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Jul 18, 2020 at 13:25 comment added Shog9 That would add overhead to profile loads, which are already slow.
Jul 18, 2020 at 8:13 comment added stevec @Shog9 couldn't it just check whenever a user's profile is accessed? Say someone accesses your profile, a query runs that looks up when the last log containing your user id was recorded? That would be accurate I suspect?
Jul 29, 2015 at 3:17 comment added Shog9 The rationale is that this number is tracked to give folks a rough idea of whether a given user is still active; the primary implementation concern is raw speed, not accuracy.
Jul 29, 2015 at 3:16 vote accept danh
Jul 29, 2015 at 3:16 comment added danh Okay thanks. Is the rationale that writing last seen on a question or answer or comment would make those actions too computationally expensive? I'd be surprised if it added much, marginally.
Jul 29, 2015 at 3:08 history answered Shog9 CC BY-SA 3.0