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View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators
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Comment by hansjens47 at 03/03/2021 at 19:28 UTC
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Words matter. "hiding" is a negatively loaded term.
It speaks volumes for what the admins want to accomplish if they don't choose a more neutral term when this feature is fully released.
Here are some options of varying quality:
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We can all imagine what people will do if they're online when they get banned from a subreddit. They'll check who's online or "hiding" to find out who banned them.
If a post is removed, same thing. If they have any gripe and don't get an instant reply in modmail and see a mod online, there'll be an expectation that they should be bugged with a private message or chat request.
The affordance of this feature is obvious. That's something admin has to plan for.