SpiritSparrow Skydancer Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) Is there an option to turn off/opt out of chat range extenders when you enter a venue that uses them? Edited September 7, 2023 by SpiritSparrow Skydancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalificent Corvinus Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 40 minutes ago, SpiritSparrow Skydancer said: Is there an option to turn off/opt out of chat range extenders when you enter a venue that uses them? Find the chat extender object, right click on it, mute/derender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Nova Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 You cant turn them off, if you enter such an area then anything you say will be included in the chat extender. You can mute it but that will only stop you hearing the increased spam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalates Urriah Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 If by turning it off you mean to have it stop extending your chat, no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar Legion Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 "Turn off" - Mute the object, then you won't see its output anymore. "Opt out" - Nope. Don't want your chat being repeated over the extender then use IMs. Don't want to do that, don't visit the parcel/region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritSparrow Skydancer Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) I’ve had to mute people on account of gesture spam and Spangler shananagans But I keep seeing that. I think they hide the scripts I’ve entered places I had no idea it was scripted. Maybe I missed something? Edited September 8, 2023 by SpiritSparrow Skydancer Spanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 If you're on Firestorm, do an area search for chat extender. They're often under the floor or on the roof. Could be hidden inside something, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eowyn Southmoor Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Some of them give you the option to turn it off. You'll see something like this in local chat: Extender Local Chat: this parcel has active Extender Local Chat, if you want disable for you use /999 off Not sure if that will simply stop it from broadcasting others chat to you, or will stop your chat being broadcast to everyone else. Probably a unique take on this, but i've always thought these chat extenders violate privacy, akin to sharing IM's. Yes, local chat is "public" - but in reality it isn't. If two people are engaged in a local chat conversation 150m away from others, then their conversation is effectively private, because no-one else is within range to hear it. Chat extenders remove that restriction unnecessarily, and effectively force people into IM's. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnilWay SpiritWeaver Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 16 hours ago, Eowyn Southmoor said: Some of them give you the option to turn it off. You'll see something like this in local chat: Extender Local Chat: this parcel has active Extender Local Chat, if you want disable for you use /999 off Such a device is almost certainly working via llShout or llRegionSay Neither of which is targeting a listener, but sending to everyone in a range. So is they have a disable command you'd either be putting yourself on a list to not be copied out (your words don't get spammed), or you'd be turning the device off. Chat extenders do have a valid role in a social venue that is larger than the 20m range of local chat. I'd agree that making one broadcast something 150m or so away is rude. But if you have a club - 20m is a very tiny space to try and cram all the avatars in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalificent Corvinus Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, UnilWay SpiritWeaver said: Such a device is almost certainly working via llShout or llRegionSay Neither of which is targeting a listener, but sending to everyone in a range. So is they have a disable command you'd either be putting yourself on a list to not be copied out (your words don't get spammed), or you'd be turning the device off. Chat extenders do have a valid role in a social venue that is larger than the 20m range of local chat. I'd agree that making one broadcast something 150m or so away is rude. But if you have a club - 20m is a very tiny space to try and cram all the avatars in. llShout, would appear in local chat as bolded "shout text", and llRegionSay wouldn't appear at all, as it specifically excludes channel 0, the local chat channel specifically to prevent it being used for "broadcast spam". In fact, most seem to use llRegionSayTo, and a list of nearby avatars, talking to each avatar on the list directly on channel 0. So, some of them CAN be et to ignore certain avatars, neither listening to them or repeating others chat to them. Edited September 8, 2023 by Zalificent Corvinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Redstar Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Men have been asking that question for centuries ..... LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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