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What does idle mean on yahoo messenger?

What does 'idle' mean in Yahoo! Messenger?

  • ...You know, in your status, my friend's status always says 'idle', and there's a clock next to her smiley face. So what does this mean?

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    Idle means they are signed in to Messenger, but they are not actively using it. The little "clock" tells you how long they have been idle. Usually, depending how you have it set up, your online status changes automatically to IDLE after 15 minutes of inactivity. ¢

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It means like, you online, but your not there. Almost like your ignoring the fact that your online Its kinda like being away only the person takes even longer to respond

Sharon R

idle means that their computer hasent been touched for a certan amount of time, i believe the defult amount of time is 10 or 15 mins, but you can change it to a different ammount of time.

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