Just throwing out a thought for discussion:

Should Lemmy potentially add a profile status indicator that users can manually set—kind of like what platforms like Discord use?

For example, something where users can choose to display:

🟢 Online

🔴 Busy / Do Not Disturb

⚫ Invisible

⚪ Offline

–

Or even something custom, like:

“Away”

“Lurking”

“Work”

“[Enter Custom Text Here]”

etc.

It wouldn’t have to be real-time tracking, just a manual toggle in profile settings or next to your username.

Could be useful for signaling whether you’re active, taking a break, or just want to lurk quietly without being pinged or messaged.

Would this be helpful, or does it go against Lemmy’s minimalist, federated design?

Curious what others think.