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This isn't a rule. Threads are usually locked if they're reported and a mod deems them as run their course.

It seems that some members think that things on this forum take care of themselves, that is, that the moderators patrol the forum and delete posts, move/lock topics and ban bad users. If today we have less than 2000 reports per month, and a few years ago we had record months with almost 50 000 reports, then it is a little clearer why it seems to some that the moderators are not doing their job.

I think most mods will handle something if they come across it but staff only get paid for reports (with some other unknown factors involved) so if there's less reports coming in then spam is more likely to stay unless it gets reported. I barely browse the forum at all these days and tend to just stick to reports and the threads I frequent in my watch-list and I suppose that's probably true for many other mods. I think there should be some benefit for users reporting like badges that come with some special privileges etc as it's a thankless task and it's very rare we add new mods based on their reporting so that's another lack of incentive. Maybe we could even give some small BTC prizes to some of the most active reporters etc.

I have checked this new feature and it's working properly. I believe it's a quite good patch and we all should be thankful to PowerGlove for devoting his precious time to make such useful patches for the forum.

He's truly a pro developer and someone who's very respected member of this forum. I hope we'll continue to see such great patches from PowerGlove and I'm also thankful to Theymos for implementing this useful feature regarding activity on this forum.

if I have disabled the "Show others your online status?" option, why does it still display the exact date and time of my last activity after 72 hours?

I'd say it should only show the date, not the time. Or even just the month.
Or just stay active, don't abandon Bitcointalk for more than 72 hours

I do feel a lot of genuine users got banned cause accidentally they got logged in the same time.

Tagged: maybe.
Banned: no way. Just like users aren't banned based on similar IP addresses, the won't be banned based on their login time.

This patch will resolve the issue for someone blaming inconsistency or simalaties of login time. I do feel a lot of genuine users got banned cause accidentally they got logged in the same time.

I do understand this patch is meant for giving everyone active here the privacy of activities. If anyone here use this patch that means they are using for their own benifits. As BTT allows alt accounts some of the legends will use it to their benefits that will be evident when it doesn't show their accounts active

It is clear now that with this patch anyone can now use it for their own betterment. I personally don't think it will be good if anyone in the legend rank use it.

Being a good programmer doesn't make you a good moderator. Let's not get carried away here.

For a moderator role, you don't need to be a programmer but for a global moderator or admin role, you will need to be a technical programmer, that's what I meant.

I was not talking about having a staff position. I was talking about to gain financial benefit of the time and talent invested.

I knew of forum's security bug bounty but I can't not recall PowerGlove won any award from it, not sure, and I don't think it's his motive.  

I could be wrong but right now it seems earning a good forum reputation but once it is achieved he will have no motivation to continue contribution. A hobby does not stay for long time but when a hobby turns into a profession then it become a career.

I agree that if he does it for happiness and it can stop anytime. People have their own lives beyond this forum and it's unrealistic to request them to stay here forever.

This isn't a rule. Threads are usually locked if they're reported and a mod deems them as run their course.

It seems that some members think that things on this forum take care of themselves, that is, that the moderators patrol the forum and delete posts, move/lock topics and ban bad users. If today we have less than 2000 reports per month, and a few years ago we had record months with almost 50 000 reports, then it is a little clearer why it seems to some that the moderators are not doing their job.

[Long time ago]

Ok
Question: What do you do in your free time?
PowerGlove: I write patches for bitcointalk.

Previously, if you didn't check the "Show others your online status" option, it would still be pretty obvious when you were online because your "Last Active" time would still constantly update to be ~now. This has now been changed so that if you were last active within the last 72 hours and you have the show-online option disabled, then the exact time will not be displayed, and it will instead just say "(Recently)".

Thank you, PowerGlove. However, this makes me think if I have disabled the "Show others your online status?" option, why does it still display the exact date and time of my last activity after 72 hours?

If for periods <72 hours, it's showing Recently.

Then periods >72 hours, it should display something like Long time ago, and perhaps Long long time ago for periods exceeding certain time like a year or more.

So if I monitor a profile that was last active more than 3 days ago, and it's status switches to "(Recently)", I know it's became active right at that moment.

That's a great idea for the BPIP parser. If it can keep track of user activity somehow, we might find ourselves visiting BPIP more often!

Voluntary contribution is very respectable, but it wouldn't hurt if theymos opened up that dusty cold storage for the most dedicated contributor.  

The new forum software is in the line for a decade, we actually do not know how it's going, how much funds we are spending, what is the progress, will it even become a thing in the near future or it was just a failed project. We know nothing.

I haven’t been here for a decade and so I wouldn’t know or I simply don’t care very much. After all, the forum haven’t been so buggy but, an improved version of what it is today wouldn’t be undesirable, whatever that is and I don’t think it’s another launch into space to take much time.

I do not think PowerGlove is the only one who is doing the Voluntary job [if it is], there are many with us who are able to form a team and give us a new software if they receive the honer, respect they deserve with the financial benefit to feed their family.

We do not know what interest PowerGlove has right now but most probably it's to gain a good forum rank, have a spot it DT and be a respectable member. Today or tomorrow he will achieve it and then he will have no motive to move further. It's the reality.

The feed our family reasons could be some of the reasons why we must appreciate PowerGlove for the efforts he puts in without been asked to or paid to do so. Simply acts based on interest and I don’t mind what personal interests he might have but, I see one that is geared towards forum improvement at the moment and should the user be given credits for his contributions some day, it would be one that was well earned.
The idea of a team isn’t a bad one neither is having this done voluntarily on the sidelines an issue too. The need for whistle blowing so many other programmers here could come up with ideas and scripts that could be a plus for the forum, is unnecessary.

There would always be such eventuality when one stops doing what his known to be doing voluntarily and a lot of reasons could amount to that. Possibly as you’ve stated and could as well be to reasons as been just unable, lost interest in the forum, chose to be focused on family, is ill and many others. Perhaps other persons with concerns could keep up the work and not make the users absence felt.


Unlike the OP edition, this Recent edition doesn’t seem to be most vital to me!

Considering the fact that looking at the photo it is impossible to predict taste qualities pizza, I voted for the winner of the contest based solely on the creativity of the design.

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I vote for: #42, #74, #97, #100

Staff position is possible but a global moderator position will need much time for PowerGlove to achieve. Being a technical member with good contribution for the forum is big advantage but theymos will need more time to actually trust PowerGlove and appoint global moderator position to the coder.

Being a good programmer doesn't make you a good moderator. Let's not get carried away here.

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I was not talking about having a staff position. I was talking about to gain financial benefit of the time and talent invested. I could be wrong but right now it seems earning a good forum reputation but once it is achieved he will have no motivation to continue contribution. A hobby does not stay for long time but when a hobby turns into a profession then it become a career.