Impossible to tell if someone's AFK or using /gpose

[Newmanxeno]

Does it bother you if someone is set to busy and you don't know if they are there? This is a weird one.

[Big_Panda]

Why do you care?

Do you want to determine whether you can legitimately get angry because someone is ignoring your tell or is actually AFK with idling camera?

More importantly, whoever idles in camera mode/AFKs a lot, why would they care whether you can see their status or not?

[Heliantheae]

This explains a lot. In Idyllshire I saw this guy with the camera beside his name. Then I ran Dun Scaith and he was still there. I just thought he was really adamant about getting the perfect shot.

[RLofOBFL]

Well...I'm in this LS with a bunch of people & I sometimes check to see who's online that I can talk to. Sometimes I think I'm talking to one of my friends but it turns out they're AFK & I'm talking to no one. That's why I think it'd be useful for AFK to overwrite. But apparently that makes me a stalker. I'm sick. I should be jailed.

[Newmanxeno]

Well...I'm in this LS with a bunch of people & I sometimes check to see who's online that I can talk to. Sometimes I think I'm talking to one of my friends but it turns out they're AFK & I'm talking to no one. That's why I think it'd be useful for AFK to overwrite. But apparently that makes me a stalker. I'm sick. I should be jailed.

We can set you up in a rehab center. You'll be fine.

[Roukiz]

i sahpohht thees

[Chrees]

I don't understand some of the negative comments in this thread. It has nothing to do with being a stalker (???), it just seems like a potential oversight on the dev team's part. Anyone who has both the "auto-AFK" and "idle camera on auto-AFK" turned on will NEVER have the AFK symbol next to their name ever again unless they set it manually. Just seems counter-intuitive to me.

If I really need to talk to someone, yes I'll send them a /tell regardless and hope they see it when they come back. But if it's not urgent, I'll glance at my FC/LS/friend list and see who's online. If all I see are a bunch of Camera Mode icons, how is that not confusing?

At the end of the day I just want the AFK status to keep its intended purpose.

[Youkulm]

I don't understand some of the negative comments in this thread. It has nothing to do with being a stalker (???), it just seems like a potential oversight on the dev team's part.

You do realize people can turn off AFK status all together.... I never saw demands to remove that option. I have FC members that are AFK for days on end and it never says they're AFK. It's just fine.

I really don't see this as an oversight or necessary. Just my opinion.

I also find the shock of people at my stalker comments amusing. Can you guys not see how it comes off as creepy at all?? "I can't see if these people are AFK or not" Why does it matter? What are you doing? Staring at menus waiting for people to unAFK? Hahaha. Just /tell or speak to them, if they dont answer they dont want to talk to you or they're AFK. Mosey on.

Anyway that's just my 2 cents. Sorry to hurt some feefees. It was just a joke

[Chrees]

You do realize people can turn off AFK status all together.... I never saw demands to remove that option. I have FC members that are AFK for days on end and it never says they're AFK. It's just fine.

I really don't see this as an oversight or necessary. Just my opinion.

I also find the shock of people at my stalker comments amusing. Can you guys not see how it comes off as creepy at all?? "I can't see if these people are AFK or not" Why does it matter? What are you doing? Staring at menus waiting for people to unAFK? Hahaha. Just /tell or speak to them, if they dont answer they dont want to talk to you or they're AFK. Mosey on.

Anyway that's just my 2 cents. Sorry to hurt some feefees. It was just a joke

Why would there be demands to remove the option to turn off AFK? If people don't want to show that they're AFK, that's their prerogative. The AFK status is there to tell people, "I'm not here, I probably won't reply for a while." What's different about the Camera Mode status is that now, it doesn't necessarily mean they're actively using the camera. Are they using the camera or are they just AFK? Who knows?

All I want is for people to know that I'm AFK if I'm actually AFK. If I go auto-AFK, my status is set to Camera Mode. What then, is the point of the AFK status for people who also enjoy the auto-AFK idle camera feature?

I can understand the creepy comments in this thread, I just think they're unfounded. I doubt anyone is actually staring at their screen waiting for people to go un-AFK, that's just something that you're projecting onto the people supporting my idea. I just want to alleviate confusion, nothing more. No "feefees" were hurt, but thanks for being condescending about it.

[ElHeggunte]

I can understand the creepy comments in this thread, I just think they're unfounded. I doubt anyone is actually staring at their screen waiting for people to go un-AFK, that's just something that you're projecting onto the people supporting my idea. I just want to alleviate confusion, nothing more. No "feefees" were hurt, but thanks for being condescending about it.

You'd be surprised at how often this kind of thing actually happens.