How does BUDDY LIST work?

[Sitaram]

I just added the first person to my buddy list.

How does it work?

When they come to the forum, what will happen. Will a message pop up?

Just curious.

[Logos]

From the Forum FAQ:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/faq.php?



"What are the buddy and ignore lists?

The buddy list is used to keep track of the friends you have made on this forum. By going to your "My vB Home", you'll be able to see which of your friends are currently online, and be able to send them a private message. Adding people to your buddy list also allow you to send private messages to multiple forum members at the same time. You may add any member of the forums to your buddy list by clicking this button in a member's posts.

Ignore lists are used for those people who's messages you wish not to read. By adding someone to your ignore list, those messages posted by these individuals will be hidden when you read a thread."

[Logos]

Actually, you also go to your User Control Panel, scroll down to Miscellaneous and your Buddy List is there.

No, no message pops up for someone if you've added them, as far as I know.

[IWilKikU]

I've always found the buddy list to be a bit useless as you tend to remember your "buddies" names fairly easily if you use the forum. Its not a huge forum where you might not see some one you just met for months at a time.

[subterranean]

Yeppers...I can always see who's online in the forum main page. The additional sign is that there'll be "+" in the member's name if he/she is my friend..

After all we are all buddies here..righty???!

[Jay]

Or at least friendly... most of the times.

[Jozanny]

From my experience with chat programs, buddy lists are useful on the various messangers, like ICQ, AOL, and Yahoo, but on a posting board like LitNet, the buddy list probably functions more like comfort food--one feels better when one's allies are round and about--not that we should assume too much about such online preferences.

I should propose an article about this stuff...