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Jack Digeridoo
machinimaniac
Join date: 29 Jul 2003
Posts: 1,170
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11-05-2004 06:59
The SL Economy is ripe for manipulation by alt accounts. You can only have 10 alt's right but all it takes is 10 people seeding the idea of a market crash have an impact of the price of $L's. A protectionary measure is required that allows us to see the connection between alt accounts. We need to see ALL the alt accounts that a poster owns. Or perhaps only let the 1 account per RL first name to access the forums. Please, think of the corporations!
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blaze Spinnaker
1/2 Serious
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 5,898
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11-05-2004 15:15
Yeah, one account on the forums is a good idea.
Unfortunatley, it's pretty easy to set up ALTs without Linden Labs knowing it. Nice idea though. _____________________
Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :
"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches." |
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Zuzi Martinez
goth dachshund
Join date: 4 Sep 2004
Posts: 1,860
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11-05-2004 23:21
so how do we know you guys aren't alts just agreeing with each other?
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Jack Digeridoo
machinimaniac
Join date: 29 Jul 2003
Posts: 1,170
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11-06-2004 00:46
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If you'll excuse me, it's, it's time to make the world safe for democracy.
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
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11-06-2004 00:53
I know! Instead of limiting alts, how about moderators that keep spam down? You know, so we don't have seven different threads all about the worthlessness of fake money, all posted within a few hours of each other?
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Zuzi Martinez
goth dachshund
Join date: 4 Sep 2004
Posts: 1,860
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11-06-2004 02:24
and another alt joins in only this time disagreeing just a lil bit to throw people off the scent.
ok i'm done being silly. moderators are a good idea. no i'm not Moleculor's alt hehe. |
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blaze Spinnaker
1/2 Serious
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 5,898
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11-06-2004 13:13
Oh, I regularly argue with myself in the forums. My favorite tactic is to accuse myself of having alts agreeing with me.
It's kinda fun. I just use a proxy server to keep SecondLife none the wiser! _____________________
Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :
"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches." |
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Morgaine Dinova
Active Carbon Unit
Join date: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 968
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11-06-2004 13:50
Alternatively, one could think about the concept of currencies a little and maybe conclude that currencies as we know them in 1L do not have natural stability in virtual worlds.
Rather than trying to prop up artificially an unnatural import from another domain, maybe we could then start looking for an alternative approach based on some different, and more inherent, virtual property or value. _____________________
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