Presencerather
Presencerather is a term used in discussions of perception and decision making to denote a bias toward cues or information that signify presence, rather than absence. In practice, it describes a tendency to interpret environments, options, or stimuli as more relevant when they show signs of engagement or immediacy, and less relevant when such signs are missing.
It is a neologism, formed by combining presence and rather, and is not widely adopted in formal
Scholars who reference presencerather often use it to explain why users respond to visible activity indicators,
Related concepts include presence, social presence, and the availability heuristic.