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Traffic Bots Against the TOS of LL?

Gabriele Graves
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09-07-2008 12:11
From: Phil Deakins
Gabriele:

You started to lose it on page 26 of the thread - post #380, when you wrote, "There are none as blind as them that will not see.", referring to me. That was the first real off-topic, minor insult bit. Prior to that you'd said that people who do what I do are greedy - a valid view. I pointed out that you are just as greedy and included me and everyone else. You didn't like that, so you went off-topic with the "blind" statement. That was nothing much, but it was indicative of you losing it at that time. Your post #386 shows you losing it even more, and in your #389 post, you have lost it completely.

By this time, you have an attitude, but you haven't stooped to belittling people. In #391 you start to make it personally insulting with, "Now I know why Phil thinks what he does is in everyone's best interests...it is because he has a massive God complex." You didn't like my views, so you started with the personal insults.

A little later you took a break, but when you came back, you started with the belittling comments. You may not have recognised one of them that I repeated a few posts back, because you asked me to write one. You probably thought it was meant at you right now. It was this - "You probably don't know how ridiculous you make yourself look." That was one one of them. Something to do with a 12 year old was another.

You started it Gabriele, and you didn't stop with the posts that I numbered above. Initially, you didn't like being lumped in with everyone else - as greedy, so you started with some small personal insults. I didn't retaliate at that time so perhaps you thought you could continue later.
Phil if you take a general quote personally then that is your problem not mine. Your evidence is not proof of anything other than a general quotation.

As for the rest - well you don't really know when to quit it do you?
My comments were generally about bot farmers - not you personally, until you made it personal. Shame that, if you had wanted a discussion you could have had one before that point.

Now do you want to admit you lied about my RL which will result in me trying not to talk about your Mother again (unless you bring her up again) or not? Just want to know seeing as you asked about it.
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Awnee Dawner
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09-07-2008 12:12
hey!

when ive bought my sim i thought i can have up to 40 people on no matter if real ones or bots - bots for shooting/entertainment in a game.
now ive learned bots are used to cheat in search and listing and and and
i also have noticed we have ~30k sims on grid and the grid can have ~60k people on
for me its a simple calculation 2 people per sim 24/7 is what i pay my fee for - fair use of shared resources.

im not counted in traffic awnee dawner 24/7 on traffic = 0
dont ask me why it is - i have taked bout in another thread

ok i wanna have a bot running to show my shapes, skins, weapons, ....
i have no problem to game the traffic cos me and my bot 24/7 on = traffic for one single person ~ 1400
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Phil Deakins
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09-07-2008 12:17
From: Gabriele Graves
You brought her into this, not me. If you offer her up as proof that you are always right then expect what you get.
Gabriele. I didn't bring her into this, and I didn't offer her as proof that I am always right. Either you are lying or you are mistaken - only you know which it is. I mentioned her in the thread after Rene had done the same with his mother - itt was an aside, and was nothing whatsoever to do with the topic or the arguments in the thread.

If you are so callous as to continue bringing family members, alive or dead, into this slanging match, after being asked not to, then you really are a piece of work.

You can AR me all you like. You might even get the thread locked. But YOU were the first to bring the other's RL into it. YOU are the guilty one. Again!
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Phil Deakins
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09-07-2008 12:19
From: Gabriele Graves
Phil if you take a general quote personally then that is your problem not mine. Your evidence is not proof of anything other than a general quotation.

As for the rest - well you don't really know when to quit it do you?
My comments were generally about bot farmers - not you personally, until you made it personal. Shame that, if you had wanted a discussion you could have had one before that point.

Now do you want to admit you lied about my RL which will result in me trying not to talk about your Mother again (unless you bring her up again) or not? Just want to know seeing as you asked about it.
No Gabriele. What I wrote was true, and what I quoted was about me - personally. Anyone can go back and see. I've given the post numbers. You can't squirm your way out of the responsibility for starting all this.

Like I said, you were the one who started it, and you were the one who continued it with belittling statements. You are guilty.

If you require an admission that I lied about your RL to stop you from bringing my family members into it - a dead one in particular - then you really are a shitty scumbag. YOU started with the RL things - not me.
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Colette Meiji
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09-07-2008 12:24
Phil you brought up your mother in the post that included the mock argument.

Gabi had no idea your mother passed away.

You have been taunting Gabi for over 30 pages with your patronizing Love and Sweety nonsense.


Why is it you have SOOO many people you exchange insults with on these forums?

