Steam doesn't show the last time you were online anymore

[druuu]

It used to say "last online 15 days ago" or whatever but now it just says "currently offline".

That's the dumbest change ever.
I have friends that don't use steam that often so knowing the last time they were online was helpful.
Why change??

[eram]

Not changed for me. Check my profile what does it say?

Currently Offline
Last Online 21 hrs, 36 mins ago

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It only shows the time for friends now.

More privacy changes.

[ともり]

Originally posted by eram:

Not changed for me. Check my profile what does it say?

Currently Offline
Last Online 21 hrs, 36 mins ago

No.
It only says
"Currently Offline"

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/1753525585396783687/

[wuddih]

you can only see last online time for people you are connected to ... aka your friends.
and of course, yourself.

for everyone else, you no longer see that.

good change.

[Crazy Tiger]

I'll just link a post I made in a different thread: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/2823131412463447922/#c2823131412465245949

[ともり]

Originally posted by wuddih:

you can only see last online time for people you are connected to ... aka your friends.
and of course, yourself.

for everyone else, you no longer see that.

good change.

Makes sense.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by Jikai:

Originally posted by wuddih:

you can only see last online time for people you are connected to ... aka your friends.
and of course, yourself.

for everyone else, you no longer see that.

good change.

Makes sense.

Yeah typically people who are complaining about it were using it for malicious purposes. There would be absolutely no reason to know when someone else was last online except for what was previously stated.

[onurguzel16]

Originally posted by wuddih:

you can only see last online time for people you are connected to ... aka your friends.
and of course, yourself.

for everyone else, you no longer see that.

good change.

If I nornally login Steam Store or Steam Community via normal browser, my last online date won't be updated as appears to my friends until I sign in to "steamcommunity.com/chat". However if I login via Steam Client or sign in to friends chat session via browser, it should be updated. Very strange.

[WarNerve]

Originally posted by dru:

It used to say "last online 15 days ago" or whatever but now it just says "currently offline".

That's the dumbest change ever.
I have friends that don't use steam that often so knowing the last time they were online was helpful.
Why change??

If it just says, "Offline", it means they are choosing to appear "Offline", but might actually be playing. If it shows the last time they were on then it means they are really offline.
It's something that needs to be changed because it defeats the whole purpose of appearing offline if your friends can tell that you're not really offline by looking to see if it displays the time last on.