Match.com question: What does the open green circle mean? And how long is "recently active" considered?

[Anonymous]

My friend has a match. com and found my boyfriend.. he was using it before we broke up but then we got back together and he deleted the app.. yet the profile says recently active and has that open green circle by his picture.. Does anyone know what those two symbols mean?

[solare]

The circle is a way to describe whether someone is active or online at the moment. The green open circle which you describe means recently active, or that he was online recently. He is not online currently then, but if said circle is filled in (a solid green circle) it means he is online at the moment. The smaller the whole or the closer it is to being filled in, the more recent they've been on. No circle icon at all means inactivity for like a month+.

[Guanfei]

Green circle mean he's not online at the moment, but was some time ago.
Empty Green Circle on Match.com means: the member's last activity was between 24 hours and 1 week ago.

[jennifer_bloom]

Don't assume anything yet. He could be logging on to tell the girls he was talking to that he is taken.

[Anonymous]

It means he is active and online

[Anonymous]

He is active