Ever stop to think that your behavior might be the problem?
Alicia Sautereau
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09-07-2008 12:27
650 popcorn posts later (good entertainment while coding i must admit)

bot runners:
using an existing system to their gain

users:
uninformed so out of the discussion as we don`t know what they think
informed either don`t care or don`t like it

conclusion:
discussion is pointless in here and needs to be done with LL as it`s their system as 100,000 posts won`t change it unless they participate
Phil Deakins
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09-07-2008 12:30
From: Alicia Sautereau
conclusion:
discussion is pointless in here and needs to be done with LL as it`s their system as 100,000 posts won`t change it unless they participate
Precisely what I said very early on.
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Awnee Dawner
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09-07-2008 12:42
hey!
From: Alicia Sautereau

users:
uninformed so out of the discussion as we don`t know what they think
informed either don`t care or don`t like it

its not long time ago and i was pretty new - uninformed
i was woundering bout the deserted sims with a lot of green dots on i never reached their location, i was on overcowded campplaces without any chat cos bots dont chat - as a newbie you feel stupid.

now im informed or mabye somewhat better informed as in the past
for me -> i wont buy stuff from a cheater, whos cheating in listings will cheat in products (stolen stuff?, copied stuff?, textures?...) too

just my 2 cents
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Rene Erlanger
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09-07-2008 12:42
From: Gabriele Graves
Nope another viable solution is to police a good policy against cheating in the system. They seem prepared to do it over other things and they should with this too. They even might once they feel they have the resources to focus on it.



Before your time, mass camping took place...it had the same effect of massaging Places search listing as it does now with traffic bots.

If they banned Traffic bots tomorrow....mass camping will be back. The same people that appeared top of Places Seacrh will more and likely be top again.

LL will never ban real AV camping, it existed before...and it still exists now. The only time LL will step in is on a Mainland sim that is drainng resources from other residents that use the that sim.....i guess its similar to existing scenario with Traffic bots.

LL does not have the manpower to police 25000 sims for real camping (real AV's) nor would they unless an AR was received on a Mainland sim like what happened at Bear Info hub on another long winded thread. On a private estate sim, LL would never intervene as the Estate Owner can do more or less as /she pleases within the TOS...and normal paid camping is not against TOS....and has never been.

If LL doesn't even have enough resources to deal with the far more important issues of copybots and content theft....or can't even deal with the growing number of AR's in a timely fashion, you have absolutely no hope of expecting Lindens to appear on private Estates trying and enforce a non-existant LL policy of not allowing camping.

The bottom line, abolishing traffic bots is not the answer....it will just return full circle to paid camping. The places Search would remain gamed. Those that can afford to pay several hundred thousands for weekly classifieds can afford to pay 50-60 real AV's for trraffic

The only long term solution is to abolish traffic units....thus rendering both Traffic bots and paid camping meaningless.
Colette Meiji
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09-07-2008 12:43
From: Rene Erlanger
Before your time, mass camping took place...it had the same effect of massaging Places search listing as it does now with traffic bots.

If they banned Traffic bots tomorrow....mass camping will be back. The same people that appeared top of Places Seacrh will more and likely be top again.

LL will never ban real AV camping, it existed before...and it still exists now. The only time LL will step in is on a Mainland sim that is drainng resources from other residents that use the that sim.....i guess its similar to existing scenario with Traffic bots.

LL does not have the manpower to police 25000 sims for real camping (real AV's) nor would they unless an AR was received on a Mainland sim like what happened at Bear Info hub on another long winded thread. On a private estate sim, LL would never intervene
as the Estate Owner can do more or less as /she pleases within the TOS...and normal paid camping is not against TOS....and has never been.

If LL doesn't even have enough resources to deal with the far more important issues of copybots and content theft....or can't even deal with the growing number of AR's in a timely fashion, you have absolutely no hope of expecting Lindens to appear on private Estates trying and enforce a non-existant LL policy of not allowing camping.

The bottom line, abolishing traffic bots is not the answer....it will just return full circle to paid camping. The places Search would remain gamed.

The only long term solution is to abolish traffic units....thus rendering both Traffic bots and paid camping meaningless.



Camping did not always exist.

What are you, a noob?
Phil Deakins
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09-07-2008 12:48
If LL banned traffic bots, not only would camping grow a lot, but so would the use of functional bots, such as models. All of it would add to lag and hit system resources. Traffic bots are the least problematic of all.
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Rene Erlanger
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09-07-2008 12:54
From: Colette Meiji
Camping did not always exist.

What are you, a noob?



I am trying to keep on topic without carrying on with a furtile slanging match.

The first thing out of you.....is another pot shot snidey remark!
Then you whine away when people like me retaliate to your comments....and when i give it back like for like....i then suddenly become a troll!

I will give you an answer anyways...since you chose to focus on one tiny part of my message.As long as I've been here, which is 2 years.....mass camping has always existed.
Now i'm not exactly sure at which precise period it all began, but maybe someone who has been around for awhile can pinpoint it.
Awnee Dawner
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09-07-2008 12:56
hey!

