Add "last updated" to Circle Gifts

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Title:
Add "last updated" to Circle Gifts

Area:
shop

Summary:
Add the date last updated to each account on the Circle Gifts (http://www.dreamwidth.org/shop/gifts) page.

Description:
When using the Circle Gifts page (http://www.dreamwidth.org/shop/gifts) to buy paid accounts for others, I want to know how active an account is, so I don't accidentally bestow a paid account on an inactive journal.

At the moment, I figure out when each account was last updated by going to its profile, but that's an annoying workaround.

I suggest that "last updated" info be placed on Circle Gifts, much like it was added to Manage Circle (http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/circle/edit).

Poll #1869 Add "last updated" to Circle Gifts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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Should be implemented as-is.
30 (78.9%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (2.6%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
7 (18.4%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[red_trillium]

Commenting on the "as is with changes".
Also, I bought a paid account last year for someone on my freinds list. I went in today to renew mine and hers. I thought "cool, there's an option for gifting someone in my circle!

But it only listed people with free accounts or communities. It didn't list her so I've had to copy/paste her user name. I'd like to see all my friends in my circle listed, know how active they are and if it's a current paid account it would be nice to know when it expires.

[denise]

We did it that way because Mark and I felt it would be more useful -- we thought it might be hard to pick out the people who truly needed paid time (free/expiring very soon; we do "expiring in the next month" while LJ does "expiring in the next six months" which is less useful I've found) and it might come across as too unpleasantly pushy/in-your-faceish.

We're totally open to changing it if people would find it more useful to do the other way, but I think in this case it's different enough from the existing suggestion that it should go through as a suggestion of its own!

[red_trillium]

Cool, thank you for your very quick reply! I'd considered putting it through as a stand alone suggestion but thought it would be considered too close to the original so I'll do that. :)

Maybe if it's implemented (I'll put this in my form) then keep the current groupings as they are and maybe add either "other users in your circle with paid accounts" or just "other users in your circle".

And LOL, I didn't realise the "expiring in the next month" category. I wasn't sure when the one I bought for was expiring and thought it was in the next month but don't remember seeing her there (only saw comms). That's ok 'cause I know she can use it and can use the pick me up of the surprise of being gifted more free time! :)

[denise]

I think anyone would be happy about getting a gift!

But yes -- we didn't know quite what we should do there, and we went for the "less pushy" option, which is generally what we try to go for if we aren't sure what we should do. I'm totally open to changing it around if people would find another way useful instead of pushy.

[red_trillium]

Oh, what if the categories were set to default "show" but you could click the little +/- or up/down arrows to show/hide each category at will?? Less pushy if you don't want to see say the communities or other users, but do want to see free accounts.

I'll toodle over and edit my post to add that.