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Question Posted Monday November 7 2005, 7:40 pm

i have aim and i just added someone as a buddy today and i got this messege saying "{buddy} is idle". What does that meen? Dont tell me im dumb unless you want a 1

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nosliwojyblehs answered Wednesday November 9 2005, 11:35 pm:
it means they are still online but have not been at their computer or done anything with their computer for a certain amount of time, i tihnk its 20 minutes. so if you talk to them and they dont talk aback dont get mad , they just probably walked away form the computer and did osmething else forgetting they were online

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silversky89 answered Wednesday November 9 2005, 5:20 pm:
That just means that your buddy is online but they haven't been online or their computer for a certain period of time.

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Mackenzie answered Monday November 7 2005, 11:55 pm:
It just means they haven't touched their mouse/keyboard for a certain amount of time (usually 10-20 minutes). It just informs you that your buddy is not sitting at their computer, and have no had any activity in the slighest with it since 20 minutes BEFORE it told you they were idle, make sense? (:

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TRAGiCxWH0REx3 answered Monday November 7 2005, 10:22 pm:
It means your buddy is online but has not talked to anyone for usually 20 minutes or more. Their names will go gray when they are idle.

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GDROB2 answered Monday November 7 2005, 9:11 pm:
It means the person is signed in but there has been no activity on his/her AOL AIM account in a while. Idle means to sit still and leave the engine going if in a car. This is the same thing for sitting still and doing nothing here.

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babiibananax3 answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:55 pm:
idle is basically like being away without a message it means that the person who's idle hasn't touched/moved their mouse for like 15 min. or so

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itsz_JESS answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:31 pm:
it means that there not at there computer and when it says "____ is not idle" then that means that they are back at the computer

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ImAHustla answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:31 pm:
It means that they're away from their computer for 10 or more minutes. Well derr, my grandma even knew that. Ahh, im playin' she's a straight A senior... citizen

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DonutHolez567 answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:24 pm:
idle means that ue buddy is not at thier IM rite now! i thinks it like 15 min. plz rate

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fabulous11 answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:22 pm:
it means like there not at there computer and havent used it for a certain amout of time its like 10 minutes or sumthing...dont worry i didnt kno what that was at first either...

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Daddysgirl13 answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:22 pm:
Idel Means that
you buddy has been away from his/her computer for at least 5 mins.

Belive me it took me awile to figure that one out my self but i asked a friend so that is what it means

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Karen answered Monday November 7 2005, 8:18 pm:
It means that they have been inactive and aways from their computer for more than twenty minutes, at least. Basically, if you instant message this user, you probably won't get a response until they return.

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