I just recently saw something where if you are online you would still appear "asleep" to other people...how?
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If you are referring to Yahoo Messenger, you can set it show you as invisibile automatically when you sign in.  You can be invisible or have a custom status message.\n\nAlso, you can adjust your "stealth" settings for anybody on your buddy list by right clicking on their screen name and change the setting.  You can be "permanently" invisiible to someone if you wish.
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I agree with the first guy, though there is a small, very small chance that someone is indeed using your name.  Someone you know?  Or just could be because your computer froze and it didn't sign out and thus yahoo things your really signed in and ofcourse you logically know your not.  So yeah....
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The only possible way has been answered. You have to appear invisible to all. \n\nBut then again, if the person who's trying to track you down wants to really track you, he can use "Buddy finders" which tells any one if any buddy is online EVEN IF THEY ARE INVISIBLE. !\n\nso, there is actually no way.\n\nif you don't wish to receive IM's from people who are not on your list, then you can change your preferences to receive im's only from buddies on the buddy list. !
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You can't. That's the whole point of invisible mode. It's so that no one can see that you are online.
272218
well maybe the person blocked cuz didn't like Ur actions ask them why they did that in front everyone else either that or ur computer is messed up!
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In your away settings, set it to invisible. You can be online but you will not appear so.
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It's a privacy setting in Yahoo Messenger.\n\nStart up Yahoo Messenger and click Messenger > Privacy Options > and UNcheck the little box that says "Allow Yahoo! Websites to show when I am online" > click the Apply button, then click OK.\n\nThat's it!
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i get told that i am, mostly by people online, but i don't think so.
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i dont think you can.  i know you can hide your online now icon...but thats about it..  go to your privacy settings
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This is an inherint defect in Y! Messenger.\n\nSometimes even after I log out of Yahoo Messenger, my friends tell me that I was showing online and not replying.\n\nIt only around 30-45 minutes later that Y! Logs me out.\n\nIncase, I dont logout but simply disconnect the internet then I am online for God knows how long. \n\nI have been amused by this , but there is no solution , so one has to just bear it.\n\nBut I found a way around. Now, what I do is I change my status to invisible and then logout. 99% it logs out because I get the offline messages too from my friends.\n\nCya
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Maybe a friend stopped by to check on you or maybe you misplaced your phone (check your bed covers).  You may have gotten up, eaten some fruit, moved your phone, and just don't remember.  Is there any sign of forced entry?\n\nMost people will simply feel you were to sick to remember what you did.
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It's randomly shown to certain users.  If you cleared your cookies or moved to a different computer, it reverts back.
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>Sign in as invisible if you don't want anyone to see you're online.Just check the box that says "Sign in as invisible".\nIf you are signed in,on the top left click your name and select whichever you want,Available or Invisible to Everyone.
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Perhaps someone was lying on it while performing what your user ID implies?
630405
they may also have their "online" status masked. That's something that your messenger won't be able to see or update.
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That is the very purpose of being invisible in the first place.  The only way you could possibly find out is if you message the person who appears offline and they respond immediately.
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U dont recieve offline mesege then it can b ur ID is used to login to mesenger by some other person . So he sees them but u dont.