Should you file abuse reports against the "Can someone lend me money for rent" spambots?

[Jasdac Stockholm]

They seem to crop up about once a week nowadays, joining random groups and asking for money. Does this violate the ToS and should you file abuse reports against them? If so, what should the abuse report contain to be as useful as possible?

[Freya Mokusei]

We don't know with any more authority than you. My personal interpretation is that asking for money isn't against the rules, but commercial spam is.

Look over the ToS and CS yourself.

[Alwin Alcott]

should you?... ehm no...

can you?... yes...

 

you can report them for what they do, nothing more, nothing less... but most effective is the group owner handling it.. eject, ban and change perhaps the joining process.

 

In your report stick to the facts, if they spam for rmoney, thats all you can put as reason for your report.

[Rolig Loon]

You may file an Abuse Report if you feel that there has been a TOS violation.  It's up to Linden Lab's governance team to decide where the line is between an annoyance and a violation.  In this case, you might look at the Community Standards definition of Disturbing the Peace.

Of course, you might also take other measures like muting people or bots that annoy you, and making your groups open by invitation only.

[Whirly Fizzle]

Yes, file an AR when you see a beggar bot posting spam.

LL are shutting those accounts down, they generally don't last a day. But unfortunately they come back with new bot accounts on a daily basis.

Soft Linden filed a feature request to make it easier to abuse report spam chat posts at https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-11871 so it seems LL do want these spam bots reported.

Regarding the recent surge of beggar bots, please see https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-40546

 

[Zackna79]

I believe it does. Because people are not supposed to pan handle in SL. I think it is a form of harassment or something to that effect. When all else fails read the TOS closely and consult LL.