> I for one greatly rely on presence. It very often informs if I should or should not send a message to someone. Do you have an example? I certainly don’t ope

> I for one greatly rely on presence. It very often informs if I should or should not send a message to someone. Do you have an example? I certainly don’t operate this way. I just fire off a message. The status only informs my expectation of when a reply might arrive. In the absence of a status I have no expectation of a reply. With mobile devices I still get immediate replies frequently because of notifications. So I don’t rely on status.