Literally every new day, life becomes easier for people, thanks to the introduction of new technologies and automation systems designed to get rid of routine tasks or improve various functionality. The well-known social network “Vkontakte”, popular in Russia and also in the CIS countries, is no exception, which pleased us with the introduction of a new tool, which we will talk about in this article.
This icon is intended for better communication with your community subscribers. Now there is no need for the user to wait for who knows how long for you to answer. If the administrator is online, then the subscriber sees this, which undoubtedly encourages him to write a message, since it will be answered quickly. Although the number of “inclusions” is limited, those communities whose administrators are “online” and are ready to promptly and promptly answer all questions that arise from Internet users will be more in demand in any case. Here are two examples that clearly indicate the activity of replies and show this, which significantly influences the appearance of the “desire” to write a message:
A person online on VKontakte or offline?
Once upon a time, a very important change occurred on VKontakte.
Previously, when a user left VKontakte, his status instantly changed to offline. Now there is no such thing. Now, when a person leaves a social network, the online status still hangs for about fifteen minutes. Today we will tell you why this happens. Have you noticed that it often happens that one of your VKontakte friends is online, but does not respond to your message? And after some short period of time, you see in the dialog window, or in the upper right corner of the user’s page, the following inscription: “came in 15 minutes ago.” Why is this happening? How can this be if just a few minutes ago your friend was online on VKontakte? Your friend could not answer you because, in fact, he had already left the network at that time. If you simply close the tab with the VKontakte website or the browser window, the online status will hang for another fifteen minutes. Also, if you have VKontakte open, but you do not go to any communities, news sections, photos or pages of other users, then the online VK status will also last for a quarter of an hour. In other words, it happens that you, for example, opened VKontakte and went to cook dinner, read a book, or communicate with your friends in real life, but at the same time you do nothing on VKontakte: do not write messages, do not go to groups or public pages, etc. similar. In this case, the online VKontakte status will hang on your page for another fifteen minutes. Any call you make to the server adds an extra 15 minutes to your online status. You can even listen to VKontakte audio recordings or watch videos while you are offline if you do not press any VKontakte buttons during this. But please note that while watching movies, sometimes your real online status in Contact is still displayed. Why this is so is unknown. The same goes for apps. Those who like to “encrypt” and hide the fact that they are online may be upset if they find out that if notifications from VKontakte arrive on Android, then you automatically find yourself online. It often happens that you don’t log into VKontakte, for example, during the day, and one of your friends says to you: “I saw you online on VKontakte a few hours ago.” And you are neither in sleep nor in spirit. The online mode is disrupted because you receive notifications on your phone about received messages or that someone wants to add you as a friend if you have an Android operating system on your phone. If you still want other users to see that you have left VKontakte immediately after your real departure, you need to click on the button in the upper right corner of the site “Exit”. This way you won't have to wait fifteen minutes. Now you will know why your friend or girlfriend does not respond to your messages if they are online on the social network VKontakte, and you will no longer be offended by them. Also, you will not pester your loved one with thousands of messages if suddenly he does not respond to the message, but is still online. But in fact, this knowledge does not save you from hypocrisy and lies. Because anyway, someone can simply ignore your messages and still be online.
Contacting technical support
If there are no positive results after following the solutions we have described, you should contact the administration of the social network directly, carefully describing the problem. It is best to do this in the “General Questions” section, adhering to the rules described in separate instructions on our website.
Read more: How to contact VK technical support
Since problems with displaying visiting times are rare, you should not rely too much on this option. It is possible that you will simply waste time waiting for an answer.
We looked at the main methods for solving problems with displaying the last login time on VKontakte. If the site is working correctly and there is nothing else blocking the display, the last visit time should be visible, even if the user has blacklisted you or is using a private account.
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Reason 3: Site and application malfunctions
A huge number of problems on the VKontakte website, including recording the time of each user’s visit, can be caused by general problems on the administration’s side. You can check for malfunctions using statistics on the third-party resource Downdetector and, in particular, by reading the reviews of other visitors to the social network who have encountered incorrect functioning of functions.
Go to the VK page on the Downdetector website
This online service, although not related to VK, demonstrates a very accurate state of the resource based on user complaints. Moreover, if during the check you find a corresponding malfunction, the only thing you can do is wait until the problem is fixed.
ApiDog and VKlife - VKontakte invisible mode
The second method involves installing special programs, of which there are quite a large number. Some of the popular programs specifically for this purpose are VkLife and ApiDog. The most important advantage of the programs is that when using VKontakte, your account does not go online.
Downloading and installing the programs is very simple, it will take no more than 5-7 minutes. You need to download only from the official website of the program vklife.ru and apidog.ru because on other sites there may be copies of the program in which malicious code is embedded.
A detailed description of how to set up VKontakte offline mode for Apidog and Vklif can be viewed here.
Check out a quick overview of the stealth mode program (and much more).
Also for your attention is a video review of the ApiDog program.
How to hide a visit from your phone
The developers of the official application for VK are not interested in you being able to remove the time of your last visit to the social network. To get this feature, you will have to use third-party developments.
The Kate Mobile application has long gained popularity among VKontakte users precisely thanks to special functions that are not available in the official application. One of these features is the ability to use a social network without displaying the “online” line on your page.
- Install Kate Mobile from Play Market on your Android device. You can download it from the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.perm.kate_new_6.
- Launch the application and log into your VK profile.
- Go to the settings section. It can be accessed by pressing the button in the form of three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Select the “Online” mode settings options and check the box next to “Be offline if possible.”
The Kate Mobile app won't be able to hide you if you post to your wall or friends' feed. But you can write personal messages, read news and visit the pages of other users without hindrance.
Use the knowledge and instructions you have received, and you will not be seen online until you want to give yourself away. Just don't forget to share this article with your closest friends so that they know that you are using stealth mode and nothing has happened to you.
Reason 4: Browser problems
If your Internet browser is not working properly, especially if you are using an outdated version, the problems in question may also occur. The solution in this case comes down to temporarily replacing the program for testing purposes or updating it to the current version. In addition, clearing your web browser data and reinstalling it often helps.
Read more: How to update your Internet browser Installing a browser on a PC Clearing history and cache in the browser
When using the official mobile client, the problem may also be an old version of the application, which for some reason has not been blocked by the developers. Simply update using the official software store page.
