A discussion is underway about a Discourse feature that displays a message indicating when a user last posted. VSCPlays points out a discrepancy, where a message says a user’s last post was 6 years ago, but the post date is actually September 2021, just 1.5 years ago. JammyDodger explains that the message refers to the user’s last post before the one it is appended to. JammyDodger also shares a related topic where this issue has been discussed before. RGJ and JammyDodger suggest that these messages should auto-disappear after a week, as they lose value quickly. A related ux topic has been created to discuss removing welcome and returning user notes after a set time.
I was looking into recent Support topics, but I got confused as it says
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Kyle — their last post was 6 years ago.
but it says Sep '21 which means September 2021 and this year is 2023, and it’s 1 1/2 years since his last post
I think there’s some confusion. The note indicates the last time that person posted previous to the one it’s appended to.
then why it says “their last post was 6 years ago” when his actual last post is in September 2021?
Maybe it’s an idea to have those messages auto disappear after a week or so, since they lose value quickly and are only useful shortly after such a post.
It has cropped up a couple of times, and I think you’re right, it does make sense to ‘retire’ them after a useful window.
Edit: Contribute > UX topic Removing Welcome and Returning User notes from posts after a set time 