Comment by creesch on 03/03/2021 at 18:08 UTC*

133 upvotes, 8 direct replies (showing 8)

View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators

you can opt-out of this feature by clicking into your profile (on the redesign or in-app) and toggling off “Online.” Your new online status will be “Hiding.” See the below examples for how this works on both desktop and in-app:

That is **not** opt-out though, that is just a bit of a fuck you to people not wanting to be dragged into a game of "but you were online so why didn't you respond" by just shifting to "why are you hiding your online status".

Why not make it a proper opt-out like any other tool providing an online indicator that just shows you as offline?

*Edit:** Also I see the term "engagement" being used a lot by reddit when presenting features but frankly I think the consideration should be positive engagement or community benefiting engagement. Just more comments on its own isn't really a good target as more comments when, for example, they are just shitposts aren't really benefitting anyone.

*Edit2:** Reddit is not chat, adding to my previous edit this promotes more chat like interactions which can be fine for certain subreddits but detrimental for subreddits specifically looking for more in depth interactions or long form comments.

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Comment by orochi at 03/03/2021 at 18:39 UTC

18 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Solution for chrome users:

Install the extension HTTP Request Blocker

2. Add this as a rule:

://*.redditstatic.com/_chat.*

You'll now be displayed as offline permanently

Comment by TOPOKEGO at 03/03/2021 at 18:21 UTC

42 upvotes, 2 direct replies

THIS: Opt out is only opt out if it displays as Offline.

Anything else is a bad idea

Comment by Tim-Sanchez at 03/03/2021 at 18:41 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Agree with your comment about engagement not always being positive. It would be nice to have subreddit-wide opt-outs where the information isn't displayed in the comments for subreddits that *aren't* meant to be real-time conversations.

Comment by theadj123 at 03/03/2021 at 18:39 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

More braindead features from a braindead company, this shouldn't be all that shocking.

Comment by audentis at 03/03/2021 at 19:52 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I'd gold you but that means paying money to the company that just implemented this atrocity.

Comment by [deleted] at 03/03/2021 at 20:00 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by tnarref at 04/03/2021 at 08:19 UTC

-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Who cares? I'm not sure what stops you from telling anyone who asks you about your online presence to fuck off either way. Use it, don't use it, it literally matters to no one.

Comment by Unicormfarts at 04/03/2021 at 02:45 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

reddit admins are unaware of that whole idea of "negative attention". Attention is attention. Engagement is engagement.