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Originally posted by CookieRevised
The analogy with the cables has one big flaw: those 'extra' statussus (and especially BRB) weren't laying in the way of anybody or anything to trip over.
They were in the way of someone having to choose between BRB and Away. Away is the simple choice. BRB makes you think if you truely will be right back.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
BRB does not mean "back in 5", it means "back in a short period of time". What that timeframe is can be different from person to person.
But does that mean BRB should be removed all together because some people use it for a timeframe of 1 hour? That still could mean BRB for all I care.
...did you just say that Be Right Back is included in a timeframe of one hour? What are you sniffing Cookie? You gotta be fucking kidding me.
Be Right Back - The expression means that Ill be back in a relatively short period of time which (in this case) you can wait. You think it would be correct to wait for someone for a entire hour?
Away - The word means that you are not at the location. You have no idea when you will be back so it is better than you not wait but in case you do, I may be back in a relatively short period of time but do not count on it.
Cookie when you said that a timeframe of a hour is BRB you killed your entire argument.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
If so the argument is that some people don't use it as you understand it, then the very same thing can be said about busy*, idle, away, appear offline... Scratch them all, make it online/offline and be done with it because simplyfying is good... Simple (pun and irony intended).
You seem not to be able to understand the words of modern day english. No problem I will explain them to you.
Busy - You are occupied with something (in this case) other than WLM. You may or may not be Away but are simply Busy. You may or may not get a reply if you talk to the person
Idle (which is not a official WLM status but oh well) - You have not touched WLM/PC. You are either dead, as in the permanent termination of the biological functions that define a living organism (source: wikipedia) or are Away from your computer but you have not stated that you are Away from your computer simply you have not touched it. To receive a reply, the contact must not be Idle (there are exceptions using scripts...)
Appear Offline - You don't want people seeing you online. You never know when someone is Appear Offline unless they talk to you and even then you don't know (afterwards) if they are Appear Offline or have gone Offline.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Yes, there is a major difference between BRB and AWY. Maybe not for you then, but it is for a hell of a lot of people who don't deserve to be 'punished' (for the lack of a better word) for others.
I believe (correct me if Im wrong) that I never said there isnt.
Be Right Back: You are Away and will be back in a relatively short period of time.
Away: You are Away and may or may not be back in a relatively short period of time .
See the difference? But guess what? They are BOTH Away but they are NOT BOTH Be Right Back
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I beg to differ. And those shouldn't be punished because some might not use it for what it means. Again, scratch all other statusses too then, same thing then...
Punished? Some of you need to get off your period with this.
I dont see how you fail to understand that Be Right Back means that you are Away. Like someone said, if you really feel the need in your body to Be Right Back use /brb or Personalized Statuses. But remember that using /brb, only <9.0 will see it as BRB.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Nothing can change my feeling that at least BRB should be brought back and that there was absolutely no valid reason whatsoever in the world to remove it. On the contrary the more I think about it the stronger I feel it must be brought back.
You go girl.
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