RudolphUkka

Ann Otoole wrote:You cannot mix land rights with social groups. I am delighted that you are here in the forums to explain this to myself, all the others in the forum, and hopefully LL. When will you be drafting a JIRA requesting the relevant changes that are obviously necessary to eliminate this shameless repurposing of what appears, despite the apparent criticisms which seem to be continually raised, to otherwise be a perfect land administration mechanism? Should a protest be organised in these forums and via the Linden Profile feeds and IM channels, and the activist mechanisms that Twitter offers used to publicise this disgraceful perversion of LL provided facilities? Perhaps we could get Prok involved, and write a letter to the SL Herald or whichever news organ is most influential. I hesitate to suggest that other forums might be approached to lend weight to the campaign, although I have heard that LL's CEO posts more to third party outlets than here. What do you think? *** Rudi ***

Ann Otoole wrote: it is critical one does not use SL groups for anything except land management and people make sure they never allow strangers into their goups. Groups in SL are not currently meant for social networking and it is not LL's fault people are abusing groups. Thank you for clarifying the situation. I shall resign from all the social groups I am a member of as soon as I get inworld, and henceforth intend to AR everyone I see that flaunts membership of such groups, for flagrant breaches of LL's intent. *** Rudi ***

I trust that LL are going to be sensible about this sort of intervention, since I am in the difficult position where my original IP address was being attacked by malefactors - albeit of a fairly amateur standard - on a regular basis, according to my ISP, who are pursuing them through the appropriate channels. My ISP has changed my IP address and encouraged me to use methods to hide it (I am currently using TOR, which I am finding is excellent in terms of reliability and performance, and in supporting editing facilities which the free proxy sites do not, although it does confuse Google which keeps offering its services in the language which it believes appropriate to my apparent locale - not Klingon yet though!) which would make me appear as a modern day Phileas Fogg to LL. I can understand LL being concerned regarding the hijacking of accounts, but it should really be more sensitive to those who may have entirely innocent reasons for their IP addresses varying (those who conect via public wireless networks using Android smartphones, those who live out of suitcases in hotels becase of their jobs, those who live in countries where communications are channeled through official proxies for censorship purposes, those who use proxies to AVOID censorship in those countries etc . . .) and hold back from suspending accounts before having first made an attempt to verify whether the circumstances are as suspicious as they might appear. A much more sensible approach would be to freeze financial transactions on the account temporarily while allowing access to all other facilities. This is, of course, just my opinion. *** Rudi ***

Ann Otoole wrote: SL groups were never intended for social networking. Is this true? Has anyone informed all those who have created groups without any reference whatsoever to land management? Does LL realise that all those people are deliberately misusing the supposedly restricted facilities that it has provided? Should something be done about this overt flouting of the intentions of LL? Does this abuse of the correct use of the capability warrant disciplinary action? Now that this issue has been brought to the attention of LL is it likely that all extant groups will be reviewed and all those which have no land management use deleted? I think we should be told. *** Rudi ***

Back in the day when I used to be interested in such things, Oryx Tempel used to have a really interesting range of ethnic clothing and accessories at the International House of Style. I haven't checked recently, but a quick look at her profile or search (which I can't do at the moment) should confirm whether I am out of date or not. *** Rudi ***

Welcome back Maya * again. *** Rudi ***

I can confirm that November 2011 has now been formally confirmed as LL's official "Month of Embarrassment". *** Only a couple more weeks to go, guys. *** Rudi ***

I understand that administrative hold is primarily used when LL's artifical intelligence tripwires think that they identify monetary transactions on acounts which might be fraudulent or involve theft or money laundering. I would check your account transaction history and if you can identify transfers that you have made legitimately you might want to send information to LL explaining why these have been entered into, particularly if they are large and of an in-and-out nature. Also, if there are transactions of this type which you have not initiated, but you might have ignored as compensating "errors" if they have had no net effect on you, you should attempt to explain to LL how they might have been processed through your account. *** An unfortunate situation exists whereby LL have had bad experiences with accounts from some Eastern European countries (Romania and Hungary in particular) and they are very sensitive to unusual monetary transactions from such locations. If you fall into that category then you are going to have to work pretty hard to explain any out of the ordinary transactions if you want your account restored. *** Rudi ***

I understand that Irish servers incorporate mirrored redundant failover systems as a matter of course. *** To be sure, to be sure. *** Rudi ***

Void Singer wrote: posts.... at least I'm pretty sure.... new post count goes up, yet entire forum is read, most recent thread title shows at the top level, but most recent post disappeared until I posted something else.... could be they removed the spammer from here, but as far as I've seen the spammer never finds this forum, so it makes me curious which 3 posts went missing. Was there not a small thread here that asked if the Vampires forum was going to be deleted now the event had run its course? *** Rudi ***

