Online Status Visibility

[Lode Sixpence]

The old SL Viewer allowed me to hide my online status from friends.

How can I hide my online status from friends now with the new SL Viewer?

 

[PeterCanessa Oh]

The best, most versatile and anonymous way to not be seen online is to create an alt and use that when you want to be incognito.  Even with the most stringent options available at the moment any script can check (several times a minute) whether you are online or not.  If 'you' aren't online at all, but a different, unknown alt account is there's no way to find out :-)

[Honey Puddles]

1. In your friends list, right click (option-click on a mac) on the name of the friend, and select "View Profile". (or left-click the white "view profile" icon to the right of their name)
2. When their profile loads in the ingame browser, click the green "Actions" button, and select "Set Privacy".
3. Check or uncheck options as desired
4. Press the orange "Save" button when you're finished.

To do a fast preview of what privacy/access permissions you've granted to your friends, in your friendslist, click the "Gear" button at the bottom of your sidebar, and make sure that "View Permissions Granted" is checked. Then when you hover your mouse over the name in your list, you'll see little icons to the right of the name, represeting which permissions they've been granted.

Hope this helps.

[Peewee Musytari]

There is no way to hide from someone that really wants to know. Aside from gadgets & groups, some viewers just tell everyone. Best thing is to just assume that everyone knows all the time or get an alt to hide on if it really bothers you.