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The player list no longer provides enough information to be able to figure out if logging in is worthwhile now. Seems like a bad idea if we want population counts to go up rather than down.
I've always used the player list to find interactions with and without guns. It really isn't biased towards either.
All this does is force people into a "chore". Logging in, scrolling through a less user-friendly list, and logging off again if nothing remotely interesting seems to be happening.
Oh, and I'd guess that the players most likely to bother logging in to check the player list are the mean "shadowloggers" you're trying to get rid of. If they're angry/bitter/hateful enough to log into a game just to try and upset other players, they're motivated enough to check the in-game list.