# What does the green circle mean in chats?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [August 4, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912 "2023-08-04T00:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![LxmasWasntHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912/1 "2023-08-04T00:27:36Z")

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Do they mean they’re online in the discourse meta (the whole discourse forum), or does it mean they’re online in the chat?

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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912/2 "2023-08-04T01:56:06Z")

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It means they are currently active in chat.

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**Author:** ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912/3 "2023-08-10T08:03:57Z")

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