Caitlin Tobias

Ahh, like in that song 'wherever I place my bed, that's my home' ?

Caitlin Tobias wrote: Derek Torvalar wrote: Still no respect or consideration from the mods or the Community Manager. I have lost one post this week, without notification but as it turned out it was swept away with someone else's post to which I accidentally replied instead of to the OP - so I was collateral damage. Oh well. well, make that two. LOL.

Hah, not talking about by facebook - or other social wall, nope. I am going to share a wall in my SL home, on which I have several pictures in frames. Pictures I took myself and which I like enough to have them on display whenever I sit on my sofa when writing articles. For some reason, I love to have some pictures - even though they are all online and on my harddrive - framed and all in my home. Gives me a nice feeling. I am sure I am not the only one doing this for decoration in their SL home? Do you want, or dare, to show off your wall with pics in your SL home, your hideaway or secret bunker? Here is mine. Ah yes, one image is blurred because the unfortunate incident in which I ended up being called a stalker errr ... I mean because of privacy! Yes, that was it, privacy and well, mature content.

Derek Torvalar wrote: Still no respect or consideration from the mods or the Community Manager. I have lost one post this week, without notification but as it turned out it was swept away with someone else's post to which I accidentally replied instead of to the OP - so I was collateral damage. Oh well.

Bree Giffen wrote: Why would an advertiser want to pay for an ad that get seen for the 2-3 seconds it takes to teleport? The only way the ad would work is if LL were to increase the TP time. I'm sure everyone would appreciate that. Oh, It's Saturday! I guess this discussion has run it's course. Oh I dunno, I have been in teleports long enough to watch the complete LOTR Trilogy...

LlazarusLlong wrote: You're in the wrong place. But, hopefully, not for long. /me waits for slap on the wrist for answering

While I think your question should be in the Adult forum - since you speak of Adult Magazine/blog - I am going to try to answer anyway. Congratulations on 1.000 views, a nice start! Advertising blogs is not something you should do inworld and most certainly not pay for inworld! (Second Life) bloggers promote their site via Social Media outside of SL on platforms such as Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk and ASN. All those platforms have very large communities of people following Second Life blogs and this is where you will find your audience, of course within the guidelines/rules of said sites (some do not allow Adult content at all), and it is all for free. Well, it requires time and effort, that is all. I, for one, have never paid nor advertised my blog inworld, yet I get readers, by putting it in my profile and being active in several online communities. Good luck with your blog!

Pamela Galli wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: LlazarusLlong wrote: I'll keep it simple for a change. Would you put up with an advertising screen during teleportation on non-premium accounts? I say, go for it. But then, I am a premium account so I would expect to NOT have them. For non premiums, well pff, go ahead and advertise. This is pretty smart thinking. :-) (And I am not premium, but I can turn off tp screen.) Ooh, I didn't realise one can turn the tp screen off, probably a feature in TPV's as I cannot find the option in my LL Viewer?

Ah, I have one, although I hardly enable it because I am rarely busy. Well and IM's are even more rare...but here it is: 'HELLO, THIS IS CAITLINS OVERLY EXCITED AUTORESPONDER!! HOW ARE YOU?! CAIT IS NOT AVAILABLE BUT I WILL LET HER KNOW YOU WERE IN HER IM!!! HAVE A NICE DAY!!! BYE BYE!! ' (Not completely original, I saw it a while ago from someone and sort of borrowed it)

LlazarusLlong wrote: LLAP Caitlin, Magnus. I admired Mr Spock. Still do. LLAP Llazarus Mr Spock is one of those to be admired for a long time

LlazarusLlong wrote: I'll keep it simple for a change. Would you put up with an advertising screen during teleportation on non-premium accounts? I say, go for it. But then, I am a premium account so I would expect to NOT have them. For non premiums, well pff, go ahead and advertise.

