I have a friend who, for over 4 years, has been plagued with frequent and repetitive abuse and unwelcome attention by another SL user. The abuse has often been directed at her partner as well.
The abusive user creates multiple “alts” to avoid being blocked/banned. Several of these alts have been banned from SL but the user simply creates more and the abuse continues.
The abuser makes use of trackers to be informed whenever my friend or partner come in-world.
It is relentless, mindless, and distressing and has even caused my friend’s partner to leave SL for a while (now returned - but the abuse continues). Needless to say, their whole experience of SL is greatly spoiled by the activities of this abuser.
My friend is a Premium Member and is aware that she could change her name (and UUID ?) to evade any further detection from this abuser. Unfortunately, her partner is not a Premium Member and cannot afford to become one, so any name change by my friend would be pointless unless her partner could also change.
My question is this: Is there any mechanism whereby a “special case” can be made to allow the partner to change their name (and UUID) so that they can both avoid any future attention from this abuser?
Since both of them are very long time users of SL, simply creating new accounts is not an option because they would lose the contents of their respective Inventories by such a move.
It seems to me that some sort of mechanism to help them both escape from this relentless abuse would be justified.
Can anyone offer any advice or assistance on this?