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« on: November 02, 2007, 08:55:20 PM » |
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Hey - on a lighter note...  Can I ask a silly question? What do the stars under your posting name mean? Some people have two stars... others have more....  Thankyou in advance! |
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Peter S
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« Reply To This #1 on: November 03, 2007, 04:29:29 AM » |
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No, that's not at all a silly question, Natasha What it is, the more people post, the more stars there are under their name 1 to 9 posts = 1 star 10 to 19 = 2 stars 20 to 39 = 3 stars 40 to 59 = 4 stars 60+ = 5 stars Joe and Diane (as in DianeCharlie) have spiffy extra big stars compared with us mere mortals  , as he is Administrator and she is Moderator. Kiva Staffers automatically get 5 big stars. Peter |
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Natasha
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« Reply To This #2 on: November 03, 2007, 04:41:23 AM » |
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 Thankyou so much Peter for letting me know, I had been wondering since I first logged on, as this is the first forum I have ever ventured into (usually I use the laptop & internet for much more mundane uses like work and study). As always Peter, you are a gentleman! Thankyou & Cheers, N
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« Last Edit: November 07, 2007, 06:15:01 PM by Natasha »
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« Reply To This #3 on: November 07, 2007, 03:08:23 PM » |
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Got a question - for those of us who are signed in to Kiva Friends "indefinitely," are we always listed as "online" or only when we're actually clicked onto a page?
Dottie B
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QueenOfHearts
Kiva Supporter
Burlington, NJ
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I lend for them
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« Reply To This #4 on: November 07, 2007, 03:19:27 PM » |
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Hey Dottie
I think as long as you are logged onto the site you would appear as "online" whether you are active or not...the last page you were viewing would be the one that would show up on the list of kiva friends online.....for example....If I was viewing the topic "introductions" and walked away from the computer to eat dinner, watch tv and then returned....I would still be listed as "online" and "viewing the topic introductions" until I moved to another page.
Queen
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Diane R
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« Reply To This #5 on: November 07, 2007, 04:10:25 PM » |
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I think Dottie's question is a little different, and I have also wondered about it. (Being a "moderator" doesn't give me any special knowledge here, LOL!) What I believe she's saying is that once, long ago, I logged into KivaFriends and told it not to log me out, so when I return to the site I do not have to enter my user name and password to see anything, I just come right into the site. And of course while I am actively browsing the site, I show up in the "Who's Online" list as viewing whatever page I am reading at the time. BUT. When I leave the site and move to some other website (or even shut my computer down entirely!), I suspect KivaFriends may still think I am "online" since I am still "logged in" (and I don't have to re-login when I return the next day), and so it may still show me in the "Who's Online" list as doing the last thing I was doing before I left the site.
I think this because I see lists of KivaFriends many pages long sometimes, showing the last activity for some folks as days ago. I am thinking that all these people probably did NOT walk away and leave their browser pointing at the KivaFriends site, so I suspect KivaFriends may leave us in the "online" set until we actively logout of KivaFriends (and then have to enter our password the next time we come back).
((Did that make sense to anyone else? It did to me, but that might not apply to everyone.))
Calling Joe, come in Joe....
--Diane.
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RichardF
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« Reply To This #6 on: November 07, 2007, 06:41:16 PM » |
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The Who's Online list displays the most recent action of any user within the past twelve hours. Joe increased the size of that time-window a while back. The Time Online clock keeps ticking as long as a window or tab is displaying any Kiva Friends page. (Joe can stop by and tell us what's really going on between his latest secret enhancements projects!)  |
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Wood Fairy Glenda
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« Reply To This #7 on: November 07, 2007, 07:35:35 PM » |
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A related question - I generally try to log out when I leave this site, but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When I come back to the site, sometimes it asks me to log in and sometimes it's already open. Why  |
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« Reply To This #8 on: November 09, 2007, 06:46:50 AM » |
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Well, for me, it's like this: once I log into KivaFriends, I stay logged in as long as I leave my laptop turned on. If I shut it down, I have to re-login when I use it again the next day... |
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QueenOfHearts
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« Reply To This #9 on: November 09, 2007, 10:26:28 AM » |
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Well, for me, it's like this: once I log into KivaFriends, I stay logged in as long as I leave my laptop turned on. If I shut it down, I have to re-login when I use it again the next day... It's finished now Padders and you can add Ireland and Italy to the mix!!!!! Queen |
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