How come my friends still see me in world even when I uncheck it in friends list?

Curiously, when I feel I need more privacy, I uncheck my friends ability to see me in world in my friends list. I see them come on line, then a few minutes later they are IMing me asking me what I am up to. They still see me in world!! Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? I reported it to Linden as a possble bug. Has anyone else had this problem?

Are you sure they can see you online on their friend's list? You must uncheck the 'can see my online status' on the friend's list box, and the eye will disappear next to their name. There are other ways to see if you are online. They may be sending you IMs to see if you are online; it wont say "user not online, message saved" so they will know you are online. Also, friends that are in the same groups as you can see that you are online in the group member list.

you have to log off first, then relog for it work. It will not show you online the moment you uncheck the box. If this does not fix your problem, then perhaps there is a bug that I am not aware of.

Is "Appear Offline" broken?
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can see it in groups that you are in or on this website under friends online

Unless this has changed in the last 2 months, it should work instantly. I tested it with a friend some time ago, and the monent i unchecked the "can see my online status" the friend got the message "Blinky Lane is offline".Haven't retested it with latest RC or windlight versions so they may handle it differently now.

As got not seeing folks go offline, this seems to now occur if their client crashes, i have one friend that came online 4 times in an hour without ever getting a logoff message, when I asked they said the game was crashing.

They can see you online

1) in any groups where you share membership
2) as a green dot on the map, if they know where you are hanging out
3) in their radar when they are not more than 96 m distant from you
4) by not getting a response when they are IM'ing you

Bottom line: You can't really hide.

I think that your profile still shows you as being on line.
I also wonder if the notecard on you in thier inventory still shows you as on line.
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Another reason not do disallow free alts.

Thanks everyone, but none of this helps. I would like total privacy at times. By unchecking the "can see your on-line status" button in the Friends list should, I would think, cover all possibilities, or what is the point of doing it?
I mean, I can't be the only one concerned over this.

There is a space under preferences you need to check or uncheck as well, I think that might help. If not, sorry, I do remember getting told a month or so ago that it was broken =/

I suppose you COULD just mute everyone and everything....

Nope, not possible. Most likely your friends are using a HUD such as the k-tech scry which you can set to show the online status of any user.

Really only way is to get an alt.

or reply to theis IM with the request to be left alone. real friends would respect that

5) Calling card will be bold if you are on-line. I've noticed some people that have removed me from their friend list being on-line this way. Always sad. Rather they (LL) just took the calling card away at the same time the name disappears from the list.