Sorcha.Tyles wrote:
Hello,
I have troubles with the online status of a friend inworld. Sometimes he just shows offline when he is actually online, we had this problem ongoing for 2 days now. Also when I look at the Secondlife.com at my friends, he is not mentioned there. This is getting seriously obnoxious.......does anyone else have these problems and now what to do about it?
Thanks!!!
Sorcha
Actually I know what the issue is. I saw this the other day too and was told by another person how it worked.
First off the person your referring too has clicked their online status in game for you. They have made it so you cannot see when they are online. In other words they are hiding.
When someone is hiding from you and they have the box un checked that allows you to see them when online then they show offline. In addition, when they have it so you can't see when they are online, and they ARE online, they will not show on your friends list on the website.
This will explain why they are not on your Secondlife.com friends list, and why you aren't seeing them online in world.
A lot of people do this so they can have privacy, build, or they just don't want to talk to someone in general. Its probably nothing to take personally or be upset about.
You can also test this with another friend if you'd like. Have both of you online, then have your friend un check the "show friends when they're online" box from their friends list. Then you should see them as offline in game. Then go to the secondlife.com website and look at your friends list and you will not see there name there.