I'm actually struggling with understanding the purpose of invisibility. Even without shoutbox announcements, if you make a post, people will see it. Why does it matter if someone can see if you are online or not? I'm not saying it's irrational or stupid, I'm genuinely curious. Could someone who utilizes this function explain it to me?
It's not THAT big of a deal; at least for me, it isn't. (Although, it does kind of irk me because it reminds me of that gosh-forsaken Facebook thing, but that's a minor, personal issue.) If you guys change it in accordance to what I suggested, fine; if you don't, I won't lose any sleep over it. Seriously, I'm not "that guy." All I'm saying is, it shouldn't matter if invisibility seems pointless to
you or whatever. It just so happens to be a feature on here that people use, and it doesn't make sense to have
it AND a real-time user activity bulletin in the shoutbox,
too. It's kind of counter-intuitive, you know? You might as well--if feasible--hide activity announcements for invisible users--as part of the 'package', or remove invisibility; though the latter might require further deliberation and user input.
Just a thote.