[sldev] [IDEA] Ability to Auto-Deny Friend Requests with Message

[Sebastean Steamweaver]

A few days ago at the OpenSource office hours, I mentioned the idea of 
being able to auto-deny friend requests with either a client "error" 
saying "This agent has friend requests disabled", or even better, a 
customizeable message that can be sent automatically like a busy-response.

In my work, I often need to accept inventory offers, and there are 
certain group IMs that I like to keep open (like AW Groupies). If I go 
into "Busy Mode" to escape uninvited friend requests from clients I'm 
working with or even just the random person who decides to be friendly, 
I'm forced to have to toggle Busy Mode on and off whenever I need to do 
one of the following, and group chat is automatically silenced in Busy 
Mode. It would be much better if there were a toggle for accepting 
friend request that was persistent across viewer logins. Now, I was 
going to start up a JIRA for this, but apparently someone beat me to it, 
so with his permission, I'm "kidnapping" his JIRA and posting it here :)

http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-13114

My own take on this JIRA: It would be great to...
- Have a preference with a customizeable message that's automatically 
sent to the requester.
- Have this toggle persist across logins so I don't have to turn it on 
every time I start up SL (or get disconnected and have to log in again).
- Be able to ~send~ friend invites while having this toggle on.
- Be able to toggle it just by a checking a dropdown menu such as 
"World" where the AFK and Busy options are.
- Have a small notification posted in chat history when someone sends a 
request, in case they are someone you would friend but forget and leave 
it on. (i.e. "You have denied X's friend request.")
- Not have the popup even appear, so you don't have to take any action 
or interrupt what you're doing.

The reason for needing a customizeable message:
    A lot of times, when I reject friend requests, because it was an 
action on my part, it becomes "personal" to the person requesting the 
friendship. They can get offended and irate, etc. Also, people aren't 
stupid. If you just "ignore" the request, they notice, and eventually 
ask why you aren't accepting it, or still get irate because they know 
what's happening, and it's "personal" even if you don't intend it to be. 
However, on the other hand, if you have a polite, automated message 
telling them "This is an automated message. I'm afraid I can't accept 
friend requests because of X", it becomes much less personal and if they 
do ask, you can simply back up your automated message with a 
reiteration, which is a lot less awkward than having to answer, "Why do 
you keep ignoring my friend requests?!?"

    On the other hand, some people would probably like to just not see 
the friend request popup. If possible, maybe make the message itself 
optional, and just have it silently auto-deny otherwise.

P.S. Sorry it took me a while to post this. I had originally subscribed 
to SLDev using my business email address, but for some reason they don't 
like each other. I finally gave up and just registered my gmail.


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