From: Rene Erlanger
copybots

what exactly is a copybot?
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Rene Erlanger
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09-07-2008 12:59
From: Awnee Dawner
hey!


what exactly is a copybot?


I believe its an external client that is able to copy textures created within SL. Skins and textured clothes are popular targets. Once you have these textures and load them into Photoshop....you cna then bring them back into SL with your name as creator. I'm not sure if it replicates prims too.

Basically it steals other people creations.
Gabriele Graves
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09-07-2008 12:59
From: Phil Deakins
No Gabriele. What I wrote was true, and what I quoted was about me - personally. Anyone can go back and see. I've given the post numbers. You can't squirm your way out of the responsibility for starting all this.

Like I said, you were the one who started it, and you were the one who continued it with belittling statements. You are guilty.

If you require an admission that I lied about your RL to stop you from bringing my family members into it - a dead one in particular - then you really are a shitty scumbag. YOU started with the RL things - not me.
I don't think that there is anything shittier than lying about a persons RL here and if it bothers you then you should have thought about that before doing it.
You made the first statement about your Mother - otherwise where did I get my material from? I also asked you not to use "Love" which you then proceeded to ignore and use "Sweetie" as well. Don't try and make out you are a victim now Phil it just does not wash.
You have never succeeded in convincing me of anything other than your general scumminess, you wanted to bring it low. It is now low. I am offering you an out and you still don't take it.
Well thats up to you but I will make fun of your comment about your Mother (Note - not your Mother - *Your* comment about her) until you admit you lied about my RL or this thread gets locked.

You said I was fair game and to bring it on - well it is on. I hope you are going to like it.
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Phil Deakins
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09-07-2008 12:59
Colette is best put on ignore, Rene. That was the advice given to me a long time ago, by a number of people. The forum has been a much quieter place since I did it, even with bot threads. She continually injects little bits of poison into threads, just like the one you replied to.
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Alicia Sautereau
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09-07-2008 13:01
copy bots can duplicate prims and take copies of used textures, it also can copy avi shapes so in the end you get a duplicate of what ever was targetted
Gabriele Graves
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09-07-2008 13:02
From: Awnee Dawner
hey!

its not long time ago and i was pretty new - uninformed
i was woundering bout the deserted sims with a lot of green dots on i never reached their location, i was on overcowded campplaces without any chat cos bots dont chat - as a newbie you feel stupid.

now im informed or mabye somewhat better informed as in the past
for me -> i wont buy stuff from a cheater, whos cheating in listings will cheat in products (stolen stuff?, copied stuff?, textures?...) too

just my 2 cents
Wow just wow, that flies in the face of "the masses won't care" really doesn't it? You were uneducated and didn't know any better - now you do and have made your own mind up that cheating is wrong and using bots for traffic is cheating.
There - proof that the nobody speaks for the masses, they speak for themselves when they step up to the plate :)
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Alicia Sautereau
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09-07-2008 13:03
offerd a clean out for every one with an end summery

shoot me for trying to kill a thread but atleast i`ve tried...

/grabs enough popcorn for another 650 posts
Gabriele Graves
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09-07-2008 13:03
From: Rene Erlanger
Before your time, mass camping took place...it had the same effect of massaging Places search listing as it does now with traffic bots.

If they banned Traffic bots tomorrow....mass camping will be back. The same people that appeared top of Places Seacrh will more and likely be top again.

LL will never ban real AV camping, it existed before...and it still exists now. The only time LL will step in is on a Mainland sim that is drainng resources from other residents that use the that sim.....i guess its similar to existing scenario with Traffic bots.

LL does not have the manpower to police 25000 sims for real camping (real AV's) nor would they unless an AR was received on a Mainland sim like what happened at Bear Info hub on another long winded thread. On a private estate sim, LL would never intervene as the Estate Owner can do more or less as /she pleases within the TOS...and normal paid camping is not against TOS....and has never been.

If LL doesn't even have enough resources to deal with the far more important issues of copybots and content theft....or can't even deal with the growing number of AR's in a timely fashion, you have absolutely no hope of expecting Lindens to appear on private Estates trying and enforce a non-existant LL policy of not allowing camping.

The bottom line, abolishing traffic bots is not the answer....it will just return full circle to paid camping. The places Search would remain gamed. Those that can afford to pay several hundred thousands for weekly classifieds can afford to pay 50-60 real AV's for trraffic

The only long term solution is to abolish traffic units....thus rendering both Traffic bots and paid camping meaningless.
You have one opinion, I have another and I am well versed in the history of things but this situation has never arisen before - not everything can be extrapolated from the past and so opinions are all we have.
Enforcement is popular at the moment with LL for a lot of things. Gambling, Banking, Ad Farming and even zoning will require it. It would not surprised me if LL is preparing some kind of in world security force to police the grid.
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Colette Meiji
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09-07-2008 13:06
From: Rene Erlanger
I am trying to keep on topic without carrying on with a furtile slanging match.

