boycott cristiano group?

in checking a persons profile, (i do this often when meeting someone new) ((ok i do it often when meeting anyone)) i discovered a group exists called boycott cristiano midnight. how interesting.

is this a tos violation? apparently since the impeach bush sign guy can do what he does and get away with it, its no holds barred, anything goes sl these days.

what will be amusing is to learn that naming a group to negatively affect an avatar is fine, but putting that avatars name in the heading of this thread will get me chastised or something.

Chances are it's a joke (I know of a few such groups), if it's not, I'd let Cristiano know, and he can report as he feels is nessecary.

-Adam

Is it open enrollment?

well, on reading its charter i don't get the joke i guess.

Why would it be a TOS violation? I mean, I personally think Cristiano is a fine fellow, but why can't someone form a group to boycott someone in-world?

How about some Impeach Cristiano signs?

I agree with this. Anyone should be allowed to publicly boycott an individual, a group, or business.

ahhh. interesting this discussion really.

it seems to me. if your going to make it wrong to use a avatars name in the forums. then the same sort of thing would apply in sl. i have no solomonic vision here, just a general feeling of correct handling of this sort of issue.

perhaps you can put up boycott cristiano signs in sl. perhaps it does not violate the tos. it just seems incorrect to me. maybe i am being to sensitive.

Yup.

I did a read through the TOS and I don't see anything in there about not being able to publicly boycott people by name in SL. I think it is fair game.

That's not the case. The forums have different rules than the grid.

Exactly. I couldnt start threads (and them be allowed to stay unlocked) with an Impeach Bush image in most of the forums, but I could do it in game.

There was an anti-prokofy group out there for a while that was disbanded. So there's precedent.

Not that that matters much anymore.

Biff Pendragon has perpetrated great evil within Second Life. He should be opposed in every possible way.

I've formed an open enrollment group to facilitate this. Please join BAN BIFF PENDRAGON at your first opportunity.

I deposited 1000 L$ into the group so it will be divided between group members.

There is an anti-Bush Guy group out there as well.

Names should not be spoken aloud in SL (or written aloud, as the case may be). To voice an AVs name is a slight of the highest order, no matter the reason for said utterance.

Well by reading the description of this group, it doesn't appear to be a joke. If an anti-Prokofy group was indeed disbanded by the Lindens I hope an anti-Cristiano group isn't given special treatment.

If everyone boycotts Cristiano Midnight, that just means there's more for me. Suckers.

Hey if some group starts a boycott agaisnt you in second life, then you know you're doing something right.

The rest of us can only aspire.

Really? I hadn't heard that. Was there an incident or incidents leading up to the LL action beyond the simple fact of the group existing?

I think at least anyone who runs a business in SL should be fair game for organized action and opinion, and I'd prefer if anyone could be criticized in such a manner. For instance, if someone wants to slag me because of my freebie television, more power to 'em.

Obviously, there should be limits...libel, slander, stalking, obscenity, etc. But people should have the right to their opinions, and to organize based on those opinions.

God I hate Ingrid. Who's with me?!?!

Right on. I have dreams and aspirations. If I keep working, I know that someday I will be universally reviled.

No no, it's much worse than that -- using an av's name is an infringement of their intellectual property rights! L$10 should be deducted from your account whenever you use somebody's name, anywhere, even if spoken in RL! The Lab should coordinate a revenue sharing agreement with the NSA so they can levy this tax on all telephone conversations...

I have read the charter, it doesn't seem like a joke, but i wouldn't worry to much about it either. The founder just doesn't agree with a opinion Cristiano has.

I agree with all of this (except hating Ingrid. I want to marry that woman!)

My only fear is if some people get a pass on diciplinary matters (for whatever reason.) Assuming Lordfly is correct, disbanding opposing groups of one person while permitting them against another is the kind of favoritism that doesn't tend to fly with SL users. It would be as bad as Kenny Linden trying to help the person he should be kicking.

That sort of policy would make conversations about things other than the weather challenging.

I am so tired of people saying we can't name people here. We can!

Starax Statosky! Eggy Lippman! Olympia Rebus! Ulrika Zugzwang! MaliciousVirus Hartunian!

Cover Page! Dork Dangle! dumb Grasshopper! Stupid Magpie!

See? I just named some names.

Why, we even have a special sub forum for naming names, the Notices and Well Wishes forum.

Just look there and you find thread after thread after thread with name after name after name in it. Happy Birthday Starax, Happy RL Birthday Olympia Rebus, why you could put one there that said Happy Birthday Stupid or Merry Christmas you dumb Grasshopper and there would not be any cause for complaint.

Boycotting a person's group is a legitimate form of activity, urging people to not join a group is within the bounds of the rules.

The General forum here is for discussion of matters involving Second Life in general that don't fit in the special purpose forums, Design, Building, Scripting Tips, Animation, Land and Economy, Second Life Political Science, Scripting Library, etc.

The Community Standards states "The goals of the Community Standards are simple: treat each other with respect and without harassment..."

Just keep that one part of the rules in mind and do a good job of abiding by it and you won't have any problem staying out of trouble or running afoul of the forum moderator or the abuse staff.

The Forum Guidelines states: "Linden Lab provides these forums in the belief that promoting discourse and the sharing of ideas leads to a stronger, better informed community."

Make comments directed towards producing a stronger, better informed community instead of engaging in armchair psychoanalysis of those you disagree with, or acting as if this was the Usenet alt.flame newsgroup where you get points for being rude and hateful, or using this a a platform to promote your real world political and economic views in a place intended for discussion of a software and networking product, or carrying out prolonged attacks on specific individuals, and you won't ever have any trouble with forum disciplinary actions.