creepy! I apologize for hovering a couple of you just now to see what is was.

I find it annoying, I hover not meaning to faaaaar too much, and it's all documented, bunch of BS as far as I'm concerned.

I didn't know what was until this post.

They are in a helicopter....

In certain contexts it can refer to indecision when a choice has to be made.

I thought you were talking about helicopter parents until I read the comments lol

I just tried it on YOU, EdEarl and yes, it's more likely an accident than deliberate. Very sensitive spot.

The cursor hovers on the screen, until you click. Hovering on any profile pic causes that person's profile to partly display.

I just noticed that today. If you click the asterisk by the word "hovered" it tells you that it means someone viewed your mini-profile by moving their mouse over your photo.

When viewing "Who Viewed Me" it used to show only members who actually "visited" my profile and perhaps viewed my intro, comments and photos. It was nice to know who was curious about me enough to discover more about me.

Yesterday I noticed members on that list who simply "hovered" rather than "visited" whether on purpose or perhaps on accident. I say perhaps by accident, because I noticed that when I move my mouse so I can scroll down, my mouse accidentally "hovers" over photos and an abbreviated profile summary shows up momentarily. After noticing that, I thought, well that's cool, I can "hover" over a members name or photo and see a little bit about them before responding to their post or comment. I figured that would be anonymous, but now I see that "hovers" are documented and displayed to the member. That's kinda embarrassing, especially if it was accidental as I move my mouse.

So that I don't show up as stalking people unintentionally, I went to my settings and opted not to show who I've viewed. That's too bad, because I think it's a nice feature to show members who are curious about each other, but it's now diluted by simple "hovers" which could be on purpose or accidental.

I'm not sure I like the "hover" report, but I do like the feature of being able to see a quick summary or the member by hovering.

I also noticed that when I look at the list of people I have viewed, it lists many many people I have certainly not ever clicked on, I don't recognize them, so they must be some my mouse accidentally "hovered" over. However it says I "visited" their profiles, not "hovered" so I'm puzzled. It's inaccurate as it is.

I am new here and I thought that term was odd, as well. Wondering if it means somebody paused over your profile just long enough to make the site think you were going to open it.

To me it means hovering over your children rather than let them make their own decisions. My daughter gave us our first grand baby on 3/11 - my nature is to say "let them do their own thing they'll find their way". My wife on the other hand wants to interject, you need to do this... and that... and you shouldn't do this.. and when the doctors disagree with my wife she turns to my daughter and says "it's amazing that I raised you to be an adult - according to them you should be dead by now" - that's hovering. If parents were confident that they taught their children right - it wouldn't be necessary for them to watch over or hover over every life decision their children make.

...beats me?

I think it's when someone uses the toilet but doesn't sit all the way down.

Hovering over someone, hovering around the door...
Appearing and nervously staying, to annoy you.

If you don’t mean literally floating low to the ground, that term usually implies that you’re hanging around someone or some scene in an unnecessary helicopter parent sorta way. Being a little too attentive, maintaining thin excuses to keep coming back around someone etc. or it could also be a reference to the awkward hand movement of a virgin takin a photo with a beautiful woman. His hand sorta hovers an inch off her arm or shoulder, being too afraid to touch her.

Just A Guess.