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Today I was reminded that old online chats offered context awareness for the people online: you knew you won't be a bother to a friend who has a smiley flower as a status; and you knew you might not be getting a quick reply from someone who's Away.
Today I don't even know if my friends are online or not. The messenger apps make the assumption that everyone is online, and if not, they will receive a push notification, and will reply to you as soon as possible. But this assumption is barely true. I bet it makes lives harder, especially for ND people
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@nina_kali_nina i notice that both Discord and Teams make a halfhearted attempt to follow this protocol.
I have Discord on my phone, so really I'm only 'away' when I'm asleep.
@fishidwardrobe I feel like Discord has this "away" function in the same way as Steam - "hey, don't join my game for now, there's nothing yet". Plus it doesn't support automated away/present
@nina_kali_nina OTOH Teams marks you Away as soon as you let go of the mouse
@fishidwardrobe Slack has a similar behaviour, and I think it's kind of neat. At work, Slack custom statuses are linked with the calendar, so it perfect if you want to ruin someone's presentation by a pop-up notification.