# Real Time Analysis
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649 "2019-09-05T03:49:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/1 "2019-09-05T03:49:31Z")
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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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/2 "2019-09-05T04:09:11Z")
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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### Author:  [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/3 "2019-09-05T04:22:54Z")
Thanks, Tobias. As you can see from my screenshot, I can’t see the “List” part of your direction.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/4 "2019-09-05T04:29:25Z")
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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### Author:  [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/5 "2019-09-05T04:46:42Z")
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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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/6 "2019-09-05T05:10:54Z")
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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### Author:  [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/7 "2019-09-05T05:16:33Z")
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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### Author:  [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/8 "2019-09-05T05:22:38Z")
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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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/9 "2019-09-05T05:33:33Z")
I am not really following. Maybe you could explain your use case in some more detail?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/10 "2019-09-05T05:39:23Z")
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.
> [@(Deprecated) Display a "Discord Widget" in a dropdown button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-discord-widget-in-a-dropdown-button/73719):
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> May 2022 This has has now been converted into a theme component by @keegan tadaballoon[Discourse Discord Widget](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-discord-widget/228270) The Discord Widget does its job, but it’s really cumbersome and generally it’s an eyesore with the style of Discourse. In the past few months I had tried to implement it everywhere (after-header, body, footer) but every time I found it too big and too customized to be permanently seen. That’s why, in the end, I decided that a dropdown button would be the best solution. Users…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/12 "2023-04-10T22:49:30Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-analysis/127649/13 "2023-04-30T10:46:20Z")