Comments | suggestions: Account Status

true_sephiroth in suggestions

Account Status

Jun 24, 2008 23:46

Title
Account Status

Short, concise description of the idea
Be able to see if a user's account is currently online or offline.

Full description of the ideaThis is something that cane be done with user accounts only, and not communities. If a user is currently logged on a little notification signifying the user being online can appear in the pop up ( Read more... )

logged-in users, § no status, logged-out users

Comments 24

azurelunatic January 13 2009, 20:38:01 UTC

While I had thought that I had seen a very similar suggestion at some point, I was completely unable to locate it.

lady_angelina January 13 2009, 20:40:31 UTC

Utterly useless.

I usually have multiple accounts logged in at all times from multiple locations, so my "online" status would be vastly misleading.

charliemc January 14 2009, 06:44:40 UTC

+1

Being logged in to LJ doesn't mean I'm THERE -- often I'm not!

Generally I don't like any online account to display whether I'm logged in or not, personally...

hakeber January 13 2009, 20:41:46 UTC

And I often walk away from the computer I'm logged in on, which would leave the perception I was logged on when really I was at work, or the grocery, and would not be back for hours.

charliemc January 14 2009, 06:45:05 UTC

+1

Exactly.

the_cynic January 13 2009, 20:43:57 UTC

Not sure how helpful this would be. I may be logged in to LJ at home but not be in front of the computer, or I may be logged in but doing twelve other things in the foreground while my my LJ page is open in a tab in my browser. Many people used the "keep me logged in" cookie, so they would appear to always be logged in.

For real-time communications, if someone is on your Friends List, you can always use LJTalk to communicate with them or find out if they are online.

foxfirefey January 13 2009, 20:45:40 UTC

Yeah, this wouldn't work well at all, and I don't see any suggestions in this implementation that would overcome the problems inherent in it. You haven't even really defined what would count as being "online". A lot of people log on and then leave themselves logged in, whether they're actually active on LJ or not.