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Re:Texting Means Never Having to Say Goodbye by sah2ed on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:17AM (#19528562)
> Presence indicators don't mean much any more because people may be online just to view Facebook, or on their phone only momentarily.

Presence indicators combined with status messages (e.g “walking the dog”) were the original inspiration behind Jack Dorsey’s conception of Twitter.

Re:Texting Means Never Having to Say Goodbye by dmurray on Saturday March 30, 2019 @06:51AM (#19528800)
And behind WhatsApp. Messaging came later.