I’m glad you showed that to me last night. I had Prat installed and it was disabling those buttons so I was not able to see the option!

You can actually add others once the conversation is started.

Disregarding a few of my own security concerns, I think it is a really slick system. However, I did notice that when you, “create a conversation” aka a cross-server chat room, you can only have 3 people in it at a time, including yourself.

Also, when you look at the “friends of friends” feature it only shows the person’s real name, not their character’s. I guess this is because they only want you to add a friend of friend if you know that individual personally. Otherwise, you really aren’t going to have any idea who the friends of friend are.

Blacksen – I definitely agree with you that it is all about control and that seems to be the underlying concern of most people, including myself. Right now there are only “birthday suit” and “formal dress” for visibility options, there’s no “shorts and a t-shirt” – if that makes sense.

Dexian – It would be no different than if several members gave me their numbers like they have in the past to call if they are needed–something voluntary that allows for a previously unavailable method of contact. Even the best players lose track of time or have events come up. As a GM your role is to organize, so communication is key. You definitely need to trust your players to show up, but contingencies happen.