How live is online status?

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KnightNotHorse

Hi...was just wondering if there was any lag time for a person's online status.  I know on another site, if you see someone online, they could have been offline for up to 10 minutes, which is certainly no big deal, but I just didn't know if this was the same.  Thanks!

MommaTo4Brats
No Clue   ur on all the time according to my friends list hehehe
erik
there is a 10 minute lag. it is not practical to try and maintain a real-time online status because so many pages are just static. plus we can't detect browser closing (we COULD, but it would make the site slower...)
KnightNotHorse
Absolutely -- yes -- if it were *live*, I bet it would be a much bigger drain on resources, and there is no point. Laughing