This seemed implicit in the article to me, but the way they use chat seems to be the way IRC chat is used for devs (though I haven't used IRC that much). If my

This seemed implicit in the article to me, but the way they use chat seems to be the way IRC chat is used for devs (though I haven't used IRC that much). If my understanding's accurate, then I'd agree with you: ignore someone's status, ask a question, don't expect an immediate answer.