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  1. InnerCity Elf
    Yes, if you live in or close enough to big places, that's lucky, in that regard. If not, not so much. I've checked my IP regularly for a while, just to know how closely "it hits home". The bigger issue with this than alt guessing is combining that with "social hacking info" with the end goal of not necessarily doxxing but "knowing", potentially stalking, threatening,... But that's a different can of worms, of course, and people who want to avoid it, need to be careful with their profiles, giving out RL info, etc., anywhere online, of course. The majority doesn't care about others or generally wishes any other human well, so you'll probably be fine, but there are always less than well-meaning people, too, so you'll never be completely safe.
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    Yes! I've had trouble with them, too; they, and the platform I used, which used Cloudflare (and never had issues with that platform before they started using Cloudflare), kept telling me the other is at fault, and to take it up with them, forth and back, back and forth, meanwhile I couldn't access the platform (used for work, not fun, at that). Eventually, the issue went away, but I'm rather sure by chance, not by their doing.
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    This is where the logic goes off the rails for me. Why are these snoopy people trying to discover alts in the first place? Just idle curiosity about "the average user" who really doesn't care whether somebody discovers their alts? I think that, rather funnily in cases like probably OP's, rather than the "alt user", it's the snoopy people being "shady", if you will, by unleashing either their idle curiosity, or the kick that they get out of (rightly or wrongly) putting IP1 and IP2 together and checking that (in their insane minds ;)) more "scientific-fact-y" IP matching against their linguistic and similar observations for "proof", or wanting to protect their sim from potential alting trouble makers (those are the top 3 reasons in a role play sim scenario, I think, but there might be others) on what are supposed to be their role play sim community. In any case, of course, who cares, really, but in my experience, there are more than enough insane people playing in and managing role play sims to warrant the question, and perhaps precautions, IF one is concerned about alt-guessing (by means of IP matching, email matching, collecting speech patterns, ...). Even if, as usually, they do, role play sims allow multiple avis, that doesn't mean there's nobody who doesn't want to know other people's alts, even if they, themselves, have plenty. Idle curiosity, or wanting to feel superior because they were able to guess someone's alt, while basking in the treacherous feeling that nobody guessed theirs, or to observe a potential alt of someone they kicked, matching IPs are brilliant fodder for them, no matter if 99% of people here would call them insane for regarding matching IPs as "proof". Some role play sims are 🐍🕳️ s! 😅
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    I don't have a static IP, but it doesn't change with every logout/in, either, and in any case, if someone would geo-check a couple of IP adresses of my main and alt account, they'd know at least that "we" live in pretty close proximity. That's no proof, of course, but... Well, yes. That's the point, though, perhaps, people trying to "catch alts" probably are exactly that, and don't care about confidence. Their mission isn't about confidently matching IPs to uncover alts with 100% accuracy, but drama, any % over 0 is probably good enough for them 😅 If you need or want to join a website or such that your role play sim has set up, by the way, consider registering not with your main email address, or any that you'd not want them to know. (it's not paranoia if they are really out there to get you, was it, right? ;))
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    It does sound fun. If I was a Jessica in either life, I'd be in-world to buy that boat now. Wondering whether maybe "lucky chair style" would work better, "Person whose name starts with "J", buy a sail boat."?
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    Person yes, but avatar, no, not once. I sometimes see avatars that I admire... or, rather, I admire the ability of the person who "put that avatar together"... or, rather, still, the abilities of the people who created the avatar's components 🤔.
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    It's lovely! And what a nice rainbow. My only complaint is that somehow I landed in the middle of a pond. Good thing I didn't have my Sunday, but just my Monday boots on. ;)
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    ... hmmm? Apologize to Silent (and anyone else I didn't write clearly or correct enough for, to know what I meant vs. what I might unintenionally have said). I think, "Excuse me" would be more for asking the example stairs and corridor cleaning person to let me pass if they didn't on their own? But that was not what I was trying to say. All I wanted to, originally, was to agree with a poster who posted about rudeness towards people working a service job, several page ago, already, but seem to keep misexpressing myself; I'll just see myself out now, so people can focus on the current peeves😅. Thanks for helping!
