JIRA Issues Re: Being Invisible Online

I strongly dislike the notion of being invisible to certain people. My friends are used to me sometimes being unable to stop sticking prims together - they know it isn't personal and if they were REALLY in need that I'd stop. I extend the same courtesy and understanding to people I know are busy also. Perhaps I give too MUCH space and courtesy if anything.

I'd prefer if there were "tiers" of friend list so that your actual friends could be separated from your customers, aquaintences etc.

If you aren't a busy person in SL you just couldn't understand. It is most definitly needed to be able to go into some sort of stealth mode. Alts don't help much if all your tools need the owner to use or control them, or you need your name as a creator of something.

I can't imagine why someone woud be resistant to having such an option available though. It would cut down on the daily dramas of "why are you ignoring me?"

I have no problem using "Busy" mode. My only gripe with it is that I might be building, decide to go buy textures, shoes, etc, and I have to take Busy off in order to receive stuff, and then I forget to put it back on, and I inevitably get involved in a long convo with someone, and before I know it, half an hour's gone. Sigh. What about an option to receive incoming stuff even while Busy?

ah so I am not alone in the SL world of non im flooding

same thing with me, I can go a long time without any msgs popping up
and I am not the type to constantly msg those on my friends list, because I know they are probably busy too hehe

There ARE some days when there's a few of my persistant-type friends I would rather just not talk to that day. Instead of lying and saying i'm busy working, or being totally honest and saying i'm bitchy today and you tend to annoy me when i'm like this, a stealth button to avoid all that would be a nice change.

One reason someone might not like the idea of stealth is it makes it nearly impossible to catch a 2-timing partner.

I'm really shocked that this is an issue. Do you people not have answering machines or voice mail in RL? How is this any different?

I am extremely busy both in business and socially in SL. The vast majority of the time Busy Mode does work for me, but there are times where I need to log in and do something quickly that stealth mode would be much easier rather than deal with all the IM's I receive asking me to join parties and such.

Recently I posted a thread asking about nice Linden Roads to walk down. I got some great responses back and I enjoyed some quiet time talking walks down those. The only option to keep from getting IM's from friends was to go into Busy Mode, which got annoying. In addition, I also felt it didn't look very welcoming to some of the people that I stopped and chatted with along the road.

It's not being sneaky folks! I find that laughable. It's just wanting to have a little space now and again.

I thought this post was the windlight issue where avatars and other stuff is actually invisible, as in I can see your name tag but I can't see you kind of invisible.

But I understand what you mean, as you gain a bit of a name for yourself its constant customer service some days, I dont mind personally and try my best to juggle several IM conversations at the same time.. most of my friends understand when I go quiet for 10 mins in the middle of a IM conversation (or at least I hope they do)

... I have an alt that I use for those times and no I'm not going to tell you her name lol.

-whyroc

The problem with that is that someone told me that every time I logged in. Even if I hadn't been the one to IM them, they will send me a note that they are in the middle of something and "can we chat later" (ironically, they say they are in the middle of a photo shoot). That "later" never happens.

Why, then, did I become friends with them? Simple, I was friends with them on Flickr first. I still haven't ever really meet them in world.

So yes, that message can, over time, get very irritating. And yes, I probably should just remove them from the friend list.

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It is amazing the number of friends I have that just seem to want nothing to do with me. Heh. Oh well.

well people do want this feature.

It was what people wanted before the current "hidden" was added.

No one should have to justify having a Instant Messenger style function that has existed on IM programs since the mid-NINETIES.

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You also should be able to log on as "Invisible to all" by selecting it from the log on screen.

You should be able to make it your default setting.

If you are Invisible to someone you should literally appear in every sense of the word as offline to them, even to scripted objects.

THANK YOU for saying so succinctly what I've been trying to say all along.

Yes thank you, Colette, QFT.

In fact I'm not even logged in right now, because I can't even move one f*ing potted plant around without *bink* *bink* *bink* *bink* *bink* *bink*

...all from people I dearly love, but just don't have time to play with or the energy and initiative to excuse myself from right now. Barring an emergency IM kicked over to email, I just have to sit it out for a while. It should NOT be that way!

Last night, I wanted just ONE quiet night of alone time with my guy before he departed on a 5 day trip. I had to block at least 50 or more people, to be able have that quiet night! I just want the ability to make the choice whether everyone sees me before I'm ready to talk to them!!