To be specific, go to:
Click on the User CP hyperlink in the blue band.
Then click on “Edit Options” in the list on the left hand side.
Then put a check in the box that says “Use Invisible Mode.” It’s the first thing you come to in the list on the right hand side.
Then go to the bottom of the page and hit the “Save Changes” button.
At that point the light icon by your name will turn red. And stay that way.
Either I’m a complete doofus, and I’m just missing it, or that checkbox, which I remember too, is no longer there for regular members – which is the point of the complaint.
Can you please check this again, using a regular member type login?
When the Board upgraded in around 2004, for some reason Charter Members(and perhaps some other class) appear to have had this option deleted from their CP control options. This comes up periodically, and apparently it has never been fixed. Not being a tech type, I don’t have a clue as to the problems with fixing it.
So, everyone is correct here. There IS a problem. You’re not crazy.
Lowly regular member checking in to say that I couldn’t find the stealth mode option either.
ETA: And now the green button is taunting me! 
That explains why sometimes people I think are offline are still able to answer me right away.
Also I’m another one who stays logged in all the time and I’m glad to learn that I appear to be gone after a while. I’ve sometimes felt that the green dot caused people to wonder/take-offense at the fact that I was online but not responding to their posts.
Other than that, I’ve got no problem with the green dot. It’s good sometimes to know if a person you want to interact with is logged in.
Cite?
Regards,
Shodan
I like the green dot. I hate the green dot. I am ambivalent about the green dot. The green dot is just fine by me.
Don’t eat the green dot, man.
The Voices In My Head beg to differ.
Try it now.
And for the record – we’re all crazy.
(But some of us are looking at the stars.)
Thanks Tuba! For me, my dot is wearing red right now. Whadaya guys see?
Er. . . all that happens now is that when I’m logged in, I’m not green, I’m red.
But when I log out, I’m still blue. 
That doesn’t change anything. I’m either green or red when I’m logged in.
That’s not more stealth, that’s less. :dubious:
Roo, if you are logged in right now, I only see that silvery-blue color.
Ooooh, very cool!! I am indeed logged in! Thanks,** faithfool**.
Total stealth, baby! 
ETA: Oh, and faithfool, if you’re still logged in, you’re silver-blue also.
Thanks TubaDiva, for making this work.
And thanks for pulling that last post. I was puzzling over what it meant.
When I hover over my red dot, it says “ZenBeam is invisible”.
Bwahahaha!! We now have superpowers!
Next, we’ll take over the WORLD!
Wait. . . did I say that out loud?
Don’t mind me. . . I’m invisible. . . hehehe.
