Instant Message Ettiquette
What's the proper response when you log into your IM program in the morning and find a message from far earlier–not a time when you were online–saying "Hey! Are you online now?" And of course, the person who sent the message is now marked "away" or offline?
February 27th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Proper? Probably writing and saying "here now!"But common? Just ignoring it because your lack of a response answered their question.