Here's the same chat room, seen from outside:
And seen from inside:
The difference? When viewed from outside, the avatars are arranged in order of how long the Etsian has been in the room (longest first). From within the room, avatars line up based on how long the person has been an Etsy member with that ID (again, longest first). Cool, eh?
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Interesting. I never realized that.
ReplyDeleteAudreyGardenLady at etsy
That is cool! I wondered why I was always near the front of the line once I got in a chat room! Neat!
ReplyDeleteExcept for me!! I always go before HeathensHearth in the room, but she's been an etsy seller longer than me :)
ReplyDeleteI just thought it was random, who knew!
ReplyDeleteI had no clue about about it...pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteWoah. Learn something new everyday.
ReplyDeleteYer so cool, jswrites. Long live the Chat team! Whoo hoo!
ReplyDeleteheartsabustin
No wonder we always get an "avatar shuffle" when we are trying to click on someone.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know, thanks jswrites!
Thats Nuts! a hidden hierarchy!
ReplyDeleteI love learning things like that! (although I have no idea why :-D)
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering if that was random or had some logic. Thanks for sharing this!
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