Logging into Second Life today, I looked at my notecard folder for the first time in months. I was surprised to find a pile of notecarded messages from other SLers. I suppose they dropped a note on my profile while I was offline and expected me to see it when I logged in.
There was a whole pile of them — personal notes, special requests from customers, invitations, general questions about Abbotts — dating back to July.
I don’t understand why someone would try to use a Notecard as a message. If you have something important to say to someone who’s offline, do not send a notecard. The recipient is not notified, and the note is silently saved to the Notecards folder. It’s kind of like the top-secret government warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark — things sent there are never seen again.
If you want to send me a message, please use IM, especially if I’m offline. If you want to send a long message, email me at cubeyterra@cavers.ca. If you absolutely MUST send a notecard, let me know in IM that you sent it. If I don’t see it, I certainly can’t respond to it.
As an aside, another minor gripe I have is people who send me an offline IM saying “HELLO???”, as if I’ve already offended them by not being there. If you have something to say, just say it. My IMs go to email, which I check daily.
Now I wonder how many of these senders I mortally offended that I apparently ignored them.