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Tristan Lehane
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Join date: 15 Apr 2005
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09-01-2005 20:09
I want to be able to move about without people knowing I am online, without having to cancel all of my friends list. Sometimes friends are just Drama Queens and you don't want to hear any of it. Other times you just don't want to be bothered. Please put this feature in. (Baffled why it isn't already.)
Torley Linden
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
09-01-2005 20:16
This has been requested a lot, and I would find it handy too—currently, the general workaround is to have an alt account, but friends of mine find that it's not effective for several reasons, including 1) the inconvenience of an additional log onoff, 2) creator is different which obvious impacts a lot of things, and 3) inventories aren't shared.

So, with that gravity, I'd really like to see a little privacy mode too. It could go next to AWAY and BUSY.

Simple, clean, fun? Yes? :)
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Hikaru Yamamoto
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Join date: 10 Mar 2003
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09-01-2005 23:39
yes i support this idea. it will help a lot when i want to spy on people having av sex :P
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Simon Metalhead
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Join date: 26 May 2003
Posts: 187
09-01-2005 23:51
Damn right, hiding behind a bush or a tree to spy just doesn't work in SL :D
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Ezequal Torgeson
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Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 93
09-07-2005 21:56
Generaly I would be all for an idea like this but in more recent light Im going to gave to give it a complete veto on my part. Something like this could/would be abused far beyond imagination. I think that is circumvents personal responsibility for ones actions and interactions within the community and would only papmer to the "you cant get at me so what are you goign to do about it" crowd. And I for one am personaly sick of users that think they can get away with anything just becuase this isnt "real".
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Shack Dougall
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Join date: 9 Aug 2004
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09-07-2005 22:22
This breaks down to a few distinct issues:

1) Friends ability to know that you are online via calling card.
2) Friends ability to know where you are via calling card.
3) Everyone's ability to see you walking around in your yard.
4) Everyone's ability to see your green dot moving around on the mini-map.

1) and 2) are what we need to fix. Calling cards are too powerful. At some time or another almost everyone wishes they could disable one or both of these temporarilly.
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Ben Bacon
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Join date: 14 Jul 2005
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09-08-2005 02:34
From: Shack Dougall
1) Friends ability to know that you are online via calling card.
2) Friends ability to know where you are via calling card.

I am still confused about how calling cards relate to firendships - but I would like to be able to open my friends list, and individually for each friend be able to set:
1. Notify friend when I am online
2. Show me on map to this friend
3. Notify me when this friend comes online
Shack Dougall
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09-08-2005 06:33
From: Ben Bacon
I am still confused about how calling cards relate to firendships - but I would like to be able to open my friends list, and individually for each friend be able to set:


Calling cards predate friendships. Essentially, a friendship is a two-way calling card swap. At least, that's the way I understand it.

From: someone

1. Notify friend when I am online
2. Show me on map to this friend
3. Notify me when this friend comes online


agree, but there's one other thing that I'd put on the table. When you press the IM button, you get a list of your friends and groups and it shows friends that are online, too. So, if you disable 1), then you might want to disable this, too.
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Jakkal Dingo
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Join date: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 283
09-12-2005 16:03
I agree with this idea wholeheartedly. If anything, I would love to be able to turn off IM's. Busy mode is great, but you still get them, and I always feel compelled to answer them (Especially if someone is having a problem with my avatars). But if it could be turned off, that would be great for when I'm building stuff.