What is This?

[belindacarson]

3 hours ago, Paul Hexem said:

Sure, but a full on suspension? You don't get that just for putting a big object out. You don't get a suspension for doing even worse than that.

Agreed. To get a suspension takes a lot so either far more to it or fibs.

 

[Alwin Alcott]

12 hours ago, Jennifer Boyle said:

It seems to me that this is an abusive use of a loophole and should, therefore, be reported.

why is this abusive or a loophole?

some animations use the underground option since many years.

[Qie Niangao]

My one suspension in seventeen years was for encroachment—which ironically was for putting out some markers at the request of Michael Linden to help plot the SLRR curve in Tussock—and the suspension expired before I got around to logging in. (I did not learn my lesson. In fact, there's a "Michael Linden Stood Here" plaque in Crumbi to prove it.)

Anyway, yeah, the advertising bot isn't great but unless they start turning up all over maybe we can treat this one as just a curiosity. It never occurred to me to touch it for a landmark (duh!) but I inspected the attached object and followed the lead to an exceptionally lame rental island with an AFK bot brothel in the middle. Looks as if they're following the traffic rules there at least.

A technical question: This thing cycles the ad textures, the same one on all sides, and there aren't that many of them, and yet each time they take a few moments to rez in. There's even a few seconds of gradual fade-to-black and back tint effect while the new texture emerges on the surface but it's still not fully rezzed when the fading is over. I was all set to gripe about the scripter not even knowing to pre-load textures until I noticed the textures still weren't loaded after they'd been shown for many cycles. What's up with that?

[Love Zhaoying]

1 hour ago, Qie Niangao said:

I was all set to gripe about the scripter not even knowing to pre-load textures until I noticed the textures still weren't loaded after they'd been shown for many cycles. What's up with that?

 

[Paul Hexem]

4 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:

My one suspension in seventeen years was for encroachment

In that case, I come back to "The Lindens are inconsistent and prone to mistakes".

[belindacarson]

44 minutes ago, Paul Hexem said:

In that case, I come back to "The Lindens are inconsistent and prone to mistakes".

But as has been said elsewhere each case is unique.  A tiny bit of your house encroaching and it's obvious you've tried to make it all fit is entirely different to huge structures blocking the road

[Perrie Juran]

This looks to me as trying to circumvent LL's policies. A cute way to get around 'no build' restrictions.

LL should nip this in the bud.

[Lucia Nightfire]

On 9/13/2023 at 1:57 PM, Perrie Juran said:

LL should nip this in the bud.

 

[Jennifer Boyle]

On 9/13/2023 at 3:38 AM, Alwin Alcott said:

why is this abusive or a loophole?

some animations use the underground option since many years.

Because it is doing the same thing as razzing an object on Governor Linden's land would be doing.

[Qie Niangao]

1 hour ago, Jennifer Boyle said:

Because it is doing the same thing as razzing an object on Governor Linden's land would be doing.

Right but I think there's confusion about which part is an abuse. There's nothing wrong with an animation that buries the avatar underground deep enough the nametag is only visible with some effort. The abuse is the sleazy attempt to skirt the network advertising rules, as you say.

Judging by their other commercial offerings, this is a personal best, having even won a mention in the forums. Mom must be ever so proud. We should think twice before denying this paragon of enterprise such a pinnacle of achievement.

[Zalificent Corvinus]

8 hours ago, Jennifer Boyle said:

Because it is doing the same thing as razzing an object on Governor Linden's land would be doing.

It's technically nothing of the sort. Wearing some thing and rezzing it on land are two very different things.

It's an avatar, a "Member of the Public" standing about in a "Public Place".

The fact that it's wearing "advertising" is largely irrelevant,  banning "Members of the Public" from wearing advertising in "Public Places" would also include T-shirts with brand names on, or even jeans with a leather parch on the back with the maker's name.

 

Concerned.Vigillante wrote: "Argh! You're wearing SLevi Jeans in a Public place, take them off RIGHT NOW or I'll Abuse Report you for illegal advertising on Govenor Linden's land!!"