A Modest Proposal for SL: Security Firms

Yep. Banned agents can still REZ STUFF on the parcel. And they can rez stuff next to it, and slide it into the parcel. In the end, you'd still need someone where with land owner authority to delete items. Since Live Help doesn't have the power, and the Live Help Lindens (we love you, we know you're suddenly overworked.) can't always be there.

Yep. Banned agents can still REZ STUFF on the parcel. And they can rez stuff next to it, and slide it into the parcel. In the end, you'd still need someone where with land owner authority to delete items. Since Live Help doesn't have the power, and the Live Help Lindens (we love you, we know you're suddenly overworked.) can't always be there.

So uhmm, classic question seem to be missing...

* who watches the watchers?

i mean, once you put in place a global ban list that large group of people utilize pretty much basing on faith, it's very easy to mess up SL experience of someone you don't like simply by lying about them. Person X rubs you wrong way? Spend five mins making up stuff and lock them out of half of SL. Then have fun watching them try to prove that no, they are not a horse. It was "just" temporary ban? rinse, repeat. Get a friend or a few "join you in the just cause" for extra credibility.

How exactly would the complaints be verified in order to prevent such situations, before they're put in motion, and how possible arguments about legality of claim would be settled?

I'm actually shopping for a security presence right now, for a two-month series of high-profile events which have proven to be a conspicuous and vulnerable target to sophomoric antics. I'm having a difficult time finding a group I'm confident would be up to the task.

It's not a matter of enthusiasm nor firepower, it's mostly a matter of character and experience. I want a well-organised, well-disciplined, well-practiced group with the proverbial boy scout mentality, and that's the key. I'm looking for the ultimate storybook good guy police officers - people who will react to situations as myself and my fellow organisers would, if we weren't busy actually running the event:

RULE ONE
Never, ever, foster rancor. If action is required, it needs to be of the absolute lowest-profile nature - quick, effective, and non-provocative.

RULE TWO
Always take a minimal-force approach. That means anticipating problems before they become conflicts. That means being friendly and diplomatic, catching flies with honey rather than vinegar. That means your primary recourse is abuse-reporting: push guns, prim walls, and such are secondary tools, only brought out where required to keep disruption in check. That means cultivating a trusted and reciporical relationship with the Lindens.

RULE THREE
The event mustn't be disrupted. This is the primary mission of the security force, but it's the third priority, after the first two rules. Effective security personnel take the time to get to know an event, and work at all times to facilitate its success. Most of their job is not fighting griefers, it's communicating effectively.

Put together a security force which operates under these principles, and you're golden. They're the same standards under which real-life security personel, ranging from military all the way down to rent-a-cops, are successful and earn the respect of the public.

And if you know of an extant group which is up to the task, IM me - I want to hire them!

Also helpful would be instant TP home. With recurrant scanning for offenders. Which would be the main tool.

Defintiely that would be ideal, in the case of event-manager-owned parcels. And it's reasonably simple for the landowner to implement, especially with an automated system such as you're proposing.

What I'm describing, though, is active security presence for the duration of an event in which landowner tools aren't available. It'd be much more hands-on by neccessity, paying an organisation to handle all the trenchwork which an event's organisers don't have the manpower nor practiced expertise to manage effectively.

In my case, we're running sailing regattas across a dozen Linden-owned void sims. Between race managers, referees, press liasons, and event hosts, there's precious little manpower on-tap to deal with griefers who decide it might be fun to orbit half the fleet or pilot a destroyer around the finish line with reckless abandon. We don't attract enemies, but a dedicated and well-mannered security presence could go a long way toward neutralising the chaos script kiddies hope to sow, eliminating their payoff from the equation. Handled correctly, griefers will almost always choose either to enjoy the event or to move on in boredom, and a good working relationship with Linden Lab can always bring in heavy support if required.

It just takes dedicated manpower.