Can you sign onto facebook invisibly?

@lumenmom (1986)
United States
October 23, 2010 7:05pm CST
I don't go on facebook very much, but when I do I usually am very busy and just want to quickly check it and get right back off. The problem is when I sign on, people see that I am on and then they want to chat. Some are people I have not seen or talked to in years so that chats can be very long. Even if they are not long, they are intrusive and distracting when I am busy and it's not always easy to tell someone (or several someones)that you have to leave. Is there some way you can set your preferences to where people cannot see you when you log on?
2 responses
• Australia
24 Oct 10
If you go to your chatbox at the bottom right corner, set it to offline & everytime you logon, it will come up offline until you change it. I always have my chatbox to offline as everyone wants to talk to me when I want to go to bed.
@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
24 Oct 10
Thank you. I knew there should be some way to log onto facebook peacefully!
• Australia
25 Oct 10
I am glad I could help out.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
24 Oct 10
im really hoping you get an answer to this. im taking a look at your responses to see because the same happens to me even tho i spend very little time on there. now, ive spent many hours on myspace and i have taken off the alert there. but it was so long ago i cant remember how.
@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
24 Oct 10
I got two responses and they are right. Please look at my replies. Good Luck!