If you want people at an event to take part in the local conversation then you have a good host who will get people interacting rather than just spamming gestures. I try and get people talking without being pushy. I dont think banning people from communicating with each other in IM is the way to go. Make your environment enticing. I sometimes go to an event to relax and to talk with my partner privately. If the local chat is interesting as it is at some clubs I will pitch in. I think you are barking up the wrong tree.

Thanks for taking the time to suggest a way to discourage “silent” venues by limiting private IM while on a parcel (with messages held until you leave). This has come up before—your request matches an older item from Second Life’s previous bug tracking system (Jira): (“Add a parcel flag to block the use of IMs between people within the parcel”).

To keep all discussion and use-cases in one place, we’re marking your report as a and setting it to under . While we don’t have an ETA, adding your perspective (events/parties/cafes, encouraging local chat, and the idea of pending IMs) helps clarify the resident impact and desired behavior.