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WHy no join date being displayed?

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eddie500

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In the past you had the join date shown for each user. Now you don't display when each user joined the forum.

I prefer this date being shown easily next to the user's name because it shows you how long this particular person has been on the forum for. Its just a nice thing to have for many reasons, and also shows to other people that you've been ative on the forum for a lot of years.

Yes I know you can click on the different user and see when they joined, but thats just a PITA.

So why not add this feature back?
 
eddie500 said:
In the past you had the join date shown for each user. Now you don't display when each user joined the forum.

I prefer this date being shown easily next to the user's name because it shows you how long this particular person has been on the forum for. Its just a nice thing to have for many reasons, and also shows to other people that you've been ative on the forum for a lot of years.

Yes I know you can click on the different user and see when they joined, but thats just a PITA.

So why not add this feature back?
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IIRC, it was taken out in part due to the database load generated (each piece of info like post count or join date is another SQL lookup)
The other reason is that people would use it as an excuse to flame another member for being new, disregarding what they were saying not on the merit of their words but by their join date
 
That and it gives a cleaner more streamlined look. Probably won't change anytime soon, so you'll just have to click one more time to see how long someone has been registered.

Vertigo Acid said:
IIRC, it was taken out in part due to the database load generated (each piece of info like post count or join date is another SQL lookup)
The other reason is that people would use it as an excuse to flame another member for being new, disregarding what they were saying not on the merit of their words but by their join date
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