..or in human speak: 'live long and prosper' ~ Dr. Spock I say, rest in peace and thank you so much for all the joy and inspiration he has given me - and so many others, in real life and virtual worlds. Am I sad? Yeah maybe a bit, but Dr. Spock had a 83 years human life, in which he gave so much. I, for one, by the news of his passing today...got reminded of the saturday nights when Star Trek was on tv, sitting on the sofa with my younger sister....in PJ, wet hairs from the shower, and munching crisps from a small bowl and: we got cola, cos: saturday night..and then to bed after the episode. Good times. "it's life, Jim, but not as we know it'...

I feel your 'pain' and can tell you I, for one, have requested many home and/or furniture builders to supply a 'skin applier' with their products so I can, at least, match my skin and ..ahem..some body parts, with their sofa/table/skybox!

Perrie Juran wrote: Pamela Galli wrote: Let us not forget searching the forums themselves, rather than repeat a question that has probably been answered a dozen times. Half the time when I ask someone who has reported that "SL ate" some object, what search term they are using, they have no idea what I am talking about. They have no idea they can search inventory! Many simply are unaware that they can search out information themselves. Or, I suspect, they simply consider others' time less valuable than their own. How lovely to have minions to look up information for you! If we wanted to be pedantic we could say that all of us are capable of searching for answers for ourselves. So where do we draw the line? True, I've been known to say that I wonder how some people who post here mangage to get out of bed every morning with out hurting themselves. And we've had people who posted repeated questions without ever looking at the links we provided them. Those people I find to be most annoying. But my general attitude still has been it's not my job to police the Forums. But then there is the question of how do we respond to these people which Sassy alludes to. LL's (funny how his initials abbreviate) replies could be considered by some rude, and given the amount of them, he could even be accused of trolling, though staying within certain limits, carefully avoiding being banned. So is there a right or wrong way to respond to them? Bolded part by me, just to ask..since when is it considered 'pedantic' to point people to 'how' and 'where' they can find the information they seek, rather than just be happy, or thankful if you will, you got an answer at all - and it is even an answer that will help you with future questions? Isn't that the part of support that is needed? Guidance and pointing out on how to find the answers one seeks, rather than have it delivered in a ready made, foolproof package which does nothing for the learning process? All the times I have given out LM's inworld to people asking for 'a nice snow sim' (on 15 december !!) or for all the popular current events did not at all learn them how to look them up by themselves, but made me (and many others) eyeroll till I saw the back of my skull and led me to just ignore them and it continues as long as people will indeed, for the sake of getting over those questions, give them what they ask in a non supportive way, like a pacifier: here is your LM, now be quiet!

Nah, he is not wrong. As you yourself experience, it happens and it doesn't only happens in (any) forum. I have no answer on why people think it is 'normal' to just ask random, easily google-able (Heh, I think I invented a word!) questions. I've been on some sort of crusade myself, not here..but inworld where it happens in groupchat. Blogger groups, where bloggers (!!) ask "anyone got the LM to Collabor88?'' or 'can someone give the LM to the Arcade?'. For some these may seem legitimate questions, but believe me in fashion- and bloggergroups....Argh? They should be able to type the complete coordinates to those events by heart with their eyes closed! I gave up though, and by now I am not so supportive and quick with answers anymore, for some reason I lost the fun of helping them - after handing out the LM to FaMeshed for the 100000 th time..), and my : ' use search' wasn't appreciated, because: hey, gimme the LM! Makes me wonder how some people manage to survive in their daily life. Anyway, no...why this keeps happening? Is it laziness? Is it an attitude of expecting to be spoonfed, because there is too much to find, search etc?

Medhue Simoni wrote: Hi Caitlin!! This is the first I've even hear about all this, but I generally stay in the animation or mesh sections. Now, I want to hear the whole story. Anyone got a blog link that talks all about this? Pst.... is your inworld camera broken? Hi Medhue, I am afraid I don't understand what you mean with the whole story and why it should be on a blog? This is just a thread about these forums? My inworld camera is not broken at all, I make tons of pictures every day

Are you trolling me, Derek?

LlazarusLlong wrote: Why, Caity? Your English has always been extremely coherent and cogent. In fact, you are one of the very few who would be able to post in both. Why thank you! I will return, to both if possible, when the time has arrived I will feel safe enough in here. For now I am not convinced and will keep on lurking when not logged in and take hours and hours to compose a reply - when actually logged in as now - that will be safe enough.

