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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
Don't you guys think a feature like this is a bit privacy invading?
No...
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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
With a feature like this, they could determine if you were there anyway and start saying, "Hey, why aren't you answering me? I know you're there, man..."
No...
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Originally posted by BEWARE^^
its just that you know the truth if he/she is away or not thats all
No, not necessarily...
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Originally posted by BEWARE^^
why isnt it non of my business if you really wanna know if the person isnt fakeing that
This is besides the point but, yes it would be non of your bussiness if the person wants to fake it. Let them, it's there right.
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Originally posted by Jaguar
so you can never know just by saying that if they're on "Idle" it means they really are away and if they're on "Away" it means they're there
indeed
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Originally posted by BEWARE^^
well if he's/she's on(idle) then he hasn't talked to antbody in the past 30mins or whatever
Indeed "or whatever"... Some people will become idle after 1 minute, some people after 99 minutes,... or whatever...
- the "idle"-status is something that is send to you automaticly, it is not requested or anything. It is just another ("undocumented") status in Messenger. Hence no invasion of privacy...
- Plus! already shows this in the eventslog.
- If someone is "away" (instead of "Idle") doesn't mean he is at his PC
- The "Idle" status depends on your MSN Messenger setting: "Show me as away when I'm inactive for x minutes". If you didn't tick that feature, then you will never be in "Idle". Hence you still can truly be away when you set your status to "Away".
- Thus it is only after X minutes of inactivity that your status will be set to "Idle", and only if you have that option ticked.
- Note that there are also Messenger addons which let you choose to set your status to "Idle".
also:
Question about idle status
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