Add back "Offline" with last date seen.

[Intriguing Concept]

Alot of people will be confused if any person they will try to add for any reason is inactive or dead for years

[mimizukari]

It's not your place to know how long someone's been offline unless they're your friend.

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Originally posted by tizzly:

Alot of people will be confused if any person they will try to add for any reason is inactive or dead for years

Last online does not affect someone accepting or declining a friend request.

[Ettanin]

Add them as friend if you wish to see their last online time. If they decline, don't take it personal.

Stalking however is a no-no.

[Crazy Tiger]

OP, the last offline date says nothing about activity. All it says is when the last time was that you used either online or away in the friend list.

My profile says I'm offline for 47 days now because I'm usually on invisible in the friend list. I made it online for the Winter event when we had to do those tasks, otherwise it would have been somewhere between 100 and 200 days offline. Yet I'm on Steam every day and chat with people multiple times a week.

[Supafly]

^^This^^ on pretty much every day but it says I was last online 22 days ago.

OP needs to work on their stalking issues. Just send an invite. If you don't become friends they may just ignore it or may not have been active for days, weeks or even years. Why you don't become friends isn't important.