Ima Rang wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: LlazarusLlong wrote: As many may have realised (you too, probably, Caity) I am also unwilling to post in these forums with my main, I did indeed and I totally understand. The current, and past years, environment here in this forum, created the opposite of a safe place for people expressing themselves. An opinion is considered trolling...a joke is seen as griefing and moderators seem to be afraid of : #jesuis..... Troll! ;P GRIEFER!

LlazarusLlong wrote: As many may have realised (you too, probably, Caity) I am also unwilling to post in these forums with my main, I did indeed and I totally understand. The current, and past years, environment here in this forum, created the opposite of a safe place for people expressing themselves. An opinion is considered trolling...a joke is seen as griefing and moderators seem to be afraid of : #jesuis.....

Derek Torvalar wrote: Waves to Cait. :matte-motes-silly: /me waves back to one of my favourite male models

Derek Torvalar wrote: Sterling effort Llazgun. Val should donate her HELPER tag to you. As an 'ADVISOR' I agree with your suggestion!

LlazarusLlong wrote: Actually, sources close to those in power are suggesting that the forums are going to be simplified considerably, with just TWO elements: the English forum and one called "Everything Else" Fine then. I will go to 'everything else'. Tsk!

LlazarusLlong wrote: Given your experience Caity, thank you for being brave enough to contribute to this discussion. Thank you LLaz . I think I am not the only one who left this medium for the sake of not getting ones account in danger, as we know....eventually when one gets too many warnings, LL can decide to ban you inworld as well. This forum, and its risks it obviously brings with it - due to some individuals who love to play God and feel the need to report just because they can - , is not worth jeopardising 'Caity' inworld. I have always enjoyed it here, the forum being a part of my overall SL experience, but the anonymous abuse in here: no thanks.

Derek Torvalar wrote: Derek Torvalar wrote: Darrius Gothly wrote: TDD123 wrote: As stated before elsewhere by others ... Void was not lost or banned. [snip] According to Void's own words, she departed these forums for good. That falls under my definition of "Lost". True enough, she did not depart SL nor the planet, but for the purposes of this thread and based on her own words, she has been lost to those people that come here for help, advice and guidance. Now, can you honestly tell me that's NOT a loss? This speaks to her Integrity. I am in agreement with you Darrius, while Void was not the only talent that gave freely here, her singular abilities have been missed, and we all would have been a lot better off had she remained. About a month after Void posted her letter that went ignored by LL I was contacted by Rodvik's lickspittle Viale Linden to have an in-world meeting to try and sort out some of the issues that people here were in an uproar about, mainly the state of the moderation and Void's case was on the top of the list. I contacted Void and asked her if she would like to accompany me to the meeting but she declined, deciding to wash her hands of the situation. The outcome of the meeting was fruitless, as you all can see or remember, nothing changed, we were still treated with disrespect here by the mods and LL and their attitude, reminiscent of the old "The peasants are revolting!" joke, has still not changed. Prior to Christmas, some of you may know, Caitlin Tobias, was forced to go to Ebbe on Twitter to get her case resolved. Xiola is now the 4th or 5th individual tasked with dealing with the problems, since Void's departure, associated with the Forums, the GD specifically and I wait to see how successful she is or whether she will be like the rest. I would also like to add that an apology here in the forum to Void will probably not bring her back to us, and may not give her any satisfaction at this late date, as she stated herself that one wasn't wanted. However LL needs to take responsibility for depriving US of one of OUR assets and the apology would be a step in the right direction in demonstrating that WE deserve some respect and are of value to LL. I just see all this today, as I hardly even dare to look at this forum... Yes, I got apologies from Ebbe on twitter in December, but never a confirmation in the forum as such from the moderator. That incident, and some that happened before that last one, led me to shy away from here and I only go here being not logged in - when pointed out to something that may be interesting, but hardly ever is - and I certainly find it too dangerous to reply at all, knowing there are people out there and here to hit the RIC button 2 seconds after I have hit the 'post' button.