Policy / 04
Presence is a choice.
Being online is not an invitation to be watched. Presence is opt-in, allowlisted, and designed to expire.
Opt in, then stay in control
A member must enable presence sharing before the service can publish an online, idle, or activity signal. Turning it off stops future public updates.
Only a narrow snapshot
The presence worker stores the smallest allowlisted snapshot needed for the directory: a state, an optional short activity label, capture time, and expiry.
Upstream outages fail quiet
If Discord or Lanyard is unavailable, the service degrades to an unknown or expired state. It does not invent activity or retain stale presence indefinitely.