# Another neato SD feature I didn't know about... Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 11, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876 "2002-09-11T00:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/1 "2002-09-11T00:06:10Z")
inspired by **dantheman** ’s previous finding here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133944](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133944) i found that the tick-mark-looking icon at the bottom of each post, to the left of the profile button, tells us who is online at any given time. if it glows yellow, doper is online… if it’s dimmed out grey, user is on his way… comments ? applause ? ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/2 "2002-09-11T01:39:32Z")
I noticed that before. I think it’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffrey_Hartnett)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/3 "2002-09-11T01:42:18Z")
Way cool! I didn’t know that. Thanks for the heads up on this. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/4 "2002-09-11T01:45:48Z")
I’m sorry, but that’s not what it means. To test it, look at some of your old posts, while you are online - they are all grey, while your new posts are yellow. See the connection? You are thinking perhaps of another item which is often in that area of the screen, which the SDMB has disabled. I know this because my Board has both of them showing. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/5 "2002-09-11T01:46:58Z")
Well, not that the person’s online, but that they’re logged in - that’s my guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/6 "2002-09-11T01:48:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*I’m sorry, but that’s not what it means. To test it, look at some of your old posts, while you are online - they are all grey, while your new posts are yellow. See the connection? > > You are thinking perhaps of another item which is often in that area of the screen, which the SDMB has disabled. I know this because my Board has both of them showing. \*\* Never mind, I was wrong. Just as I clicked “Submit”, I realized you were referring to something else on the page - the vBulletin symbol (which I did not recognize as a “tick-mark”). Yes, you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/7 "2002-09-11T02:38:45Z")
Whoa, a simulpost and I didn’t even realize it. **Anthracite** , he doesn’t mean the one next to the date, he means the check mark right next to “profile” - which, if you hold your mouse over it, does say “X is online.” What it really means is that “X” is logged into the message board. Right now (since I haven’t refreshed), my check mark is highlighted (yellow), but yours isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/8 "2002-09-11T11:59:47Z")
Someone should [mention](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1976829#post1976829) it in the FAQ 😉 Paranoid people :looks over shoulder: enable the “invisible mode” in their user control panel, so that their online status doesn’t get displayed (and not to appear in the “who’s online” list, if it were enabled here). ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876/9 "2002-09-11T13:08:02Z")
aah… thanks **femtosecond** … 🙂