Why am I not being shown as online when I use Yahoo Messenger on my Phone?

Question

I'm not using my original account but another I made under it, I don't understand why it will let me sign on regularly, but to others, I don't appear online. Help!

Answer 1

You need to sign into Yahoo Mobile

You can sign in the SMS way or when you sign out of messenger and it will

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Answer 2

Yeah that's true because instead of appearing online it appears that you are on mobile.