can "recently" be used in the sent merit list too?

[AVE5]

can that also be done for sent merit list? while i may have my online status hidden and last forum visit listed as "recently" but a look at my sent merits give me away.. unless i not send merits of course.

anyway to have sent merits times be "hidden" for a period of time?

A user might probably don't want others to stay notified of their active timeline in the forum and therefore can hide their active status. Of course that may feel comfortable because it's a personal choice for those that don't want to leave their active notification visible to the public view. If the same feature can be applicable for the merit history, that'll still be a choice for the users who have to keep it private.
But my question is that what could be the vital reasons that'd prompt one to activate such features of hiding your active and merits status because I don't need them from my ends.
Let's also think about the barrier it could cause users when applying for signature and campaign projects because, some managers might be needing to confirm your merits data's especially the RECEIVED MERITS like that of Sir Hhampuz campaigns management demands.
Visibilities of your active ness in the forum may also be as necessity to be considered.

[7juju]

A user might probably don't want others to stay notified of their active timeline in the forum and therefore can hide their active status. Of course that may feel comfortable because it's a personal choice for those that don't want to leave their active notification visible to the public view. If the same feature can be applicable for the merit history, that'll still be a choice for the users who have to keep it private.
But my question is that what could be the vital reasons that'd prompt one to activate such features of hiding your active and merits status because I don't need them from my ends.
Let's also think about the barrier it could cause users when applying for signature and campaign projects because, some managers might be needing to confirm your merits data's especially the RECEIVED MERITS like that of Sir Hhampuz campaigns management demands.
Visibilities of your active ness in the forum may also be as necessity to be considered.

What op is saying here is that if they can hide their active status which they don’t want people to know that they are or were online. But if they give out merits within that period, that the sent merits history will reveal that they were recently online. That if it is possible for the sent merit history that will be sent out when the person active status was turned off to be hidden as well till they turn back their active status on, then the sent merits for the period that their active status was off can then be visible.

So it is left for the person that’s applying for signature campaigns to keep their active status on so that mangers can see their merits history. People can turn on these features for privacy reasons. If this is achieved, then the person won’t make posts for the period that their active status are off, because your post can also reveal when last you were online.

[Rubuchi]

What op is saying here is that if they can hide their active status which they don’t want people to know that they are or were online. But if they give out merits within that period, that the sent merits history will reveal that they were recently online. That if it is possible for the sent merit history that will be sent out when the person active status was turned off to be hidden as well till they turn back their active status on, then the sent merits for the period that their active status was off can then be visible.

what exactly does this person want to achieve by asking such a question if that’s truly what he is insinuating. I don’t still see any reason why somebody will want to hide their status unless if he or she is just asking for educational purposes, which might not even require any actions being taken by any of us here rather than just schooling us on the possibilities.

So it is left for the person that’s applying for signature campaigns to keep their active status on so that mangers can see their merits history. People can turn on these features for privacy reasons. If this is achieved, then the person won’t make posts for the period that their active status are off, because your post can also reveal when last you were online.

I was also thinking in the same direction with you especially on campaigns where your merit history really counts a lot or maybe the person in question is not really really interested in joining such campaigns then they wwnt have anything thing to really worry about but in as much as they have interest in joining a camping team the best they can do is to leave the system in its default state they saw it.

[Cookdata]

can that also be done for sent merit list? while i may have my online status hidden and last forum visit listed as "recently" but a look at my sent merits give me away.. unless i not send merits of course.

anyway to have sent merits times be "hidden" for a period of time?

A user might probably don't want others to stay notified of their active timeline in the forum and therefore can hide their active status. Of course that may feel comfortable because it's a personal choice for those that don't want to leave their active notification visible to the public view. If the same feature can be applicable for the merit history, that'll still be a choice for the users who have to keep it private.
But my question is that what could be the vital reasons that'd prompt one to activate such features of hiding your active and merits status because I don't need them from my ends.
Let's also think about the barrier it could cause users when applying for signature and campaign projects because, some managers might be needing to confirm your merits data's especially the RECEIVED MERITS like that of Sir Hhampuz campaigns management demands.
Visibilities of your active ness in the forum may also be as necessity to be considered.

You didn't understand his post, if his last seen is recently, he want his sent history be hidden too and not like the way public we know about his activity. It kills the purpose of last seen been private if the user last seen is recently only for his merit sent activity to be 10 minutes ago, there is no privacy.

If you want to consider signature in this case, I don't think there is any signature manager that want to see your recent sent merit, they are after your received merit and that shows if you have been active in the forum or if they want to know how many merit you have earn in recently.

To mention, it been years now I have not seen OP at any signature, so I don't think he is worried about campaign slot but if there is a need, the way the merit sent can be turn on, it can be turn off so the manager can have visibility of the account. All of this is possible but then Mr Theymos isn't going to glance at this thread till it's forgotten.

[joker_josue]

You didn't understand his post, if his last seen is recently, he want his sent history be hidden too and not like the way public we know about his activity. It kills the purpose of last seen been private if the user last seen is recently only for his merit sent activity to be 10 minutes ago, there is no privacy.

The same applies to posts.
What does it matter to hide when you were last online, if you have a post that was made 10 minutes ago?

This function is only viable for those who want to visit the forum just to read and not interact with it. Because if you interact, you will be exposing your presence.

By keeping hidden not only the last time someone was online, but also their most recent interactions, especially their merits, they are forcing others to keep their activities hidden as well.

In other words, if I receive a merit award, and I don't know I received it simply because someone decided to hide that they were online, they are also hiding my activity. I'm not saying this out of obsession with merit or anything like that. It's just simple logic: if my activity interferes with the activity of others, it shouldn't be hidden.

I believe the logic behind the option to hide the last time one was online is indeed to maintain privacy, but for this to be effective, the person cannot interact in the forum. Without questioning how hiding the last time someone was online guarantees privacy. But one thing is certain: for this to work without impacting others, the person cannot interact.

We have a lot to learn from Satoshi regarding privacy. He was active at a time when the notion of privacy wasn't taken so seriously. The forum didn't have these things about hiding anything. And even today, nobody knows who he is.

[vapourminer]

The same applies to posts.
What does it matter to hide when you were last online, if you have a post that was made 10 minutes ago?

This function is only viable for those who want to visit the forum just to read and not interact with it. Because if you interact, you will be exposing your presence.

i like to read the forum. i like to merit posts. i go many days without posting.

so the current "Recently" on "Last forum visit" in my profile is useless. the merits give me away.

LoyceV had a good suggestion; the forum/script collects a users merits to send as he reads them and only send them the next post. as posting obviously needs to be real time. but me sending merits does not have to be real time, they can wait till the next time i post. so the merits from me to others would suddenly pile in at once with the same time/date stamp as the post.

however the forum currently lacks this capability.

[LoyceV]

LoyceV had a good suggestion; the forum/script collects a users merits to send as he reads them and only send them the next post.
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however the forum currently lacks this capability.

That's why I mentioned it as a potential userscript. Maybe TryNinja or someone else with the skills to create this can be persuaded to build this if you mention them here