I miss the old status message from the days of AIM, ICQ, IRC, etc. There's something nice about its simplicity in which each update is impermanent (unlike Twitter, FB, etc. which become neverending streams of activity) and representative of one's current state (sometimes I wish I could put up an "afk" status on Twitter so people don't assume I'm ignoring them).
I've been playing with Status for a few weeks and while very early, I like the direction. I can quickly see which of my friends are at home, left work, out of town, in a meeting, etc.
@kul - curious to hear more about where this idea came from, especially considering how many players that have attempted something similar in this space (Swarm and Facebook's Friends Nearby are the most prominent examples that come to mind).
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