It is no secret that you can change the look of your online status. You can make it appear that you are offline, when you are actually online.

But I just discovered a dirty little secret. I'm not "positive" about it and would need to call a friend to confirm.

Here it is.

I am currently showing as offline, but when I scroll down to the massive list of who is online I see my name on there.

Just a discovery I need to follow up on.
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