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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by pishpash on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:31PM (#15419156)
It is not convoluted, just hidden. After you mention it I searched and it takes two clicks to get to. What it doesn't do is let you snoop. You are either active and see everyone who is active, or not active and don't see anyone who is active, a weird type of "fairness" that doesn't really make sense.

All these social networks are definitely trying to use symmetry to push for engagement, which is not always the goal from the user's perspective.

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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by skinnymuch on Saturday October 07, 2017 @09:57AM (#15423779)
Why do you find the "fairness" not making sense? Seems to make sense to me. Telegram has the same feature for showing how many hours ago someone was active.
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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by likelynew on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:41PM (#15420303)
I think a large part on why Truecaller is so successful is because of the same model. It is slightly worse, as by default a user is visible.
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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by skinnymuch on Saturday October 07, 2017 @09:56AM (#15423776)
I'm not doubting it, but in what way is Truecaller so successful? Never heard of it.
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