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| Visualize |
Hehe it all seems so simple....
Available = "around and happy to chat"
Busy = "well, busy. will get back to you eventually 
"
Away = "away"
Appear offline = "don't call me...I'll call you."
So do you lurk, AKA "Appear offline", or are you always "busy", or do you just settle for Available?
...and when you log in do you log in as "Appear offline" for a quick scan just in case, you know, some of those people that you just can't quite bear to let go of yet are out there ready to pounce on you and bother again? 
| 30 Jan 10, 10:54 PM Jezzebelle UK, 10 yrs |
I like invisible http://www.flickr.com/photos/jezzebelle/ |
| 30 Jan 10, 10:58 PM Kairadron UK(CB), 3 yrs  |
I sign on invisable and then either remain so if l am not in the mood for chatting or am too tired and am available the rest of the time ~~~ Learn about me before you decide you don't like me~~~ |
| 30 Jan 10, 11:12 PM andrewsean UK(CO), 5 yrs |
If I am away in my truck the msn plays up on that laptop so i can only appear as offline, at home I am available when I am available. Treat problems like a dog would.....If you can't eat it or fuck it, piss on it and walk away. |
| 30 Jan 10, 11:39 PM fluffy_welsh_angel UK(DN), 6 yrs |
I'm always busy, but may chat if I feel like it. Mew |
| 31 Jan 10, 12:24 AM Amber_Light 3 yrs |
I know this may sound awful but I have explained it to those who count. I always appear as offline/invisible as I don't want to change my yahoo/mail name as that would take me so much time to sort it all out and let everyone I want to know, know but, there are a few that I would rather they did NOT know I was online lol if that makes sense?! Also, I have let myself be seen in the past as online but quite clearly stated (including the EXACT words) 'busy with my Daddy' but this has not stopped people from intereupting us, which I find most annoying and bad manners! If you see the busy sign on someones msn then PLEEEEEEASE respect that they are BUSY!!!! whoops - rant over lol! |
| 31 Jan 10, 5:30 AM River_Deep UK, 6 yrs |
Sign on as available and then I ignore people if I do not want to talk to them. If they annoy me I then go offline and tell the person I am chatting to that I have had to go into hiding. (he then takes the piss out of me for adding randoms  )RD xx It is not what you say or do but the way you say or do it |
| 31 Jan 10, 10:12 AM Visualize UK(CV), 5 yrs |
Interesting! These answers match what I have seen in my MSN - men always seem to show as "available" unless they really aren't, women tend to use at least some level of invisibility/unavailability and keep control of who initiates the conversation. That holds true for kink connections though rather than non kink friends and work mates - they all seem to follow the male pattern of MSN operation whichever sex they are....
Of course it would all break down utterly if everyone lurked...because no one would ever start a conversation The past is history, tomorrow is a mystery, the present is a gift. |
| 31 Jan 10, 12:08 PM TheVoid UK(RG), 5 yrs |
I'm online/away 24/7 on my iPhone, with a status note saying I am on my phone so I may not reply. Generally I keep my MSN list pruned to people I actually want to talk to (or friends who use it as an alternative to texts) so I have never really had the need to hide offline. |
| 31 Jan 10, 12:51 PM Call_Me_Harmony UK(CB), 5 yrs |
I tend to go on initially as "show as offline" if here is anybody I might like to talk to showing as online I then go "available". I tend not to initiate conversations, just let my presence shows and if somebody wants to talk to me they will make contact. More recently I have gone on more often as "available" because two of the people I most like to talk too also tend to "show as offline". If you don't like what you see, what you read, then just move along. Life is too short to waste it arguing about the little things. |
