Tried to post as an alt, but since there is no payment info on file, they would not allow me to log on to this forum as Bodacious Buttercups.
Anyone who thinks this forum gets a lot of eyeballs and is a good cross section of the SL population should think again. It's just a few people willing to give out their credit card info jabbering at each other.
So you can go in-world with no payment info, but you can't come here? Once again, LL's priorities seem off to me...
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Lord Steadham
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10-21-2007 01:32
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Walker Moore
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10-21-2007 02:49
Anyone who thinks this forum gets a lot of eyeballs and is a good cross section of the SL population should think again. It's just the people who financially support the platform jabbering at each other. ^^Fixed. It's been like that since August 2006. I'm not fond of the idea either, but I'm surprised it's news to you. _____________________
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Denise Bonetto
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10-21-2007 03:50
It always seems crazy to me, it's the newbies that need the most help and they don't even have access to read up before parting with money.
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KC Despres
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10-21-2007 06:26
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I just logged in with my unverified alt. I can read everything just fine. I think you only need payment info on file to post. -- KC |
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Zaphod Kotobide
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10-21-2007 06:36
I'm trying to read the original post here, but I can't seem to get past "Bodacious Buttercups".
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Lord Steadham
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10-21-2007 07:56
? ? I just logged in with my unverified alt. I can read everything just fine. I think you only need payment info on file to post. -- KC |
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Lord Steadham
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10-21-2007 07:57
I'm trying to read the original post here, but I can't seem to get past "Bodacious Buttercups". |
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Kalderi Tomsen
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10-21-2007 08:06
I think the idea is to stop the griefers cluttering up and disrupting the forum as much as they do SL.
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Bradley Bracken
Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
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10-21-2007 08:51
I think the idea is to stop the griefers cluttering up and disrupting the forum as much as they do SL. If they think that's a good idea here in the forums, you'd think they'd realize it's just as good of an idea in SL. |
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Antique Arliss
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SL has too many rotten apples
10-21-2007 09:00
I am a newbee in SL. I join SL to learn the good things, like LSL,3D,buildings etc. But as soon as I put up a interesting building on my land, I was attacked by griefers daily to a point I could not even walk in my land......It seems SL has make a unconcious decesions to enpower the rotten AVs and drive all good AVs away....
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3Ring Binder
always smile
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10-21-2007 09:56
you don't need to part with money to read this forum, just have your info on file. once it's on file, you can delete it and still get in here. the question is, is it REALLY deleted?
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Kitty Barnett
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10-21-2007 10:20
I just logged in with my unverified alt. I can read everything just fine. I think you only need payment info on file to post. -- KC --- Personally I still don't see any problem with keeping unverifieds out of the forums. The only result would be griefing and harassment just like most of them cause in-world. No payment info, no privileges. |
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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10-21-2007 10:25
in reply to the topic,
yes I knew about the fact we need payment info on file to read the forums _____________________
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Crunch Underwood
Mr. Grown up, Go away sir
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10-21-2007 16:23
i tryed to log on befor i started in second life, i had my name, password and everything but it won't let you log on to the forums unless you've downloaded and at least had one session in second life, i thought that was rediculous i ended up being at stupid blogs like SL herald and it almost turned me off SL till i read natalia zeminof's blog, silly idea to not alow acess to people trying to learn more about SL
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
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10-21-2007 17:18
On the secondlife.com site there is a link for support.
Take the KnowledgeBase link - that directs your to log in. Then look at the links on the left or use the search field. Also, on the suppport page, on the right, there's a link to the wiki, with the slogan "How to do everything in SL." There's tons of info in the wiki, though it's not organized in such a fashion as to be easily findable by a new user. It strikes me as strange that the old F1 Help files are still in existence, but the main index page has been changed to redirect you to the support portal. The old F1 help info was a pretty good beginners guide to SL. _____________________
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Strife Onizuka
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10-21-2007 19:07
I asked about allowing read access for no payment info users, but it's apparently very difficult to do with vBulletin.
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Brenda Connolly
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10-21-2007 20:42
I asked about allowing read access for no payment info users, but it's apparently very difficult to do with vBulletin. More difficult than turning on bbc code? _____________________
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Colette Meiji
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10-21-2007 20:47
More difficult than turning on bbc code? Tomorrow makes 5 months!!! since the BBC code announcement Either they should fix the BBC code or else delete the announcement - its embarassing. |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
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10-21-2007 21:48
Looking at https://*.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/vb2_manual_cp_modformperms appears to suggest that allowing anyone, SL resident or not, to have read only access to the forums is just a matter of checking one checkbox.
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Lord Steadham
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10-21-2007 23:46
I asked about allowing read access for no payment info users, but it's apparently very difficult to do with vBulletin. |
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Usagi Musashi
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10-22-2007 00:42
I asked about allowing read access for no payment info users, but it's apparently very difficult to do with vBulletin. As I recall Stife there are versions of BB that allow read only. Why not this one? That might be a problem solving soluation. Usagi |
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Wiggy Bingyi
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10-22-2007 01:43
The reason for only allowing verified customers to post on this forum is pretty easy to work out....
It stops commercial spam. If anyone could just create an account from a LL's web page and then have access to these forums, we would certainly be inundated with penis enlargement and viagra ads, gold spammers from other games and God knows what else... So yep.. it's a smart move by LL IMHO.. Edit: ahh and as for the reading of these forums... umm.. yep, i can't work out that one either. |
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Usagi Musashi
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10-22-2007 02:36
Those that remeber the flood of alts that filled sl back in 6/6/2006 also remeber the mess this forum was also. But have a read only forum for those with no payment information online would solve the problem.
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Egon Rothschild
Never Enough Prims
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10-22-2007 13:20
Anyone who thinks this forum gets a lot of eyeballs and is a good cross section of the SL population should think again. i don't think anyone thinks most ppl read these forums. i'd be surprised if 5% of the population bothers. _____________________
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Jeza May
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10-22-2007 13:28
If they think that's a good idea here in the forums, you'd think they'd realize it's just as good of an idea in SL. I totally agree with that _____________________
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