I've been feeling guilty lately, because I've been "hiding out" on Preview Grid. Not just to test new features, but the crush of the IM onslaught upon logging onto Main Grid in Second Life is getting to me. :\ What's even worse is so many of them are friendly, and I love to chat; alas, it feels all conflictly… because I'm working to make SL better so Residents will be happier. And yet, at the same time, having a warm conversation makes a Resi happy too.
Multiply it many times over and you can see how it compounds. It's like, one person says hi, okay, great. Two people, alrighty… three uhhh four, five, six, etc. And it makes me feel bad to say hi to one at the exclusion of others. Of course, I get coworkers IMing me with job-related tasks too. And then I end up having to localize (focus inworld) because I may be at a meeting, or otherwise helping inworld.
So really, if you send me a nice IM and don't get a reply: I'm not ignoring you. I love to communicate, but I'm only one avatar at a time (as much as I'm referred to in the plural, or, "it's a Torley" 
), and I wish I had clones. And on top of that I still have bad hand cramps. 
Like it says in my profile, please email me so I can get back to you when I can. Which is, if I'm not swamped, hopefully soon. And how soon is soon? Usually a few days tops.
Anyway, I was messing around with our new magic "inbox" feature. Really lovely… I was deleting and receiving chunks of items, when I noticed—and this wasn't deliberate:
Of all the days this had to happen on!