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Palomma Casanova
Free Dove Owner
Join date: 5 Apr 2004
Posts: 635
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12-17-2006 08:41
Well, if they are going to do this they should do it right...
You still can know when someone is hiding behind the offline feature.
You send them a message and the
"Second Life: User not online - message will be stored and delivered later."
warning if it doesn't come out, that means the person is there...
Even if you dont want to answer, they will know that you are hiding lol
Maybe they should fix it...
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Kitty Barnett
Registered User
Join date: 10 May 2006
Posts: 5,586
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12-17-2006 09:30
If you're online but hiding from search, you'll still show as online in groups and using a script will still show whether you're online or not.
It looks like they did fix the bug where you could see people online on the Friends Online part of the site though, it correctly shows me as offline to my alt now when I'm online.
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Palomma Casanova
Free Dove Owner
Join date: 5 Apr 2004
Posts: 635
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12-17-2006 11:05
True, that is another way lol for people to see
Well, I just dont see the point of so much hiding... I did it today for the heck of it.. and had the same amount of IM's
Not that I need to hide, I like talking to people, but I wanted to experiment. People still saw me.
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Peggy Paperdoll
A Brat
Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 4,383
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12-17-2006 12:26
A friend of mine and I tried an experiment yesterday to test this feature..........just for fun. She "hid" from me while online and I IM'd her........I did get the message that the user was offine and the message was stored. It appeared that she was really and truly offline while hidding..............until she answered my IM  If anyone has ever had and used ICQ chat client they will find the 'hidding" feature very similar.........LOL There are ways to find out if someone is hidding or really not there. However the feature is somewhat handy if you are simply online for doing things you really don't want to be bothered by others............such as building, sorting inventory or simply 'meditating'. Anyone who does find you are hidding should, in my opinion, respect your choice to be not bothered when using the hidden feature. Courtesy..........that's all it is. |
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bilbo99 Emu
Garrett's No.1 fan
Join date: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,468
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12-18-2006 02:25
I set my ICQ to 'away' yesterday while I left the room. When I came back I was showing online despite no new messages. Most strange but even stranger last night I was exploring a place I'd only been to once before and suddenly recognised a friend there. Definitely did not have them as 'see me on map'. Spooky or what?
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