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View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators
We chose the word "Hiding" because if a user has switched the toggle to disable this feature they're still technically online even though it would not be viewable to anyone else.
I cannot think of another system that communicates presence, even going back to the days of MSN Messenger and AIM, that did not show "Appear Offline" as simply "Offline" to everyone but you. What the hell kind of discussions are you having where you manage to somehow come to the completely opposite conclusion from literally every IM and online presence vendor I can think of? What the fuck do you know better than Microsoft/AIM/Lotus/Mirabilis/Facebook/Yahoo!/etc/etc/etc?
I don't want to show as "Hidden". I don't want to show as "maybe online, but doesn't want you to know that". ***I want to show as "Offline". Period. FIX IT.***
There's nothing here!