Knowl Paine Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 It's the person who is most upset that posting a reply doesn't top the list. Shame on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Of course. Who else would it be? Surely nobody would do this kind of thing for monetary gain :smileytongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhiam Hydraconis Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Heh .. with this frequency in posting I'm sure hgfdntrnjtrjtr will reach Member - rank or higher soon. Perhaps even Advisor. Says much for usability of the ranking-system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 I think Honored Resident is the highest rank that can be achieved through post count alone. The other ranks seem to require kudos points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspiria Finucane Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Ishtara wrote: I think Honored Resident is the highest rank that can be achieved through post count alone. The other ranks seem to require kudos points. I think solutions also weigh in heavily. :smileywink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowl Paine Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 The pace did just quicken after I posted. Who get's the money? A website? Or is this a denial of service type attack? A anti Lithium company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Knowl Paine wrote: The pace did just quicken after I posted. Who get's the money? A website? Or is this a denial of service type attack? A anti Lithium company? The people behind the L$ exchange website that is being advertised. The site is not covered by LL's Exchange Risk API, which means that buying L$ from them is probably a very bad idea. One that can result in locked accounts if the purchased L$ were originally bought with a stolen credit card, which is often the case with these shady sites that sell virtual currency for extremely low prices. The same goes for L$ sellers on eBay. Edited to add: By advertising in the official SL forums, they make it look as if their site was legitimate and tolerated by LL. Some newbies might fall for this scam. That's probably why they posted their ad spam on a daily basis for a while back in the old Jive forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina Stepford Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Ishtara wrote: Knowl Paine wrote: The pace did just quicken after I posted. Who get's the money? A website? Or is this a denial of service type attack? A anti Lithium company? The people behind the L$ exchange website that is being advertised. The site is not covered by LL's Exchange Risk API, which means that buying L$ from them is probably a very bad idea. One that can result in locked accounts if the purchased L$ were originally bought with a stolen credit card, which is often the case with these shady sites that sell virtual currency for extremely low prices. The same goes for L$ sellers on eBay. Edited to add: By advertising in the official SL forums, they make it look as if their site was legitimate and tolerated by LL. Some newbies might fall for this scam. That's probably why they posted their ad spam on a daily basis for a while back in the old Jive forums. it looks to me like the use the same software as the sl marketplace too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Nina Stepford wrote: it looks to me like the use the same software as the sl marketplace too. That could be. LL used a shopping portal solution called Ruby on Rails for the new Marketplace, which is relatively popular. ETA: I didn't visit their site so far and just went over there to have a look. "Trusty and professional", my posterior :smileyvery-happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowl Paine Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 @Ishtara ty, very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Yareach Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Whoa, these fly by night outfits are buying L with stolen credit cards? Ah, now it makes sense. I've been trying to figure out how any business can stay afloat when they sell L for less than it costs them to get them in the first place. That they were using stolen cards never occurred to me. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielRavenNest Noe Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 They likely use the site to *steal* credit card numbers. In other words, you try to buy some L$ from them, you get nothing, and they have your card info, which they go and use elsewhere. As often as the spam accounts have been deleted by LL, they likely don't *have* a valid account to pay anyone with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 this particular spammer/site is well known to several online gaming communities, as a pure scam site... they take your cash, and you get nothing.... ETA: you can change how the site sorts threads, so that recently posted to threads float to the top... which would have been a more sane default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Void Singer wrote: ... ETA: you can change how the site sorts threads, so that recently posted to threads float to the top... which would have been a more sane default Where do you change that? All I can find in my preferences is this: Oldest first Newest first Use default (Newest first) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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