Yes, I can only think of them doing that so they can cyber bully while the person is active. They see the new notification and click it. Sadness comes after.
Mainly what I was thinking was that if I was arguing with someone, I would keep replying to them if they never responded yet it still showed they were online. Basically rubbing their noses in the fact that they “lost”.
First off the NSA is a terrific organization and I just love them spying on me ... I mean checking on me ... I mean keeping me from doing bad things. It would help to see if people are active to clean up followers and also to see if they come on and just don't comment or meme.