What does it mean to post, in this context? The user has never posted but there is a Last Posted timestamp?
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The discussion revolves around the meaning of ‘Last Post’ in the context of a new user’s activity on Discourse. markwill initially misunderstood the ‘Last Posted’ timestamp, thinking it indicated actual posts when the user had none. acesoftheace clarified that it refers to the last post made by the user, which in this case was 16 hours ago. Mittineague pointed out that the image might be misleading and suggested checking for deleted posts or Personal Messages. markwill acknowledged the explanation and realized his misunderstanding. JimPas added that for new users, the system’s background jobs may not have run yet, so user stats like post counts might not be updated immediately.
It just means that the latest post you made is 16 hrs ago
In that case, what does zero posts mean (the other arrow)?
The image you posted is insufficient. Can you see a post in the members activity? Are there any deleted posts? Has a sufficient amount of time passed that you know the background job that updates the user stats table has run? Might the post be a Personal Message?
Ah - you just explained it. I was just looking at this from a logical, not technical, perspective (that image basically suggests the user posted 16 hours ago, having never actually created any posts). Having only been using Discourse for a couple of weeks, I wasn’t aware how it works under the covers yet.
Thanks for the clarification.
Since this is a new user - joined less than 24 hours - all of the routines that run to collect the tallies from each area may not have run. Once they all have, you’ll see things start to add up. Many times it takes hours before a new user will show up in the User Directory.