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Ulrika Zugzwang
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09-24-2005 20:22
This thread belongs in Off Topic. Let's all take guesses on when Jeska will move it there.

Please submit a date and time. Whoever is the closest will win a prize. :D

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Ulrika Zugzwang
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09-24-2005 20:23
This thread will be moved on Sun 25 Sep 2005 at 09:30.

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09-24-2005 20:26
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09-24-2005 20:32
I'm going to go with Sun 25 Sep 2005 at 12:30. (SL time)
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09-24-2005 20:40
Sunday Sep 25 1:15pm SLT
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09-24-2005 20:42
Saturday, September 24, 2005 @ 10:00 PM SLT.
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09-24-2005 20:47
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09-24-2005 21:20
I hope she doesn't move it. She works really hard and shouldn't have to be a forum babysitter. Every 5 minutes a Linden spends in the forums is 5 minutes they don't spend on helping the actual metaverse.
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09-24-2005 21:31
Since this thread is indirectly related to SL forum policy, and since forum policy is discussed in the General forum, I say it doesn't get moved. ;)
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09-24-2005 21:37
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09-24-2005 21:53
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09-24-2005 21:56
From: Satchmo Prototype
I hope she doesn't move it. She works really hard and shouldn't have to be a forum babysitter. Every 5 minutes a Linden spends in the forums is 5 minutes they don't spend on helping the actual metaverse.


Point well made. It's good to help each other out, the world has so many troubles today... it can be such a sad place.

I sometimes wonder how Jeska personally feels about this. Of course, she has to be professional on here, but I just don't like seeing more problems made when we haven't solved so many of them. :(
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09-24-2005 22:16
From: Torley Torgeson
I sometimes wonder how Jeska personally feels about this. Of course, she has to be professional on here, but I just don't like seeing more problems made when we haven't solved so many of them. :(
The number of problems which arise on the forum will be distributed according to a Rayleigh Distribution. Whether or not we feel this thread is a problem which may or may not take time from her in-world time is thus irrelevant. It is but one click in a mathematically inevitable distribution of clicks she will have to make as long as the entities which use this board are humans.

As for skewing the maximum likelihood of the Rayleigh Distribution through a steady stream of purposely misfiled posts, I will admit that would be wrong. However, I feel this post is acceptable given that it is but a single post coming on the heels of several high-profile discussions of whether or not the moderators were moving too many threads to other forums.

Witty and timely is something I'm sure even Jeska can appreciate at least once even if it is at the expense of a mouse click.

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09-24-2005 22:25
*huggerz Ulrika*
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09-24-2005 22:51
Moved to Off-Topic, please don't start threads with no purpose, or start them in Off-Topic, which was designed specifically to house such threads.

BTW - Whoever said Right Now "wins".
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09-24-2005 23:09
From: Jeska Linden
Moved to Off-Topic, please don't start threads with no purpose, or start them in Off-Topic, which was designed specifically to house such threads.

BTW - Whoever said Right Now "wins".
I admire the sense of humor and bonhomie that you bring to your moderation. I can't speak for the rest of the community, but I know that it makes me feel warm and fuzzy and does so much to further the community spirit that these forums are intended to foster.

BTW As you were the one who said "Right Now", you win. Congratulations!
Ulrika Zugzwang
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09-24-2005 23:11
From: Ardith Mifflin
Saturday, September 24, 2005 @ 10:00 PM SLT.
Ardith wins by only being off by 51 minutes! Wow. I'll send you your prize next time I'm in world. :)

Thanks for having a sense of humor Jeska. :D

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09-25-2005 06:58
So who won?
Edit: nevermind. Didn't see second page. :p

And wth... off topic is a forum for threads with NO PURPOSE???
THAT NEVER HAPPENS... I FEEL INSULTED.... :rolleyes:
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09-25-2005 07:02
From: Garoad Kuroda
Edit: nevermind. Didn't see second page. :p



Am I the only one who has "show 30 posts per page" turned on??

There is even an option to show more. I always get lost when people refer to pages instead of post number. haha :p
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09-25-2005 16:44
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
The number of problems which arise on the forum will be distributed according to a Rayleigh Distribution. Whether or not we feel this thread is a problem which may or may not take time from her in-world time is thus irrelevant. It is but one click in a mathematically inevitable distribution of clicks she will have to make as long as the entities which use this board are humans.


This ridiculous thread not withstanding, there is a reason why that theory for genreal forum posts is flawed. When a troll makes a post with the intent of starting flame-like discussion it becomes news (shows up on blogs, web papers, etc). Once it becomes news, other people are interested in what is going on in thier company. So instead of 1 little mouse-click from the person who's job it is to monitor questionable forum posts, all of the developers, the VP and sometimes even the Prez takes the time to click. All of that clicking adds up to time not spend working on the metaverse.

Think about it. How ridiculous is it that Robin, VP of Linden Lab, sometimes has to respond to posts. Everytime she needs to use time and brain power to reply to a post, is time she can't use to manage, umm... say Havok 2.

I'd agree this thread is mostly harmless, however when Jeska has to say to other liasons "Avatar X is really on purpose, pushing my button can you give me advice or tell me if I'm doing something wrong"... then they all check... adding a multiplier to your elegant Rayleigh Distribution.

Let's play games in world... and leave the forums for honest discussion.
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09-25-2005 17:16
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
The number of problems which arise on the forum will be distributed according to a Rayleigh Distribution. Whether or not we feel this thread is a problem which may or may not take time from her in-world time is thus irrelevant. It is but one click in a mathematically inevitable distribution of clicks she will have to make as long as the entities which use this board are humans.


Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.

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Ulrika Zugzwang
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09-26-2005 09:41
From: Satchmo Prototype
I'd agree this thread is mostly harmless, however when Jeska has to say to other liasons "Avatar X is really on purpose, pushing my button can you give me advice or tell me if I'm doing something wrong"... then they all check... adding a multiplier to your elegant Rayleigh Distribution.
The Rayleigh Distribution includes this "multiplier" that you're describing.

Also, would you like us to close all the other fun threads in the forum, such as:
  1. Movie Title Match Game
  2. 3 Word Thread Reborn
  3. Word Association Game
  4. Picture Wars : A Game
  5. GAME: Post pictures from other online worlds!
  6. Word Change Game
  7. * THIS OR THAT * (game)
  8. Name that Nerd / Geek / Dork - GAME!
  9. The Great Imitator Game
  10. New Game - The Name Game
  11. Phrase Game
  12. 3 Word, Question, Association GAME
  13. The Bible Game Returns!
  14. Movie Quote Game Thingy....
  15. Science Fiction Book game
  16. Word Hunt game


In short, time-varying, statistically distributed workloads and superfluous forum games are natural features of a forum. I would even argue that forum games are a valuable part of our on-line culture and should be celebrated and even encouraged. I don't think that there was a person who read this that didn't smile when they saw Jeska's response. :D

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