Voo Oompa

Don't mind if I do *curls up by the fire with ma coffeh* *le sip* mmmmmm *noms a donut*

<peeks in> Is there room for one more? I'm new and yet not-so-new. IMVU refugee. Nice to meet you. <begins setting up urns of coffee and boxes of pink, frosty donuts>

I too had been away for a long time, mostly hanging out on IMVU where I had more friends. But IMVU has gotten kind of bad and I decided to leave. Like you, I also find many parts of SL to be deserted, or nearly so. I do enjoy just wandering and exploring, but once in a while you wanna have some conversation, right? So I try to find places and groups where I might find people with something in common. That's slow going so far, but I keep trying. Best wishes -- voo

As with (seemingly) all other things, I am once again late to the party...

oop -- you're quite right -- 's what I get for not reading the whole thread *blush* sorry everyone

> I'm only raising the question because IMVU is being audited, it seems. I realize I'm a bit late to the conversation, but I sincerely hope IMVU gets audited over a *lot* of things. Copyright infringment and intellectual property theft are running just *crazy* rampant. Young kids are skirting the age requirements too easily. Lots of adult chat and content in the General Access areas, along with pervs scoping for kids there. And now, malware. IMVU has begun "partnering" with Perion, formerly Conduit, makers of an especially nasty browser hijacker that they rather ironically call Search Protect. It's now "offered" as part of the IMVU client installer; It's *really* difficult to remove and has done some fairly serious damage to users' computers. My wife's was one of them. I can scarcely believe that products like Search Protect are legal, and that was the very last straw for me. I left after eight years of being a member. Seriously, let 'em go down in flames.