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Blocking "Map" stalkers?
Cindy Claveau
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Join date: 16 May 2005
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06-11-2005 11:06
This is indirectly related to the invisibility discussion, but deserves a separate title I think.

If my friends want to join me, I'm always quick with a TP offer. I'm looking for a way to prevent certain other people from tracking me by hitting "Map" on my profile. This is a privacy issue, IMO, where I don't mind my friends having an easy way to find me but *some* people I'd just as soon avoid. As you immerse yourself in a diverse community like SL, this kind of thing can happen. It hasn't gone over the line to harrassment yet (and if it does I'll happily report it) but I'd just as soon avoid that scenario before it happens. It'd be a great aggravation-saver if I had an option to turn off mapping, or to be invisible on the Map.

Otherwise, do you know of a way to prevent this kind of 'map stalking' - or is it a feature suggestion already that just hasn't been implemented?
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Darkness Anubis
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Join date: 14 Jun 2004
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06-11-2005 11:19
As I understand it only people on your friends list can use the map fuction on your profile. for anyone else in SL that option is greyed out and not functional.
Cindy Claveau
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06-11-2005 12:00
From: Darkness Anubis
As I understand it only people on your friends list can use the map fuction on your profile. for anyone else in SL that option is greyed out and not functional.

Thanks, Darkness. I hadn't realized that -- very good to know!
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Torley Linden
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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06-11-2005 12:53
Yeah, Cindy, I didn't even know about the maptracker until over a month in -- so funny, it was placed in an unintuitive place for me I suppose (altho I admittedly can't think of a better location at the mo').
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Davoren Flytrap
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06-12-2005 09:36
Why do you use a different font? It's very distracting.
Baba Yamamoto
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06-12-2005 09:56
From: Davoren Flytrap
Why do you use a different font? It's very distracting.


It's Torley.... DUH! Hehe.. I am just too lazy to change mine or / I would use this one! I so love EEE the Georgia Font!

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog! 1234567890
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Torley Linden
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06-12-2005 11:13
From: Davoren Flytrap
Why do you use a different font? It's very distracting.


Hi Davoren! It's a good question. :)

I'm doing something a little different because I used "Verdana" for the bulk of my past posts, and as I enjoy diversity, I'm switching things up some. It was also brought to my attention that Verdana and Georgia are sort of flipsides of the same coin when it comes to web iconography, so to speak -- sans-serif and serif, I thought it rather yinyangy. Like this article here:

http://www.will-harris.com/verdana-georgia.htm

Also, another reason is because I use Georgia (and sometimes Verdana), on my blog. I'm trying to see what kind of stylistics I can employ, it's something I find appealing. Welcomingly, if you've been to WWW.TORLEY.COM and then contrasted that with my entries on WWW.SLBLOGGER.COM, you'll notice that I am using both.

Actually, wait, Baba said it better than me. Thanks Baba.

Hope this A's your Q! :D
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Baba Yamamoto
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06-12-2005 11:18
I would just like to commend you for your good taste in useing Georgia.. I've been using it for about 6 years now for most everything ;0

This thread has inspired me to put the effort into using it more in the forums as well ;0

Thank you Torley !!
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Torley Linden
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06-12-2005 11:22
Awww you're most graciously welcome, Baba. (On an aside, I like how your distinctive ;0 looks in Georgia.)
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Baba Yamamoto
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06-12-2005 11:24
Yes, that is one of the reasons I started using it.. It seemed very expressive in Georgia ;0 ... As a side note, I have to use Size 3 to get it to display as normal.
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