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

[Chrees]

No, because for all intents and purposes they're afk whether they have the chair or camera icon displayed. It's even in the name of the setting: idling camera. And neither setting is necessarily accurate to what is actually their state. Someone can be afk but not have the icon, not be afk but watching the random camera images for whatever reason, actually afk with the afk icon, actually afk with the camera icon, etc. I.e. the game now has two afk icons, the only difference being potentially letting you know what their UI is doing while they're non responsive.

I don't disagree with some of what you're saying. However, I believe the Camera Mode icon should indicate that someone is actively taking pictures and most likely will be available within the next 5-10 minutes. They'll be able to hear the /tell sound and respond as soon as they're able. AFK could mean anywhere from 5 minutes to 5+ hours. I don't think it's very unreasonable at all to want to distinguish that difference.

The problem for people who use the idling camera w/ auto-AFK setting is that they will NEVER have the AFK symbol next to their name ever again unless they manually set themselves as such. That is the crux of my issue, and just seems like either a poor design choice or perhaps an unintended consequence of adding the Camera Mode icon.