Does the ‘Posted’ field in the user card include topics in privare categories? For example, (redacted) user has not posted for the past 4 years (activity > all), but it says their last post was 2 days ago.

[image] Nate Dhaliwal: Does the ‘Posted’ field in the user card include topics in privare categories? yes it does. Most of the posted counts for Team who post on Meta will be like this. I can assure you mine that you see for public Meta isn’t accurate either. Some Team members don’t post in public categories at all, but are very active in private ones. We have a lot of private categories, as well as group inboxes.

https://ask.discourse.com/discourse-ai/ai-bot/shared-ai-conversations/kRq92rFGZ2asE8px2NF47w

I was hoping for a better onebox, but I don’t think it will onebox from ask. Here is Lola settings bot with a quick reply Discourse Post Count: Public and Private Explained Lilly: Does a user’s public profile post count include private category posts and personal messages? settings_explorer_bot: A user’s public profile post count on Discourse typically includes posts made in public and private categories but does not include personal messages. Personal messages are considered private conversations and are not part of the post count displayed on a user’s public profile. However, posts in categories restricted to certain user groups (private categories) do count towards the post total, even… Read full transcript

Perhaps I am not being clear, I meant the one that shows when the user last posted. Looks like AI answered it: Does 'Last Posted' Include Private Messages? AI NateDhaliwal: Does the last posted field in the user card include private messages? gpt-4o: Searching Searching for: Does the last posted field in the Discourse user card include private messages? Reading Read: Why doesn't Discourse show user statistics? The information from the search didn’t directly cover whether private messages are included in the “last posted” field on the user card. Let’s keep exploring. Next, I will query additional documentation to see if another source directly addresses this point. Searching Searching for: What information is shown on the user card in Discourse? Does the last posted field include private messages? Reading Read: Suggestion: ‘Likes received’ and ‘Posts’ in User Card The “last posted” field on the Discourse user card does include private messages. This information is shown in the suggestions made within the Discourse Community and documented in user discussions (meta.discourse.org). Here is a link offering more context: Suggestion: ‘Likes received’ and ‘Posts’ in User Card. If you have any more questions or need further details, feel free to ask! NateDhaliwal: Does it include posts in private categories? gpt-4o: Searching Searching for: Does the last posted field in the Discourse user card include posts in private categories? Reading Read: Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions The “last posted” field on the user card in Discourse does include posts made in private categories. This means that any activity a user has, whether in public or private categories, will update the “last posted” information on their user card. This behavior aligns with how Discourse manages user activity visibility within scoped permissions, as elaborated in the documentation about user statuses, roles, and permissions. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

You could also try it. Send a message to yourself and check your usercard.

[image] Nate Dhaliwal: Perhaps I am not being clear, [image] Nate Dhaliwal: Does the ‘Posted’ field nah you’re being clear enough. I’m being dense :woman_facepalming:t2: :laughing:

Doesn’t seem to work. I just sent myself a PM, replied to it, but it does not say that on my user card (unless it takes time to update, but I’ve already refreshed the page).

it works, its just that pms don’t count as posts. :smiley:

The bot said they do [image] Nate Dhaliwal: The “last posted” field on the Discourse user card does include private messages.

Does the 'Posted' field in the user card include topics in private categories?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) September 27, 2024, 10:10am 3

Thanks! I get it now. Just another quick question, will it apply for me as well if I were to send a PM to a user?

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Does the 'Posted' field in the user card include topics in private categories?

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