FB messenger user asked me how to hide that she's online—not show up on people's active tab. 20 min of searching, and I have no idea. Nuts.
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Replying to @zeynep
People Tab -> Active (segmented controller at top) -> turn off toggle
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Replying to @trevorphillippi
Found those instructions. Android; don't see any toggle. I'm a pretty experienced user.
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Replying to @zeynep
Sorry, android's tab bar doesn't have a label. The second tab that is a rounded rect that looks like a list is the "people" tab.
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Replying to @trevorphillippi
Searched and searched for that toggle. Still looking. I believe you it is somewhere, but if it is taking *me* this long..
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Replying to @zeynep @trevorphillippi
Found it, finally, thanks. 27 minutes of fumbling total. I'm hardly an unskilled user. Probably among the most common needs people have?
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Replying to @zeynep
Yeah definitely. You're right and this is being worked on.
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Replying to @trevorphillippi
Showing people's active status to one another by default is actually anti-social and friction-creating.
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Replying to @zeynep @trevorphillippi
If encouraging healthy social interactions were the goal, it would be off by default, with instructions on how to build a controlled list.
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Replying to @zeynep
This is good feedback I want to dig into a bit. If you knew a close friend was currently active would you be more likely to message them?
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Of course. Absolutely. Therein lies the problem: it drives up your stats to show by default, but is fundamentally anti-social and unhealthy.
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Replying to @zeynep @trevorphillippi
Social presence is a form of pressure, and "seeing" people encourages messaging and thus pressuring people to reply--it works.
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Replying to @zeynep
Right. So you'd prefer a model where in the event you already have intent to message someone, you have a bit of transparency into 1/2
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