I usually don’t do this. But, it’s for my mother and we can use all the help we can get… if this can be shared as much as possible it would be just as good as donating.
Hey guys, a quick note. Tumblr just added a ‘feature’ that shows if you’re online or not by putting a colored icon over part of your avatar. The only place I see it right now is in the messenger, though it might be elsewhere.
It’s showing a friend as online even though they just have a tumblr tab open that they haven’t looked at in hours. It also shows how long ago they were active. I don’t know how it interacts with the app.
I have a few problems with this:
I personally don’t like the feeling of being stalked
People could actually stalk you
Person A could get mad at Person B because it said Person B was online but they weren’t (and thus didn’t respond) – or just wasn’t up to talking
Person X could message Person Y and get anxious when person Y doesn’t respond, since it says they’re online
I found the place to turn it off in account settings. There’s a section called “Availability” where you can toggle off the functionality.
Safe browsing, folks.
Not FFXIV related, but didn’t want it on my lesser seen @lyn’to’s-scribbles tumblr. Safe browsing all.
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