The first thing out of you.....is another pot shot snidey remark!
Then you whine away when people like me retaliate to your comments....and when i give it back like for like....i then suddenly become a troll!

I will give you an answer anyways...since you chose to focus on one tiny part of my message.As long as I've been here, which is 2 years.....mass camping has always existed.
Now i'm not exactly sure at which precise period it all began, but maybe someone who has been around for awhile can pinpoint it.


I was making a joke. But it does go back to a core point. It was Users who ruined the Traffic Metric, not Linden Lab.

The first person to have camping chairs was the owner of "Lost Dog", I remember quite clearly, they were a sort of Bean Bag chairs with a coffee table placed in front.

It was around the end of July 2005. It did not take off right way. A few months later though it was well established.
Awnee Dawner
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09-07-2008 13:07
hey!
From: Rene Erlanger
Basically it steals other people creations.

ok thank you thats what i have expected
From: Alicia Sautereau
copy bots can duplicate prims and take copies of used textures, it also can copy avi shapes so in the end you get a duplicate of what ever was targetted


so they can copy my sim, playermodels, ...
hell thats bad :(

scripts too?
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Phil Deakins
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09-07-2008 13:07
From: Gabriele Graves
I don't think that there is anything shittier than lying about a persons RL here and if it bothers you then you should have thought about that before doing it.
YOU started the RL bits, Gabriele. It was suggestions about my RL dick, wasn't it? Don't pass the fucking blame onto me because you can't handle what you get back.

From: Gabriele Graves
YOu made the first statement about your Mother - otherwise where did I get my material from? I also asked you not to use "Love" which you then proceeded to ignore and use "Sweetie" as well. Don't try and make out you are a victim now Phil it just does not wash.
Yes I did make the first statement my mother. It was an aside and had nothing whatsoever to do with the thread's topic or even what was being said at the time. That is NO exceuse to bring her into the slanging match the way you were doing, and the fact that you require an admission of something before you will stop bringing a dead person into it makes you one hell of a shitty scumbad.

From: Gabriele Graves
You have never succeeded in convincing me of anything other than your general scumminess, you wanted to bring it low. It is now low. I am offering you an out and you still don't take it.
Fuck off, shitbag.

From: Gabriele Graves
Well thats up to you but I will make fun of your comment about you Mother (Note - not your Mother - *Your* comment about her) until you admit you lied about my RL or this thread gets locked.
You can do as you please, shitbag. It speaks volumes about your character.

From: Gabriele Graves
You said I was fair game and to bring it on - well it is on. I hope you are going to like it.
I have finished with it. I laughed at you through it, but no normal person wouldn't be affected by a shitbag continuing to bring his dead mother into it in spite of a request not to. I flush better things than you down the toilet every day. So bring it on your fucking self, slimeball. You are the scum of the earth.
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Colette Meiji
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09-07-2008 13:08
From: Phil Deakins
Colette is best put on ignore, Rene. That was the advice given to me a long time ago, by a number of people. The forum has been a much quieter place since I did it, even with bot threads. She continually injects little bits of poison into threads, just like the one you replied to.


Learn to ignore better.
Gabriele Graves
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09-07-2008 13:10
From: Phil Deakins
YOU started the RL nits, Gabriele. I was suggestions about my RL dick, wasn't it? Don't pass the fucking blame onto me because you can't handle what you get back.

Yes I did make the first statement my mother. It was an aside and had nothing whatsoever to do with the thread's topic or even what was being said that the time. That is NO exceuse to bring her into the slanging match the way you were doing, and the fact that you requite an admission of something before you will stop bringing her into it makes you one hell of a shitty scumbad.

Fuck off, shitbag.

You can do as you please, shitbag. It speaks volumes about your character.

I have finished with it. I laughed at you through it, but no normal person wouldn't be affected by a shitbag continuing to bring his dead mother into it in spite of a request not to. I flush better things than you down the toilet every day. So bring it on your fucking self, slimeball. You are the scum of the earth.
So you don't like a dose of your own medicine hmmm? It is no longer funny for you? Well welcome to the stuff you have inflicted on others in these forums. You are a lair and have no ground from which to cry foul. Stop acting like a big baby and take responsibility for what you write for once. All you have to do is admit you lied about my RL or is that even too much for you? Even to tell the truth about something so small?
Your language suggests that you are quite upset - oh dear what a shame - poor Phil. You said bring it on - why are you crying now?
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