What is Idle on Discord and How it Works?
Just like the meaning of the word idle, it has a similar role in discord. There are four different statuses on discord, online, idle, do not disturb, and invisible. A user will be online when they are active on discord and using it at the moment. However, once they are inactive and away from their phone or computer, their status will change to idle automatically by discord. Most users that are familiar with the AFK term will understand that idle is the same thing. The other two statuses can be set manually by users. The users can also set the Idle status manually if they want to.
Manually Setting Idle Status on Discord
Changing your status to idle doesn’t do much as you will still get notifications from direct messages and servers. The only benefit to set the idle status is to show others that you are not active on discord at the moment. You can change the status by following the below steps:
Set Up an Inactive Channel on Discord
If you have voice channels on your discord server, then you can also set an inactive or AFK channel for idle users. Any idle user in the voice channel will be moved to the AFK channel automatically after a specific time. This way users will know that the user is idle and will join the voice chat when they come back online. Check the below steps to set up an inactive channel:
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