Dumb Question: Light Bulb Next to User Name?

Catt · July 7, 2002, 19:15

Okay, I searched this forum and the FAQs.

What does the light bulb next to one's user name indicate (while in a thread)? Yellow (on) = logged in to the forums? This is my only guess but no easy way to verify.

Thanks,

Catt

Zopperoni · July 7, 2002, 19:49

Yes, if the bulb is glowing, the member is currently logged in.

Provost Harrison · July 7, 2002, 20:46

Yes. A dumb question

Skanky Burns · July 7, 2002, 21:00

I think if you hover the mouse over the icon, it tells you what it is. But I can't verify, as my style doesn't show them.

Mr. President · July 7, 2002, 21:08

It does. When I hover the cursor over the light bulb next to your name, it says "Skanky Burns is online now".

Gatekeeper · July 8, 2002, 03:12

Unless, of course, you toggle your options so you don't show up in the named list of currently active members. Then your lightbulb remains dark even if you're perusing 'Poly and you show up only as a guest.

Gatekeeper

Hydey · July 8, 2002, 05:20

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Originally posted by Mr. President
It does. When I hover the cursor over the light bulb next to your name, it says "Skanky Burns is online now".

Funny when I do it , it says "Skanky Burns is offline"

Ecthy · July 8, 2002, 06:20

noe of you guys is logged on right now

Zopperoni · July 8, 2002, 08:09

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Originally posted by Ecthelion
noe of you guys is logged on right now

I am now

BTW, I think that if you set yourself in "forum invisibility"-mode, your bulb won't glow at all, but I'm not sure on that.

Skanky Burns · July 8, 2002, 08:29

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Originally posted by Hydey

Funny when I do it , it says "Skanky Burns is offline"

Dauphin · July 8, 2002, 08:36

Some people are stated as offline, despite obviously being online.

DarkCloud · July 8, 2002, 17:05

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Unless, of course, you toggle your options so you don't show up in the named list of currently active members. Then your lightbulb remains dark even if you're perusing 'Poly and you show up only as a guest.

Quote:

Some people are stated as offline, despite obviously being online.

I hate those **** phantoms!

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And some people, such as myself, still proclaim themselves as logged into the system, well over 30 minutes after logging off :???:

Zopperoni · July 8, 2002, 18:21

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Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Some people are stated as offline, despite obviously being online.

I think that's caused by the "forum-invisibility"-option; are those same people also not displayed in the "Who's Online?"-section on the main forum index?

Gatekeeper · July 9, 2002, 02:51

Zopperoni:

Yep. If you toggle your settings just right, you never show up at 'Poly other than as a guest. I assume the mods would have the ability to peek beyond the "guest" veil, though, when needed.

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper · July 9, 2002, 02:53

Oh, and, DC?

BOO!!!!

Gatekeeper

Mr. President · July 9, 2002, 02:59

Are those people hyper-paranoid about being stalked, or something?

Dauphin · July 9, 2002, 05:01

They just don't want people to know that they are actually at Poly 24/7

Ecthy · July 9, 2002, 05:55

Or that they're still lurking despite having "left".

Dauphin · July 9, 2002, 06:09

They could be vampires, whose presence is not detected.

Anyway, continuing on this line is spam, and I will have none of it.

Ecthy · July 9, 2002, 06:53

You actually started it and just continued it. Had you not done that, it would have stopped already.

My version is way more sophisticated though and therefore not spam.

Zopperoni · July 9, 2002, 07:20

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Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
They just don't want people to know that they are actually at Poly 24/7

Till last night, I was logged in for 264 hours straight

Ecthy · July 9, 2002, 07:30

Geek.

DarkCloud · July 9, 2002, 16:23

I wonder if there's a record for poly-logged on

Gatekeeper- how DARE you be a phantom.
We must all know hwen you are logged on!

(So, ecthelion- when'd ya change ya location

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Locutus · July 10, 2002, 08:19

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Originally posted by Mr. President
Are those people hyper-paranoid about being stalked, or something?

Well, sort off...
They found out about the who's online feature on my work and uni, so they could see exactly when I wasn't doing my job

Dauphin · July 10, 2002, 08:29

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Originally posted by Locutus

Well, sort off...
They found out about the who's online feature on my work and uni, so they could see exactly when I wasn't doing my job

Not a problem for me, my boss knows I never do any work anyway.

DarkCloud · July 10, 2002, 12:28

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Well, sort off...
They found out about the who's online feature on my work and uni, so they could see exactly when I wasn't doing my job

Well, that would mean that they were surfing Apolyton at the same time

Wouldn't it

Locutus · July 10, 2002, 12:58

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Originally posted by DarkCloud

Well, that would mean that they were surfing Apolyton at the same time

Wouldn't it

Unfortunately only to see if I was...

Dauphin · July 10, 2002, 13:45

Change you username then.

Locutus · July 10, 2002, 14:31

Wouldn't work, they can see by the tournaments, news items and file database in the CtP sections who I am, I've been sucked in waaaayyyy too deep for that... besides, there's the issue of the now-public name change log...

Dauphin · July 10, 2002, 15:07

Reviewing post history is far better than the 'who's online' feature at working out if you have been active.