Do you sign into messenger programs in 'appear offline' mode?
Do you have (m)any contacts blocked?
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Do you sign into messenger programs in 'appear offline' mode?
Do you have (m)any contacts blocked?
I rarely do the appear offline thing, but I confess I used to do that a lot.
Only one person blocked, a friend of my ex. that I never really knew anyway.
Sometimes use the offline thing but not often. I don't think I have anyone blocked :)
:redface: Well, I usually am set at away,,, but on an off day that I feel a bit anti-social,, I confess I do the offline thing. As far as blocking I did block some-one who said he randomly selected my name from some-ones e-mail:shrug: just blocked him and that was that.
When it's on I'm always set to away. I've rarely had it opened the last week.
I have not blocked anyone.
I am "offline" when I am looking for freebies or contests to post..once I find something I log in...btw just posted a good contest;)
(hope it's not a repost..heck I'd be embarressed)
I notice that I sign in as offline at first and then if there's someone I want to speak to I sign in normally.
I have lots of people blocked... but I blocked and deleted them. It generally tends to be people that I never really speak to anyway. I just want to keep my contacts to under 100 and that's why I delete them.
I don't have many people I speak to on messenger so I just log in.
I don't have anyone blocked but my daughter blocked her father.
She didn't delete him because then he'd get a message about it she said.
i'm always set to offline! unless i feel like talking to someone who is on which is rare.
No I never have so far.
Sorry, you all are the only ones I like to talk to online. I guess my answer is no to showing up "secretly". I don't do it on here either. Am I normal? :bawling:
All my friends think I'm a weirdo because I don't belong to any messengers! It's pretty bad when my 12 year old niece thinks I odd because she can't "messenger" me. Ahh I must be getting old! I don't feel so though!
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Originally Posted by Coolmama
I wish I could call my friends... but we've all ended up in different countries. I remember before messenger got popular there was one year I made calls (from Jamaica) to Japan, Barbados, Trinidad, the USA & Canada. You can just imagine what those bills looked like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coolmama
I just think of messenger as kind of like a telephone... you can do a voice chat if you want, and sometimes you can send and receive webcam feed. It makes me feel a little closer to the friends and family I'm far away from. Only problem with messenger for me is having multiple conversations... I just can't keep track. That's why I 'lay in wait' in appear offline until I'm ready to speak with someone.
If you don't need messenger- good for you!!
yes i do the offline thing alot! it's just that when i haf my computer on it's usually because i'm doing my hmwk and so i dont' want ppl to msg me.
I always sign in as 'offline' because my status is set that way and I cant figure out how to turn it off. Sometimes I get really depressed because I think no one's talking to me but actually I'm not online. :P
Uhmm I don't think I have anyone bloacked, it's more like they block me first because I'm so annoying.