relo101

March 1, 2021

38 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

In the interest - and assumption - that you might have missed something in my response: I am saying that Legacy Search can sort by more than just Traffic. Not by much more mind but the option is there.

As for the attraction that those high numbers possess ... It's an ingrained/learned behavior, fostered by several external, larger scale Search Engines and Schoolyard behaviors. We're taught that "popularity" is meaningful.

To each their own I suppose .... I just wish people would stop pretending that particular metric carries some greater meaning/weight. Heck, some of the best places I've found in my time using Second Life were found by perusing the Search results and actually reading the descriptions - a behavior that never changed through the time between when what we now call Legacy Search was the only Search and now. I have pretty much never used the Web Search in the way some seem to think it is "useful" for.

Which brings me to my own gripe on Search ... Entries where the Description/Information field contains nothing but a comma separated list of keywords. With very few exceptions, such places are just not worth a second glance.

Sorry, I meant the classic search feature that does go by traffic. I'm glad you were still able to understand the context clues.

I'm sure most people read descriptions but that still doesn't take away the fact that the high traffic areas get the most attention even when it comes to which descriptions are read first. A high traffic count does carry weight. More people actually visit these artificially high traffic areas in hopes of meeting other players who, like them, come because the place has a high traffic count. I would say the majority of Firestorm users refer to search traffic ranking as a major role in choose what sim to visit. Reading descriptions play a role as well but people are likely to read the higher ranking descriptions with 22000 views before they look at the 3000 sim. And the truth is, most people don't make it halfway past the first page before they find a place that fits their needs.

February 28, 2021

1 minute ago, Solar Legion said:

Firestorm has two, wholly different Search systems: The "modern" Web Search system and the Legacy Search system (shown as individual tabs for each main category). It is the Web Search that is - apparently - suffering.

Furthermore the Legacy system defaults to being sorted by Traffic - highest to lowest. It can also be sorted by Name/Title in Ascending or Descending order. Traffic count has long been an utterly irrelevant metric and by all rights should have been nuked from the entire system (in terms of being sortable), though such would defeat part of the purpose of having the Legacy system in the first place: Allowing users who grew used to the original system the ability to continue to use it.

It being seemingly unaffected by the latest kerfluffle is little more than a happy, circumstantial accident.

Frankly if you are paying more attention to the Traffic count given by the Search results as opposed to the Name/Title and Description ... you're doing it quite wrong. Traffic tells you nothing useful whatsoever - no, not even so called "popularity".

I know but, from my experience, people still choose to use the legacy system on firestorm to find new places even though they know its full of bots. That is just the simple truth. We all know it doesn't mean a place is popular but those high numbers still attract actual players and now, I, and others, look at it as a potential place where you can meet a lot of actual players despite the bots.

February 28, 2021

I am surprised to see so many people claim that that the search is broken and irrelevant. Most,if not all, of the people that I know use the search function to find new places Those same people use Firestorm as their main viewer; where the search works based on traffic count. The search function is not irrelevant.

I think Firestorm should just get rid of it completely.

January 14, 2019

Hello. I'm looking for some a talented, detail oriented, interior designer/decorator for a hotel parcel I'm creating. I am a fan of the cluttered,over dramatic, artsy look but I don't have much of an eye for it myself. I want the hotel to look clean, classy, but heavily involved( aka. a lot going on, small details)

I am looking for someone who has a portfolio or will be willing to demonstrate their skills for me to see if we are on the same page. Also, your main account must be at least 1 year old.

I have only recently started this project and have done simple decorations to give an insight on how I'd like the areas to look.

Whoever is hired will be paid per area/weekly/etc. whichever is best.

I have upload pictures to some of the areas I would like decorated. The furniture in these pictures are placeholders and more furnishings will be purchased as needed for the project.

Contact me in SL: relo101 | I am usually on during the evenings(after7PM EST) so either leave a message in SL OR reply to this thread. Thank You.

Foyer(Entrance Room):