XF 1.5 Show current activity

[Bill Stuntz]

As far as I can tell, users can't set this option themselves. And a lot of them have no checkmark in that field, don't show in the list of users who have viewed threads, and wonder why.

As an admin looking at a typical thread, I see 38 users who have viewed that thread. And my non-admin alter-ego sees 29. So it appears that approximately 20% of our users are concealing the fact that they've viewed that thread - probably unintentionally, judging from the few who have asked why they don't appear in that list. And I've already made 4 of them visible (including myself) at their request. So yesterday, it would have been 25/39 or about 30% missing. And I KNOW I never intentionally set myself to conceal which threads I've viewed, and I have no idea why that box is not checked.

Is there a way to:
1) Check that box for all registered users? I don't see it in Batch Update Users.
2) Set it as default for all new users?
3) Include it as a visible/setable option when users edit their own privacy preferences?

I've discovered that if a user changes ANYTHING in his privacy settings or in his general preferences, the "Show current activity" checkmark is invisibly and unintentionally removed. And he doesn't know he's just hidden his thread viewing history from everyone except admins, since he can't see or change that setting himself. Why does changing unrelated settings un-check this box?

 

[Bill Stuntz]

3) Include it as a visible/setable option when users edit their own privacy preferences?

I've discovered that users have to be allowed to become invisible for these options to become visible/setable under their own privacy settings. So I've solved PART of my own problem. But I don't understand the odd behavior when changing OTHER settings. And I don't know how to reset all users who are inadvertently hiding which threads they've viewed. But at least they can now change their own visibility settings to opt in/out.