Personality Online

Dear Second Life Players,

I am conducting research on personality characteristics and online communities. If you are a female over 18 years of age, you may qualify to participate in this study. Participation entails filling out two personality questionnaires, answering questions about your Second Life use and avatar, and e-mailing pictures of your avatar to me. Participating in this study will take approximately 1 hour of your time. If you are interested in participating or would like to learn more, please copy the link below and paste it into your address bar.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/personalityonlinestudy

Thanks!
Ruth Grant

Bump - Recruitment for this study is ongoing. Please disregard if you have already read this message. Thank you.

Hey Monique,

We gets tons of request like yours. Don't take it personally if you don't get a warm reception.

errr you Bumped a thread because no one answered within 60 seconds of you posting it?

In case you haven't bothered to read, people around these parts don't tend to like surveys..

Bump... because sometimes, doesn't sixty seconds seem like an eternity?

the common thought is that 3 months in sl is 1 year in rl. so that would be 4 minutes.

...failed out of the gate. Here's your prize.

"Similarly, some of the first educators and researchers in SL were a bit clumsy in their approach. There were early incidents in which Residents felt—rightly—that they were being spied upon or treated like guinea pigs rather than human beings. Imagine how you would feel if an entire class of students set up right next to your vacation hideaway, left trash lying around, logged your conversations, and posted them on the Internet with criticism and mean-spirited comments. This is exactly what happened to some early Residents. Things have improved greatly in the years since then, but sometimes SL Residents are still subject to that kind of inconsiderate behavior. For example, a constant stream of researchers (often students) posts on the Second Life official forums requesting that Residents please take their surveys. Most of these surveys include the same questions that have been asked over and over. Often they aren't spell-checked, or refer to SL as a game—a sure way to irritate a substantial number of Residents. Some Residents make a hobby of critiquing these surveys, pointing out how the questions and their wording make it clear that the researcher isn't familiar with Second Life. Some post outright that they are sick of badly planned surveys and suggest that the researchers log in and do their own research."

From The Second Life Grid: The Official Guide to Communication, Collaboration, and Community Engagement
by Kimberly Rufer-Bach
ISBN-13: 9780470412916

That's like... FOUR eternities!

No wonder they bumped.

I will rise above the knee jerk reaction that I wanted to have. Sorry, Monique - I'm not sure that females over 18 years of age will be thrilled they qualify for your study. Not the real ones anyway. Nothing here is exactly as it seems. I am not really a beagle for instance.

(Oh - what have I just done? )

And in case Mari's post did not make it clear enough, Second Life is not necessarily a game - in fact I would say it is rarely a game. Why not come in world and let us show you around for a few weeks. Then you will better understand why we react the way we do.


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Hahahahahaha
That'll be, hmmmm, let's say 10,000 Lindens for my time. Just send it to me inworld and I'll take a look at your survey.

Edit: add another 5000 noob-penalty for referring to us as "players"

I wonder if there's a sociology professor somewhere that's actually, specifically assigning students to research Second Life and take surveys of participants.

Here's my suggestion for all these "students" doing "research" for some "university class". Join SL. Upgrade to premium or, at least, purchase $20 USD worth of Lindens. Rent or buy a small parcel of land. Learn to build or use your artistic abilities and create some textures or artwork. Maybe open a small shop or get some silly SL job. Go out and meet people, go to live music events, clubs, visit some of the in world self tutorial places. Wander around sims that have nature themed builds, some that have industrial themed, fantasy themed, futuristic themed, even grunge themed........get to know people. Chat with them, have fun with them. Get involve in SL.........become a real resident.

Not only will you get all the research material you need for your paper but you learn why we take such exception to your requests for surveys. Do a little work on your own instead of taking the easy way out by requesting *our* experiences to put in *your* paper". Not only will you actually learn more you will probably get a better grade.

That would be Professor Slothful McLazyarse, of the University of Cannotbebotheredtocheckoutwhatheassigns.

Whenever someone posts a survey, we send them notecards, lots and lots of notecards. Useful newbie info, but also anything you feel like cleaning out of your inventory. Let *them* sort it out.

Then we can tell them "log in and check your in basket"

Could you not be AR'd for that? "Solititation for Spam" ?

Note to everyone: This is the same survey that was posted here a couple weeks ago. It ends by insisting you send them a naked picture of your av, and that you do it in a way that conclusively ties it to your SL account.

The survey intro page gives specific info about the researcher and the university they work for. I checked their web pages and while I can't positively confirm that the person does NOT work there, I can tell you that they are not listed among the faculty of the department they supposedly work for.

I also looked for academic publications by the supposed researcher. While there is an author by the same name, they are in a totally different field and at a different insitution.

So in all likelihood this is fake. And worse than a market research scheme, it seems more likely to be a way to (a) get naked pics of hot female avs and (b) know who they are in SL so they can be harassed.

So, in short, this is a phishing scheme...........SL style.

Given that anybody can create naked avvie pics by the dozen, in all shapes, forms and poses, this is so pathetic that it's starting to be funny again.

ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!

Heyas Mari, I thought it was "here's your sign". (apologies to anyone that does not get the reference)

Females over 18? Send a photo?

*cough*

I thought this was a necropost until I saw the date.
Does that mean that people actually fell for this one the first time around?

I don't know, but I'm starting to think that maybe this scam isn't about getting pics of naked avatars, but about getting a list of people who are gullible and compliant---a list to sell.

Marketers pay huge bucks for such lists.