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Should Lemmy consider adding a Manual Profile Status Feature (Online, Busy, Invisible, etc.)? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just throwing out a thought for discussion:

Should Lemmy potentially add a profile status indicator that users can manually set—kind of like what platforms like Discord use?

For example, something where users can choose to display:

🟢 Online

🔴 Busy / Do Not Disturb

⚫ Invisible

⚪ Offline

Or even something custom, like:

“Away”

“Lurking”

"Work"

"[Enter Custom Text Here]"

etc.

It wouldn’t have to be real-time tracking, just a manual toggle in profile settings or next to your username.

Could be useful for signaling whether you're active, taking a break, or just want to lurk quietly without being pinged or messaged.

Would this be helpful, or does it go against Lemmy’s minimalist, federated design?

Curious what others think.

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[–] Jobe@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think this is needed, Lemmy is about the content, not about individual users. Adding more user focused functionality is what made reddit feel worse today than it did 10 years ago.