Fixed Show Online Status Option Has Disappeared

Well if most of the people on the forum are invisible you wouldn't know if you get a swift and fast response because you wouldn't be able to see their active status. Removing the members online would be the same as being invisible. Also, the members online now can be set up within a 15 minute window.

 

That implies that everyone chooses to be invisible. I know you said "most" but since that doesn't cover everyone, resorting to a "solution" that effects everyone doesn't seem like the best move.

Removing members online eliminates the option of being EITHER open or private. If most users want to be private, that's a reflection of their individual desires. Changing something based on individual choices (which while they are making identical choices) doesn't mean that's what the rest of the users want.