Do you read away messages? Do you leave away messages? I've wondered what other people think about away messages. Personally, I think they should be descriptive about what you're doing, or, be very generic and say "I'm not at my computer". After that it can have some sort of quote that somewhat has to do with the situation, or your current mood, or random. I have my canned messages, for sleeping and while I'm at work - of course those times I might as well not be online, but I still am - and other regular tasks. Most of these have a quotation: movie quotes, music quotes, famous quotes, bible quotes, thought provoking quotes, or just ramblings of recent thoughts. So what do you think about away messages, should they just be simple one-liners of what you're doing, or do you like more such as quotes or thoughts, or do you like just quotes and no indication of why the person is away, or perhaps something else?