Okay, so here in Second Life we basically only have two options when it comes to messages. Either you get messages from someone or you block them completely, doesn’t matter if they’re on your friends list or not
What we really need is something in between! Like how it works on Discord for example. There, you can just ignore people, even your friends. Everything still works the same, but once you set them on ignore-mode, you stop getting popups, sounds, flashing alerts or any of that stuff. You still get their messages, but you won’t even notice until you actually open the chat and look
Total peace and quiet until you decide to deal with it! And the best part? They never even know they’ve been on ignore