Kenbro Utu wrote: It never happened. "We have never been at war with Eurasia." I understand that some people have moral problems regarding Youth in Asia, and would like to see it wiped out, although my hearing isn't that good nowadays and I might have got it a bit wrong. *** Rudi ***

Knowl Paine wrote:The Guidelines are clear, the enforcement should be reviewed. I * disagree. The critical issue is * "harassment" which is a complete * judgment call. For some * hypersensitive complainants it might be *** "He mentioned my name in his post" *** when the poster was * QUOTING the complainant! Or *** "A Linden said he felt harrassed" *** when the * post was * discussing the * establishment of a brand new * subforum with no prior consultation; or simply *** "He disagreed with me; please make him stop" *** all of which hypothetical * examples might be considered as "harrassment" by someone * oversensitive or under pressure to * sanitise public conversations. I would * NOT consider them * harrassment, but then, that's just my * opinion. *** Rudi ***

I * read them (yet AGAIN!) too. As * usual, I * enjoyed *** "Creating a constructive place for conversation will help us build a strong, better informed community" *** andI enjoyed even more the bit where it says *** "Spirited discussion and constructive disagreement are welcome" *** but when I got near the end there was the same *** "actions taken (or not taken) by Linden Lab and our moderators are at our sole discretion, and we may act without warning or explanation." *** which rather makes the WHOLE of the * preceding text * irrelevant! *** Rudi ***

The * "Sticky" tag has been * removed from this * thread, which I suppose means they don't * consider it important any more, or maybe they want to * bury it. *** Rudi ***

"Abuse" is only used in the * Community Guidelines in the context of their attempt to * censor any and all criticism of the * moderation process. Please don't use it as a * convenient euphemism for "griefing". Griefing and abuse of residents are * issues that relate to * inworld situations, not these * forums. *** Rudi ***

"How can we know the dancer from the dance?" - WB Yeats Well, one of the * ways I * do, is to assess the * competence of the way in which the * poster makes his * argument, in the way the * poster presents his * opinion, and in the way that the * poster communicates his viewpoint succinctly, clearly, unambiguously and comprehensively - and if he doesn't * do all those * things, then I shall feel * entitled to point out the posters * shortcomings in these areas, and if the * poster wants to take it * personally, then that is how it should * well be. *** Rudi ***

Griefing is not covered by the Community Guidelines, and therefore is a non-issue in relation to these Forums. More important is the apparent fluidity of official interpretation of the Community Guidelines which apply to these Forums. Recently these Community Guidelines seem to have been relaxed to permit spamming, discussion of non-SL topics and promotion of businesses in a discussion forum where those prohibitions should exist - for the purpose of a marketing initiative! Furthermore, the guarantee in the Community Guidelines that "Spirited discussion and constructive disagreement are welcome" seems also to have been suspended when that spirited discussion and constructive disagreement has been to the detriment of the aforementioned marketing initiative. While I applaud the principle of raising this issue, Perrie, I think we should initially restrict - here - the focus of any discussion of the inadequacies of adminstration of these forums, and shortfalls in communication regarding changes in their usage, to the way in which these changes contravene or contradict the extant Community Guidelines. I haven't used any asterisks yet, so here are some. *** Rudi ***

Mayalily wrote: The ad word on my screen is this teeny tiny thing. A bit like a * fairy? *** Rudi ***

I can confirm that disciplinary action is being taken by LL without the object of that action being informed of the nature of the supposed breaches. *** Rudi ***

Venus Petrov wrote: Welcome back Rudi. I hope you enjoyed your holiday. Thank you Venus. I may be leaving for another, perhaps more extended vacation soon, as it is the start of Summer here in South Afrikaa, as I have just pointed out to the discriminating community administrators over in the "Winter" subforum. *** Rud ***

I live in * South Afrikaa. The * summer is just * starting. Why are you creating * forums for half the * world and ignoring the other * half? Take your * blinkers off LL and realise that you are supposed to be a * global * platform or you are going to * alienate many of your * customers. *** Rudi *** ETA And why did you move this * thread to * Form Feedback without leaving a * notice in the original * forum to say you * had, as you did another * thread there? ***

Kenbro Utu wrote: Did anyone try to address the Vamp forum faux pas by the official channel, i.e., by RICing them? I can * assure you that this was the first * course of action taken, but when the official * response was * all, it went * public. *** Rudi ***

My ma is a * witch. Anyone that has ever * crossed me has had badbad * things happen to them very * quickly. Are you * listening LL? *** Rudi ***

Hands up who understands Google's * business model? Sorry, you, the * fairy at the * back, put your * hand down. *** Rudi ***

Well * Lexie's gone, there are no new * guidelines or * clarifications regarding * stealth censorship, and the new * broom has taken up the old * ways. Is it from * ignorance of * history, or a show of * muscle, both of which do not bode well fo what will probably be a * short reign. *** Rudi ***