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

[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.