How To - Mass Communications

I have been in SL for quite awhile now and it seems sometimes I forget how difficult some things are to learn. Then again, some people may never even think to use certain features. Today we are going to show you how to open a chat conference with your friends. There may come a time that you are at a great concert and you want everyone to have an opportunity t be a part of it. One of the easiest ways to do this is to open a conference window and tell everyone all at once.

Also, understand that I use Firestorm and other clients (SL Viewer, Singularity, Black Dragon, etc.) might be a little different. Most clients have similar options and may just take a little searching. But most will have this option for you to utilize.

Now again some of this may be a little different for you. With my setup my tabs for windows are primarily on the bottom. Along that row of tabs you will find your "People" tab.

Once you locate this tab you will click on it. It will then open up your people group window.

 You will see your groups and friends window pop up. The next step is to hold down your ctrl key and with your left mouse button click on the names of the people that you want to speak with in a group together.Ctrl + A should give you the option to select all your friends. Just like usual for keyboard tricks. Then click the thing that looks like a gear and choose "IM" from the Drop Down Menu that you see.

Finally, you should see a window open up in your chat groups that will probably be labeled as "Multi person chat" If you click on the expand arrow as shown in the third image you can see the people that appear in that conference. Click on that arrow again to shrink that window so you have more room for viewing. You can close out that chat window when you are done with is by simply clicking the "X" that appears in the upper right of your chat window.

This application applies to removing mass amounts of frien

Anyds you have no desire to remain friends with as well. You can also offer a mass call and Teleport this way as well. I do want to go on record and say that Mass Teleports annoy the crap out of some people and you may want to avoid it. Sending mass teleports too often could make you the victim of a mass unfriending. Just remember to be considerate of those you are friends with in SL.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. If you have any questions about how to do something in SL Please feel free to contact me for assistance. Maybe I'll blog about it if enough people could use the help.

Have a great week!

- Stone