign out the clear your browser it should clear any problem of that problem. At least i hope it does here.
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rm_NassyFox 62F
37014 posts
1/24/2011 8:56 pm
    Quoting wd40w:
    "Once upon a time..." We used to have indicators on out profiles telling folks if we were online, on IMC or broadcasting...when pray tell are those features going to return? You also need to account for server lag in this equation...like add two hours to your two hours if we don't log off...and don't get me started on the IMC and it's problem of showing folks online when they are not...
Now if they can't fix the time stamps for the different zones, or account for Daylight Savings Time or for those that don't change clocks, does that mean your two hours are added to his two hours and then multiplied by the number of time zones? Do we exponentially increase if you are stuck in a chat room for days on end?

Don't forget, there are those that click on the "Keep me logged in until I log out" who don't realize that is exactly what the servers are doing.


rm_NassyFox 62F
37014 posts
1/25/2011 5:05 pm
    Quoting community:
    Where is this Nassy?

    "Don't forget, there are those that click on the "Keep me logged in until I log out" who don't realize that is exactly what the servers are doing."
When you do a fresh log in, there is a little box that gives you that option where you type in your username and password. You never saw it?


rm_NassyFox 62F
37014 posts
1/25/2011 5:06 pm
    Quoting community:
    I will add that we have a separate issue with chat. Like you, I've been stuck online in group chat for days before. This was when I closed my browser but didn't log off. Still, I should have been booted after 2 hours.
Yeah, it's kinda funny that it will boot you out when you want to be in there and keep you in there when you want out. Maybe someone installed it backwards.


rm_NassyFox 62F
37014 posts
1/26/2011 6:58 am
    Quoting rm_NassyFox:
    When you do a fresh log in, there is a little box that gives you that option where you type in your username and password. You never saw it?
Ok, they changed the box to read "Remember Me" but it use to say "Keep me logged in until I log out".


wd40w 71M
6966 posts
1/27/2011 12:15 am
    Quoting rm_NassyFox:
    Now if they can't fix the time stamps for the different zones, or account for Daylight Savings Time or for those that don't change clocks, does that mean your two hours are added to his two hours and then multiplied by the number of time zones? Do we exponentially increase if you are stuck in a chat room for days on end?

    Don't forget, there are those that click on the "Keep me logged in until I log out" who don't realize that is exactly what the servers are doing.
It has a lot to do with Fibinachi...and all the heat build up in those war surplus TRS servers they use...
"Illigitimi Non Carborundum Est" W.F. "Bull" Halsey wd40w


nd2hvfun 65F  
10021 posts
1/31/2011 12:09 am

 why am i now pimped on a married site??? do i look married? and i am getting rude emails from their the emails have a lip take me off of there
je ne regrette rien


rm_iwps 63F
488 posts
1/31/2011 11:09 pm

 I have been having a problem with being online and tells people I am off line? But when u look in the chat room, my name is there? I liked it better when u could log in, till I logged out. I even logged out and logged back in right away, still shows me as being off line, right now?


glidecc 49M  
1224 posts
2/6/2011 10:30 am

 Even if you log out, the site will still show you're online after you log out. I know because I've logged out so someone else could sign in multiple times and I still see myself showing up as online, even showing up as still being on Instant Messenger after signing out.

I'm sure it's good advice to remind people to log-out rather than closing their windows and I'm sure it works better. However, I think it's extremely patronizing to tell customers that if they log-out, they will not show up as being online when it's clear that this is not the case.


SirHantsAlot 56M
Ask me for a photo
27 posts
4/10/2011 8:36 am

 You should be handling the 'onbeforeUnload' event and do a synchronous ajax call to record they have closed the browser.


rm_NassyFox 62F
37014 posts
4/12/2011 9:38 pm
    Quoting  :
Yes. Either the "sign off" at the top right or the "log off" on the bottom left will show your profile as offline quicker than if you simply close the browser, tab or window.


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