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    Semi-ban the word "banlines" on the forum - any time anyone uses the word, they have to pay 1L$ into the "banlines funds", which finances an in-world region with two zones. One, a battlefield, where friends and foes of banlines may fight each other with those gatling guns from the first post. One a party zone, where they can smoke peace pipes together. And forum gets monthly statistics of how many avatars were counted per zone...
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    In the houses I know, they clean both corridors and stairs, but I apologize in any case, I guess I should have expressed myself far clearer. What you wrote is exactly what I got from your post; I just wanted to clarify that I do not find it rude at all if they get acknowledged in - some - way, and did not mean that it's needed to go out of one's way or thank them *for their work*. Probably my English is too bad, or I'm too careless when writing on forums, and indeed should know better by now. Sorry, again, I did absolutely not interpret your post as if you pass them without any reaction at all.
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    Interesting topic, but it's a definite "no" from me.
  12. InnerCity Elf
    Sounds like my standard wasp procedure, though that's a mini version, with a glass and postcard instead bucket and shovel . Assorted peeve: Why can wasps and similar beings always find the way in, but never out, even if they obviously try to...
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    That's not what I meant. I meant, they are cleaning the stairs, and have to stop their work to step aside and let you pass on your way up or down the stairs. Not "thanks (for doing your job)", but just a polite, and, for me, natural "thanks" (for letting me pass); doesn't necessarily have to be a "thanks" either, a "hello", "good day", or such, while passing, works, too. But passing them without saying a word, as I do sometimes see, yes, I'd classify that as rude, in that situation.
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    Maybe it would be easier for newbies who do not want that, to get help if there was some "pick up a newbie who does really (at least for now, and from a "helper oldbie") want just some general help and nothing romantic or more" spot. 😅
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    I also don't meet, respectively get into contact with newbies often these days. If so, trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and chat a bit, and if they have questions, answer or help with landmarks or links to fashion blogs, mesh body ecplainer website, tell them how to search groups and such, but only if they ask. I don't give L$ to people who ask for them (think that often aren't newbies, anyway, or might be kids who have no business being there), but sometimes L$ or gifts to people who don't ask, with "Welcome to SL" message.
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    Alas, I do. Trying my best to be especially nice to people who do "servant jobs" 🙄 even though I'm far from the most outgoing person irl. Seeing how, for example, people walk past the stairs cleaning person in the house corridor, with neither hello nor thanks, almost makes me pity the rude person, thinking they must have had awful or no parents. Almost. Usually, I'm just too baffled by that kind of behaviour to think so far.
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    I even get cranky with myself in form of my own one account with an old free surname, whenever I spott a buyable surname that I like more, but it seems like really too much waste to get rid of a surname other than "Resident". "Elf" was irresistible, but administered to a "Mrs. Resident" account, so could convince my inner accountant to cough up for that. Surnames are a great occasion to crank over, in several ways, in any case, am always looking forward to the "New Surnames available" threads, names cost $ now, but the new names thread is always free entertainment, provided by and for cranky oldbies and cranky newbies alike!
