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In a discussion about live user tracking on Discourse, Lee_Davy2 expressed their desire to see who is online to facilitate live interactions. tobiaseigen suggested using the /admin/users/list/active?order=seen page to view when members were last seen. However, Lee_Davy2 couldn’t find the “List” section and shared a screenshot.

tobiaseigen explained that the screenshot already shows recent activity and online users, with the ability to sort by last seen. Lee_Davy2 pointed out that this doesn’t guarantee users are still online, but tobiaseigen clarified that the “seen” column displays the exact time of last activity.

SouperC suggested using the “who’s online” plugin, but Lee_Davy2 decided that creating a WhatsApp group would be the easiest way to facilitate real-time interactions. tobiaseigen asked for more details on the use case, while merefield proposed linking a Discord server to the forum for real-time chat and “who’s online” functionality.

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I use Discourse as a forum and coaching centre for people addicted to alcohol. We want the ability to see who is online so we can approach them to facetime or WhatsApp. Is there a way of seeing who is online on Discourse at any one time?

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Yes, you can go to /admin/users/list/active?order=seen anytime to see when members are online or were last seen.

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Thanks, Tobias. As you can see from my screenshot, I can’t see the “List” part of your direction.

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In your screenshot I can see who has been seen recently and who is online now. If you select the SEEN column header you can sort by last seen. What additional info do you need?

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It shows that Craig was on34-minutes ago, but that doesn’t mean he is still online though, right? So what we have is a best estimate?

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What you see in the seen column is not an estimate.. that is when the user was last on the forum.

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So you could start with users that appear as <1min. Otherwise there’s also a “who’s online” plugin, but I believe it pulls data from that same source.

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Thanks for your help, but it seems the easiest way to do this is to create a Whatsapp group where people can ping each other when they need to talk to each other.

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I am not really following. Maybe you could explain your use case in some more detail?

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You could also consider setting up a linked Discord server to facilitate ‘who’s online’ and chat.

The Discourse forum could handle less ‘idle’ , Topic specific, discussion.