How come when i've been doing nothing on chat for hours im not idle?

Question

the title says everything

Comments

Did you refresh the page?

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Then that's why.

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On a side note, congratulations! This is the 1000th question asked on the Meta! :)

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I feel special :P

Answer 1

When you load the page you are always set to not idle, even if you haven't posted. Because...well, you're not idle. You just did something.

Comments

???? i was not doing anything for hours and THEN refreshed XP