Depression Support Group

Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

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Jormungandr 10/15/2009

OK, I just finished making a post when I noticed down in the right hand corner a message saying I offline and if I want to go online. I click it and I see who on my friends list in online. Yet, the other day I was chatting with a stranger who knew I was online. Can someone explain the difference here? I'm obviously signed on by making this posts and getting chat requests. So, why must we sign on or lcik, as the case is, again to get "online" again?

deleted_user 10/15/2009

Yes, annoyingly, meebo always signs you on, which many of us don't like

It shows you (to my understanding) your friends online b/c it's assuming those are the people you'd want to take to, however, if you go to anyone's profile you can click "chat" and a window comes up.

I've actually seen something called a "buddy list" come up, but idk what that is.

deleted_user 10/15/2009

grr *talk to

deleted_user 10/15/2009

How do you stop people from im'ing you then if you mark offline and meepo lets them know they can get through? sometimes I dont want to chat and feel rude if I dont.

WanderingVet 10/15/2009

not sure if this answers your question but you can be online on DS and offline or online with Meebo Chat. Two different 'services' with each having their own 'login' separate from each other.

deleted_user 10/15/2009

peer gaurdian 2, freeware and you have to turn it off to log in at all to meebo, allows all the other ds services tho, i'm a crap typer so enjoy not having the chat option available,LOL

bit of an arseache to get working on vista or 7 tho, xp is easy

deleted_user 10/15/2009

i do not know what u mean.computer stupid here. I have checked ds and meebo as offline alreado

deleted_user 10/15/2009

meebo is the chat thing, it also alerts you to any new messages or friend requests, in the bottom right of the screen

after you sign into ds which gives you the other bits like messages and friends, etc....meeebo kicks in and doesn't care about you so signs you in without permission, this shows everybody who is your friend that you are here and sometimes you just wanna check and go without upsetting anybody???

peer guardian 2 can be found on google and its easy to install, this lets you, whilst running, access your ds details without the chat meebo thingy

xx

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