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Old 09-17-2003, 06:41 AM
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Sometimes on Yahoo Messenger...my friends are seen as coming OFFline!!! But I never see them come ONline!!! I take it that they're invisible and when they log off some bug in Yahoo shows them coming offline. Surely being invisible means that people shouln't be able to see you come offline aswell! Does anyone know why this happens? And how do we stop it? I know that I've been seen by chat friends as coming offline when I'm invisible. I've checked the privacy box in my profile so no one should see me online if I'm playing games, or online in their address book or on any yahoo sites eg. groups etc. When I'm invisible..I wana stay Invisible!! Mind you..at least I know when other people are invisible..haha
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Old 09-17-2003, 09:35 AM
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No the bug is more likely yahoo not sending out the message they came online in the first place.
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Old 09-17-2003, 11:56 AM
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It happened again today!!..And I know that these friends of mine ARE invisible, coz mostly they go invisible..I still see them go Offline. And one time a friend pmed me while I was invisible and asked why they could see me go offline but they couldn't see my online status. It doesn't matter to me that people are invisible...but that means..when I'm invisible and when I log off, people can see that I have been online..This is so weird..
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Old 09-17-2003, 10:06 PM
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In my case, I can also see everyone in my list who is logging on "invisible" as them going offline. It just started yesterday. TO confirm this, I've asked 5 of my friends to log on their Messengers in "invisible" mode... and I see them going "offline" and when they log off, I also see them going offline... and three of them also noticed this happening to the buddies in their list...

something has definitely gone awry with Yahoo Messenger...
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Old 09-18-2003, 04:37 AM
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For me it started yesterday and, as i have all my ID's in my pager when i login i can see myself online for about 1/10 of a second (basically i can see something yellow flashing in the right corner,that all) then the offline status message taking its place. Maybe a new "upgrade"? Sometime i wonder...Upgrade to what? Hell?
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Old 09-18-2003, 10:10 AM
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Yeah I have one of my profiles to my ID on my own list too. I too just these past few days have seen a note at bottom right saying Ive gone offline just as I get online as invisable. Also had this happen as Jon came online as invisable. (We both start off as invisable when we connect) SO what we are all seeing is a note of someone going offline BUT in actuallity they are just coming online in invisable mode. Ahhhh ever loving Yahell. *You know they call it Yahoo! cuz thats what we yell when and if it actually works right* lol *winks*
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Old 09-18-2003, 12:46 PM
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i found this site and joined just to get info on this bug out there...but i see you've already covered it. so anyways, hello everyone
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Old 09-18-2003, 08:18 PM
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Oh my God..hello Everyone!! Yep! Thats what its is. When you log on as invisible, you are seen as Going OFFLINE. When I added my own ID to my friend's list..I saw myself as coming ONLINE for a few seconds even though I was invisible, none of my friends saw me coming online for a few seconds, BUT one friend saw me as coming OFFLINE then pmed me thinking I would see it as an offliner. Thaaaaaaaat means...this bloody bug in Yahoo..oh my god..when we see our chat friends logging off without seeing them first come on line, it means they have just logged on but are invisible! Jesus..I hope yahoo sort this out fast!! I was actually pmed by someone I was kind of avoiding..oh well..served me right I suppose!
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Old 09-18-2003, 08:54 PM
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i like that new feature!

At least, you can see who on your friend's list likes to be in hiding mode...hehe...

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Old 09-19-2003, 10:28 AM
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Actually I was a bit curious last night and I went onto YaZak with a different ID than my messenger. So I had two ID's on at the same time. And a funny thing happened. When I got logged on my ID on YaZak was shown LOGGING OFF on messenger....and I never showed up as visible on messenger NOR did I show as logging off when I logged off. This leads me to believe that Yahoo! is futzing with things. Perhaps this is in preparation for next week's events?

Oh and I'm using the last 5.5 version of messenger...so it's not just 5.6

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