2014 1stHELP: Communicate: Make and maintain contacts. friends

Communicate, make and maintain contacts, friends
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Communication resources and methods in virtual worlds
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Other avatar right-click window

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• Meet people
• Add person to your Friends list
• Use your  Friends list
• See what friends and others are posting about
• Find People who share your interests
• Let someone find you on the map
• See when your friends (or students) come online
• Friends conference 
• Look for gatherings of people on the map
• Remove person from friends list ("defriend")
• Block: Block the person from contacting you. 
• Profile: Privacy tab
• Keep people from finding me in search
• User and Display Names

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Meet people

• V3.2 Profile Button (framed head)
• How do I meet people? 
• How do I find people I know? V3.2 Search button (magnifying glass)
  

To add a person to your Friends list:

• Avatar present:  Right click on avatar -- Click Add Freind
• From Nearby list: Click green info button. Click Add Freind  
• From the person's Profile:  Click Add Friend
• The Etiquette of Friending in Second Life

Use your Friends List

• To find friends on your Friends list:
• Click on the People button  V3.2 People button (2 heads)
• Friends tab -- type name in white bar at top.

See what friends and others are posting about

• Look on your Profile Profile Button (framed head)
• Click the Feed tab
• You will see posts by your friends
• Some friends will post about interesting places and events
• To see posts from anyone, get their Profile, click the Feed tab 

Find People who share your interests

• Fill out your interests in your profile: 
• Profile Button (framed head)
• Click on an interest for a list of people with similar interests
• Or check the groups your friends like
• In a person's profile, the group names are in green text.  
• You can click on a group name to see the group profile
• If there is a join button (upper right), click it to join
• No join button?  Ask your friend.

Let someone find you on the map:

• On the person's profile, 
• Click the gear
• Click permissions
• Check see me on map
• Be sure to save

• Give these instructions to the person: 
• Open world map: Ctrl-m or World (top left).
• Click on down pointer on list that says: Online Friends
• Click the name of the person you want to find.  
• Click Teleport button if you want to drop in on them.

See when your friends (or students) come online

• Preferences (Ctrl P or Me--top left) 
• Notifications
• Tell me when my friends log in or out -- check box

Friends conference 

 IM more than one Resident at a time? (Also works for teleport.)

• Go to Friends list.   
• Hold  down Ctrl and click the Friends you want to  IM.    
• Click IM/Call   

Look for gatherings of people on the map

• World (Top) -- World map
• Hot Key for map: Ctrl+m
• Green dots are people.  
• Click on zoom bar (bottom right) to get a wide view.   
•  A stack of green dots means lots of people. 
• To teleport to a place on the map, double-click on the place.  
• To look around on the map, hold down the left button and drag. 

Remove person frrom friends list ("defriend")

• Right click on your avatar 
• Click on My Friends 
• Find name of avatar 
• Right click on name of avatar 
• On avatar profile, click on Friend button

Block:  Block a person from contacting you. 

• From chat, IM, or group IM history: 
• Hover cursor over name
• Click on the person's green Info button.
• Click on gear
• Click on block.

Manage blocked people and objects 

• Open people window  V3.2 People button (2 heads)
• Click Blocked tab
• To unblock an item, click it, then click on the trash can (upper right)

Profile: Privacy tab

• Allow this person to:
• See my online status
• See me on the map (the person can find you and TP to where you are).
• Edit, Delete, or take my objects
• Check the boxes to suit you.

Keep people from finding me in search

• Me (top left)-Preferences-Privacy.
• Uncheck Show me in Search Results
• Check Only friends and groups know I'm online

User and Display Names 

• Every account has a permanent user name
• People can have several accounts with different user names. 
• A person can also set a  Display Name for an account. 
• That can be anything the person chooses 
• and can be changed once a week.
• Edit your profile to set or change it -- Me (top left)- Profile

Related

• How do I meet people? 
• Who is near me? Use the people window 
• How do I find: friends, places, events in SL? 
• Profiles. Yours and theirs 
• People button  (2 heads)

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