If I am someplace, such as work, I may be able to read posts, or PMs, but I may not be able to carry on a PM, I will turn off the light.

Don’t wanna talk, hiding, or deep in some filthy, mind blowing sex chat already and can’t afford to be interrupted.

probly to put u at the bottom and not let some one know ur online but yet they can search for u by looking and see u anyway so

I never put it on because I don´t want to provoke that someone sends me PMs.
I reject any PMs. 🚫

I cant msg you bc waiting for response

I don’t but that is a great question.

Regardless i cant msg

Because it cuts unwanted, pervy messages WAY down, and also because I'm always signed in, but not always on. People get offended if they see your green dot, yet you don't answer....

Some people may get offended if they see you online but you don't pm them.

To avoid feeling obligated to respond to people

Creeps message you way less

Makes me think I'm less available... I like that

Less crazy people messaging, private messaging going on or just want to come on read a little bit without interruption.

I've never cared about it so I don't bother.

Sometimes I just lurk, silently. I don’t want to offend friends if I’m not up to talking at that point.

Sometimes it seemed like a swarm of mosquitos just waiting for a blood source, at least at the time when I turned it off. It might be different now, but what if I turn it on and it's not different?,

Because sometimes all I want is the comfort of the names and the thoughts that aren’t my own.

If I’m here... I am active in the public forums. I always consider the green light people as those who like to chat.

Some people do it to fake that they are offline when they are not. Others do it to not be disturbed

So nobody knows I’m watching you 😈

you really can't figure it out?

I do.
It allows me to control my interaction here.

Because I might be signed in and have it opened in a tab, but not actually interacting with the site...

And the green dot might be saying I'm on when I'm not... and someone gets upset your on and not answering.

Or stalkers tracking you...

I don't know if that's true for this website, but it's happened on other sites, so I just turn it off.

I don't😘 cuz I want you to know I'm here

I don’t even know how to lolll

the messages start flowing in

sometimes i pop in just to read, or to edit my profile, and clear up my friends and blocked lists of people who have deleted their accounts. it also cuts back on random PMs from people i haven’t previously had contact with in the open forum.

I used to avoid random stupid messages from random men that way. It made wonders...

more privacy.
and the ability to stalk in stealth mode.

Preoccupied and don’t want interruptions or lurking.

I think i did. Not sure why...saving electricity?

less weird males bothering me

I didnt realize I did that

I like the idea of not existing

So i don’t have to respond.

I just turned it on :-)

Hiding from someone

Because I can

Ninja surfing