Quote Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
The function is disabled, since it uses additional resources.

On a related note, that function might actually discourage some folks from participating, since they may be fearful of being seen reading a particular thread and/or not responding right away; yes, I realize one can track what one is doing by viewing one's user profile, but that takes effort and is somewhat inaccurate.

In a nutshell, that function is disabled primarily to conserve server resources and to a lesser extent for visitor privacy.

With all that said, it may enabled sometime in the future if enough folks truly desire that feature.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Ron
Just to point it out, other forums I've been to have an option in the profile section that says "hide me when I'm online".

but if it uses too many resources, I'm sure we'll live .