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Question about Online Status

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby Zodia195 on Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:25 am

This is something I've been curious about for some years now. When you see someone "Online" does that mean they are actually online at that moment or are they just logged in? I am asking this now because in my active RPG, one of my players hasn't been active in the RPG, yet it says he's been online recently and I am just concerned for him since I know real life was very busy. It just occurred to me that the person might be logged in, but hasn't been on the actual site.

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Re: Question about Online Status

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby Nemeseia on Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:21 pm

In my experience, it’s always some combination of the two. As someone who is constantly *logged in* my status appears as such unless I decide to hide it, however; someone can be logged in and online, but on a different tab. They can also be logged in but not online as their status might suggest. It takes a minute or so if they log out for their status to reflect that.

I would suggest reaching out to that player via PM or make a note of it in the OOC thread as a form of *roll call*, that way, you won’t have to wait too long if that player is no longer participating.

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Re: Question about Online Status

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby Remæus on Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:49 pm

The bottom bar messaging system is always correct, with an idle indicator for folks not actually looking at the site for a while. As for each Universe's OOC, it's currently an accumulator of people who've viewed the main Universe page since the last reset — the label above, "... online now" is incorrect.

We've gone back and forth on this feature for some time, but it's largely been superceded by the new chat interface, which will be deployed soon to Universe pages. I'm sure many of you have noticed that messages in your OOC channel, as well as posts in your settings, are already visible in the dedicated chat!
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Re: Question about Online Status

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby Zodia195 on Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:38 pm

Thank you, and Nemeseia, I have PMed the player and contacted on Discord since most of our OOC activity happens there. He's normally prompt in replying so that's why I am worried. I just know the last time we talked he said he was super busy with real life. None of the other players have heard from him too.

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