Abduhl belongs to the (private) Micromem Forum.
For what it is worth, there have not been any complaints in our forum about having the green dot indicate being online (other than it is no longer working for everyone).
I think they would rather see who else is online on the forum.
--JB
PS: I have been trying to determine the problem and can no longer find the setting
"Options > Users > Who is online?".
http://n2.nabble.com/Who-is-online-td1559169.html#a1559169