That you are logged in but not doing anything on facebook.
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∙ 2011-08-02 05:03:16It means the person you're talking to has set their chat status to idle.
it means IdleSo how can a person actively chatting be "idle"?
its a fake word
"Idle" is someones status that shows up to their friends when they are online. Unlike AIM, you can't just say "I'm away from my keyboard", it will just automatically put you as Idle if you don't click on anything for a certain amount of time. Idle basically means that you are doing nothing. If your on Facebook and your Idle, you would get the little grey crescent moon next to your name, instead of the green dot.
Being idle on Facebook usually means that the person has closed the Facebook window or the browser without logging out. Also sometimes the person may appear idle if the person has kept Facebook window active and is browsing some other website in an another browser window. There have been many instances when people have been visible as 'idle' for an entire day (to their friends) even if they had come online once in a day. This seems to only happen when a person logs in to Facebook via a phone application supporting Facebook chat. Also many times these applications remain connected to Facebook via internet to display real time updates on the person's phone home-screen. In such case the person is connected to Facebook but not practically online and thus Facebook chat shows such persons as 'idle'.
Idle means you're not doing anything.
When you have been not interacting on facebook for 10 minutes, but have not logged out.
You become idle when you do not click on the facebook webpage for about 10 minutes.
You get the word idle.
To be idle on Facebook, you have to be logged onto Facbook but not have done anything for about 15 to 20 Minutes.
green means available. clear means idle.
It means the person you're talking to has set their chat status to idle.
it means IdleSo how can a person actively chatting be "idle"?
It means that the person is still logged into Facebook, but is idle (hasn't refreshed the page or made any actions on facebook) in the last 5 minutes or so.
This is not a slang word anywhere that I can find. The definition in the dictionary is the only one I have ever seen used for the word "idle."
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The word is IDLE.