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    That's hard, but fun, too, so let me another hyper objective criterion or two... Anyone who was around before 3rd party viewers is an oldbie. Anyone who just pretends to be cool with despicable newbies having, qu'el horreur, *bought* their last name, but, in truth, is not, is ... ah, no, sorry, that doesn't work, ... is a cranky oldbie ... or a broke newbie. And... anyone, who feels the need to preamble each and every single one of their comments, stories, remarks, and statements with something to the effect "My first account was an oldbie", isn't. 😜
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    It's a "better than nothing age verification". Too many years ago, when I saw that there are things I'd like to spend L$ for, I found that I'd rather spend money earned in RL than spend my SL time fishing. Back then, I could get L$ by simply buying a PaySafe card in like three or four shops around the corner, no credit card, ID, anything needed. Very low barrier, and would've been easy peasy if I'd been underage, too. At some point, PaySafe card didn't work anymore, which was a big issue for many SL users at least in my country, as credit cards weren't really widespread (more so, now, even more so since 2020, of course, and we all know that forces at work really hard to eliminate cash, and for different reasons than viruses, too). Debit card didn't work, either, just credit card and now, also PayPal, which needs to be verified, too, at least here, at least past some time/amount. Had I been underage, my only option would have been asking for or stealing either of my parents' credit card (which they didn't have any, anyway, so, no way for me). Which might be no issue for some, but definitely is an issue for many. Without getting into the reasons, I definitely wouldn't have done either, and certainly others neither, even if some might, but that, again, "better than nothing age verification". (long paragraph deleted, because people tending to not like their financial info, ID scans, etc., flying around too many companies, and potentially turning up in leaks, dark web,... isn't exactly the topic)
  20. InnerCity Elf
    Well, yes, but it's just Lab employees who can/who'll have to do/be told to do/be employed to do something about those. But, yes!
  21. InnerCity Elf
    Just want to add that I also believe that some of exactly those countries don't have laws that prohibit marrying off real human beings that other countries consider children. It's a complex matter. But, yes, SL have their stance (and will have to review and potentially adjust it, alongside time, legislation, the public opinion, its own self-understanding, and such, evolving, whether for the better or the worse, being subjective).
  22. InnerCity Elf
    Maybe it took so long because they had to make absolutely sure to have the right person make the statement, respectively be the spokesperson for the statement.
  23. InnerCity Elf
    I was already typing a long comment, but actually, this about sums it up. It's good that they finally published a statement, as I'm sure that not just Qie was fearing exactly that, and might have even decided to pull the plug themselves, due to the long radio silence. And I'm not speaking of people maybe afraid of their own policy violations being uncovered in the wake of investigations, new rules, etc., but of those who just wouldn't want to be part of this any longer if specifically the allegations concerning staff, other staff looking the other way, and such, turned out to be true, not investigated, or without consequences if true. The "hell no" sentiment is my thought regarding that kind of system, too. (but rest assured that Politician is just about the last thing on Earth that I'd aspire to be. Funny typo!😂) What I don't really get, is all the "new policies" etc. bit. Aren't they there already, but just need to be really "policed", and, possibly, more peoplepower?
  24. InnerCity Elf
    TIL, too! Got the reference, but somehow, for whatever reason, thought they're Australians. You always learn things on the forum, if only my memory wasn't a sieve, I'm sure I'll think theyre Australians again in a week or so... In Second Life, "Friends Don't Let Friends ________start an inventory spring cleaning". Cause they'll be busy for the rest of their SLyear, and lose out on time that could have been spent together (like, on hunts and shopping tours, acquiring more inventory! ;)). Now, if friends could invite friends into each others inventory, to do those cleanings together, and could laugh about forgotten stuffs together, and swap inventory items they don't want anymore, that'd be some quality friend time right there, though!
  25. InnerCity Elf
    I'm a person who always did their best to not walk through tourist's photos, both for the sake of their photos and because I don't want to be in random people's photos, as far as I can avoid it. Now, it's basically impossible to not "be featured" in people's public facetime phone calls, no matter where you go, in the street, on the bus, in a coffeeshop, even in the doctor's waiting room (despite the phone striked through sign), on a forest walk,... I don't like. It's not that I'm doing anything against the law that might accidentally be caught on video in a café, or something, but... how to explain it, even in public spaces like cafés, it doesn't feel right that some people kind of extend their personal space over mine, by video call, while mine gets infiltrated. If I'd really need to take a call while in a café, which can't wait until once I'm out, at the least I'd keep it to voice. I never take calls in café, though, and also keep video calls to within my own four walls if I can't avoid them. I guess I'm just weird and a fossil. /me hopes for a few hearts that might indicate I'm not the only one, though. 🫣😅 But, yes, it's definitely a pet peeve of mine, by now, as increasingly ubiquitous.
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