Well if shes anything like me then the first few months in neopets were a little bit of a haze about how to make money and also I took a large break (like a year and a half) so that could also have something to do with it. My best guess is that shes just some kid that likes to actually do stuff with her pets and takes the more childlike approach to the game as opposed to the business/ money approach that many others choose to take.
I am also on for hours at a atime... maybe not as many as 7, though... but it's true I do leave my computer on, with the page on. I don't know if it diconects automatically if you're not active after a time?
I think it figures it out if the pages haven't been changed and stuff, because I've left my browser open for many hours and then when I came back my friends said it showed that I just got online. Also, I'm legit now and spend a decent amount of time on neo...I spend a bunch of time chatting on neoboards/guild board...play some games every now and then...RS for as long as I can before getting banned I dunno
Yeah, I thought it would be like that... after some time without refreshing, it counts you as offline Thanks!