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View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators
'Hiding' is shitty horrible dark-pattern bullshit with all kinds of emotional baggage attached. Why not really twist the screws and call it 'spineless coward'?
Boy am I glad I'm not in charge of naming features on a popular website, this sounds absolutely crazy to me.
Comment by [deleted] at 04/03/2021 at 12:08 UTC
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It's really not. Even just "hidden" would be less of a problem, though there's a reason nowadays it's usually "appear offline".
"Hiding" conveys "this is a feature for people with something to hide", which is not the way you want to present something like this to people who want it or need it. I don't give a fuck, I'm just a privacy nut, but someone who genuinely needs protection from a stalker or abusive person in their life might not be in the best place mentally, and the little stuff adds up.