Camping Bots???

In our case though it wasn't just a matter of increasing traffic, it was also to get visitors to come and meet members. We have an area that is for socialising, to meet people, make new friends. So its a bit disappointing to find three camp pads used by bots and one visitor wondering why they dont speak.

Plus they are to help new residents, so when someone is making money from them who could be a long term resident, its not fair is it!

Tan x

Most campers leave their computer unattended while their av is camping. If you are actually hoping to have someone hanging out and interacting with other visitors, camping pads are a bad choice.


Well, the obvious solution is to not use camping pads, but to interact directly with new residents and gift them the money when you have determined they are actually new.


The simple fact is that when you put out a camping pad at your business, you are gaming the traffic system. You are paying to falsely raise your numbers in order to benefit yourself. If you then get angry or even AR someone for gaming YOUR system, you are being a hypocrite. You are saying it's okay for you to game LL, but not for someone else to game you.

So if your intentions really are honorable and noble, find a way to financially benefit newbies that doesn't require them to support you in an inherently dishonest activity. You can hang out at a welcome area and give money to newbies directly, or even better, you could actually take time and teach them about freebies and how to find them. You could donate to places specifically designed to help new people, like The Shelter or NCI. You could put the camping pad in a place that you won't benefit from the added traffic, like your home (if it's not on the same parcel as your business) -- put someone to work as your groundskeeper. You can have free-entry contests that require actual participation in order to win the prize. You could even just randomly search for people with new last names, and drop some money on them if you like what you see in their profile.

But if you insist on linking your philanthropy to your gaming of the traffic system, you have no right to complain when someone games you right back.

So if your intentions really are honorable and noble, find a way to financially benefit newbies that doesn't require them to support you in an inherently dishonest activity. You can hang out at a welcome area and give money to newbies directly, or even better, you could actually take time and teach them about freebies and how to find them. You could donate to places specifically designed to help new people, like The Shelter or NCI. You could put the camping pad in a place that you won't benefit from the added traffic, like your home (if it's not on the same parcel as your business) -- put someone to work as your groundskeeper. You can have free-entry contests that require actual participation in order to win the prize. You could even just randomly search for people with new last names, and drop some money on them if you like what you see in their profile.

But if you insist on linking your philanthropy to your gaming of the traffic system, you have no right to complain when someone games you right back.[/QUOTE]

Done that!

We got rid of the pads a while ago, but I've always had a folder just for freebie landmarks to give to new visitors, (as well as folders for tattoo places, cheap clothing, cheap skins/accessories etc, and add more when people ask where they can go) we take the time to help people wherever they need it, we have party nights with spot prizes, we have boxes on the grounds with freebies in (although don't have hundreds of them, we tend to stock a few with different themes such as textures in one, clothing in another etc). At the end of the day we remember being new so try to help others find they way round too. We also had a money tree but I removed it when there were problems in SL recently as it kept showing money in it when there was none, and if someone came to get money and the tree had no lindens in yet showed on the counter there was, and contacted me, I got there asap and handed them the money myself and reset the tree, in the end I got frustrated that it happened so often so removed the tree.

So I personally think, yes I complained, but I also do everything else I can to help new members. (And if anyone thinks Im making this up, feel free to ask our visitors yourself

Titania x

Awesome!!!

Your hanging in the wrong places though, i'm sure i could find an easy way to get rid of 100L.

In fact, first person to reply to this post gets 100L when i receive my next stipend.

Who's the quickest?

me

See, if you want to have fun with the camp zombies, have fun designing the camp pads.
Get creative - I plan to make toilet camp chairs eventually...

Or, play with the zombies themselves - put tutu skirts on them! The possibilities are endless

congratulations!!!

I send your $100L on stipend day!!

Thanks! Please deposit my $100L in Ginko for me.

are you sure?

I can buy you 100L of ginko bonds if you want, but i wouldn't buy them for myself, too risky.

I think your better off doing something else with your $100L

But if you want ginko bonds, i buy them and trade them for a month and you can have all the proceeds.

I'd say i could turn that $100L into $200L quite easily.

Your choice, you decide, but i wouldn't do it with my own $100L.

So do you want $100L on stipend day or do you want to risk it for the chance to double your money?

I should have held up my "Ironic Sarcasm" sign. LOL

Just donate it to a money tree or newbies.

The nicest gifts in the first couple of days were when someone randomly handed me some nice-ish freebie flex hair and eyes, and then I stumbled on the Jill in a box kit somewhere.

Just like in real life, appearances count for maybe a little more than they should, and even those basics make it easier to meet people—not written off as a bot or rubbernecker or whatever—and start getting drawn into the world. Can't speak for everyone of course, but those little non-cash assists were enough to keep me around, buy some Lindens, and of course spend them.

To convert this into business, a nice little notecard, mentioning that you handed over the freebies along with a little landmark (and perhaps a quick mention of how to get into those pesky boxes!), would do the trick. IMs get lost on bad grid days :/ But definitely, do explain that you handed over the things so the note isn't mistaken for all the useless spam being thrown around out there!