Fake Deafen

This behavior draws on several psychological concepts:

: Many users implement a fake deafen because they want to remain in a social space without the social pressure to interact. It allows them to enjoy the ambient conversation or background banter of an active gaming channel while signaling to others that they are unavailable to chat or respond. fake deafen

: Keeping an ear on a channel for a specific person or event to start. This behavior draws on several psychological concepts: :