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Is the 'Whos Online' box important?
05-26-2007, 11:07 PM
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 Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 275 Location: United Kingdom  
|  Is the 'Whos Online' box important? How important is the Who's Online to your visitors/members? Would it really make a difference to getting them to join your forum? If its not there, would members not care...
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05-26-2007, 11:21 PM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,139 Location: Maryland, US   
| Probably not that important but i like it because i like to know whos online but you could always go to the online list  As for guests seeing it Im not really sure.. you could always have just numbers (2 members and 1 guests browsing forums...) | ||||
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05-26-2007, 11:21 PM
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Title: Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,615 Location: vBulletinSetup Recent Blog: Sponsor our Next Contest! 
| I use it to find my username, and then to find more post sometimes. I like to have the WOL up, if your forums has a few members on it, others may join up to try and catch them for a chat  | ||||
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05-26-2007, 11:31 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 709 Location: Romania | I also look for my username and sometimes look at some stats. I think I can live without it, but never thought too much about this. And since it wasn't such an issue, I never bothered remove it. In some occasions I did modify some code, added information etc.
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05-27-2007, 03:02 AM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 740 Location: New Zealand | My members use it all the time, so yeah it's important on my site, i think it's just coz they are nosey
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05-27-2007, 06:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,013 Location: Michigan, US Recent Blog: StarWarsMMO.net Exclusive Community Interview
| I think it could be removed for guests but I think members like to see who is online when they are online. Besides what would be the point in removing it?
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05-27-2007, 08:19 AM
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| Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 275 Location: United Kingdom
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05-27-2007, 08:30 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,478 Location: Alabama
| I remove it for guests for performance reasons. I show it to members though. | ||||
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05-27-2007, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 98 | its very useful. i use it most of the time to check if any of my buddies are online. however i limit the usage only to forum members, guest are not allowed to view who's online | ||||
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05-27-2007, 09:40 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 652 | I personally like to see it around. It even tends to look good just for decoration. As much as I like it, it's certainly not a necessity. | ||||
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