Second Life Forums Archive - Phone weasel: A strange thing for the Lindens to investigate?

Annabelle Vandeverre

Heading back to Real Life

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Posts: 609

03-21-2007 16:31

Hot off the Police Blotter: http://secure-web4.secondlife.com/community/blotter.php

Okay, I abuse report porn that might involve RL underage people and get nothing back, but this warrants a warning:

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Violation: Second Life: Respect, Pets
Region: —
Description: for saying "phone weasel"
Action taken: Warning issued.

Or is someone hacking the SL webpages?

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Rockwell Ginsberg

Boss

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Posts: 560

03-21-2007 16:33

How dare you say that??

Uvas Umarov

Phone Weasel Advocate

Join date: 8 Feb 2007

Posts: 622

03-21-2007 16:34

It appears the the lindens take the use of phone weasel very seriously.

Doh! Now I'm gonna get a warning!

Annabelle Vandeverre

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Posts: 609

03-21-2007 16:35

From: Rockwell Ginsberg

How dare you say that??

Hey, I wasn't the one that said it! I was merely checking the police blotter to see if they ever investigate anyone's complaints! I guess I'm not saying the right things in my abuse reports if they come down like the hammer of God for saying "phone weasel".

Whoops, I guess I've said it twice now - no 3 times - just reporting it. I better watch my back!

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Markubis Brentano

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03-21-2007 16:40

LOL

It reminds me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Colette Meiji

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03-21-2007 16:44

Its easy for them to punish the phone weasels. Phone weasels are notioriously non-confrontational and never call to complain or post on the forums. A Phone weasel has never once in recorded history called Fox news.

Maja Koenig

Registered User

Join date: 21 Jan 2007

Posts: 41

03-21-2007 16:56

Phone weasel! I am not saying it but wishing to know what it means? Oh I said it but I didnt mean it.

Ravanne Sullivan

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Posts: 674

03-21-2007 17:14

Is a phone weasel in anyway related to a Garden Weasel?

http://www.gardenweasel.com/

Inquiring minds want to know.

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Uvas Umarov

Phone Weasel Advocate

Join date: 8 Feb 2007

Posts: 622

03-21-2007 17:16

Well, thats it,

Phone weasel is now my official online derogatory term.

As in, " Look at that noob over there, he's acting like such a phone weasel."

FD Spark

Prim & Texture Doodler

Join date: 30 Oct 2006

Posts: 4,697

03-21-2007 17:42

Hmm seems sort of funny and it doesn't have region.
I always wonder why they enforce littering issues in some places but not in other places.
Does anyone know?

Wilhelm Neumann

Runs with Crayons

Join date: 20 Apr 2006

Posts: 2,204

03-21-2007 18:05

if the region is blank its because it happened on the website not in the game

eg: forums

Erin Talamasca

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Posts: 617

03-21-2007 18:11

Would it be like a phone monkey? (You know, the people who answer the phone when you ring up the gas or electricity company, or for an insurance quote)

Perhaps someone called someone in support a phone weasel and they took it to heart

I'd be happier to think they're just messing around, though. Sweeter that way.

Aminom Marvin

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Posts: 520

03-21-2007 18:17

Obviously an inside joke among Lindens

AJ DaSilva

woz ere

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Posts: 1,993

03-21-2007 18:25

Methinks a phone weasel is a telemarketer, if anyone cares.

Blimey, "methinks" is an actual word (spell-check didn't flag it).

Usagi Musashi

UM ™®

Join date: 24 Oct 2004

Posts: 6,083

03-21-2007 19:04

This is a joke right? what the heck is a Phone Weasle? telemarker????? I am sorry but some of lower then linden level poo ons don`t have any understanding what this is.......

Gaybot Foxley

Input Collector

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Posts: 584

03-21-2007 19:38

Ann Launay

Neko-licious™

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Posts: 7,893

03-21-2007 21:18

Trouser weasels are better.

Phineas Flanagan

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Posts: 65

03-21-2007 22:33

I was just about to come to the forum and ask why the heck saying 'phone weasel' will get you a warning...guess I'm not the only one! hehe. I saw this entry and had to scratch my head. Is this some vague TOS item that isn't covered by "verbal harrassment" and is its own special category? Did the person simply utter the words, not directed at anyone, and was warned? LOL. Inquiring minds want to know!
Oh I know...maybe it's a disparaging term for people who leave the "banana phone" in sandboxes.

Winter Ventura

Eclectic Randomness

Join date: 18 Jul 2006

Posts: 2,579

03-22-2007 01:15

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Violation: Second Life: Respect, Pets
Region: —
Description: for saying "phone weasel"
Action taken: Warning issued.

SO.. someone disrespected someone's pet??? Or was their pet disrespectful?

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Usagi Musashi

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03-22-2007 01:24

What is this term? I am not a western person and have no idea.........

Broccoli Curry

I am my alt's alt's alt.

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03-22-2007 01:54

I seem to remember a while ago a similar 'comical' entry regarding the abuse of hedgehogs on the police blotter, put on as a joke by a bored Linden.

http://drownophelia.blogspot.com/2006/07/is-this-real-point-of-police-blotter.html

Who, I think, ended up suffering disciplinary action for doing so.

Broccoli

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Winter Ventura

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03-22-2007 03:44

I think that's entirely likely. it's the only action for March 21.. and it is in that ambiguous "respect, pets" category.

I'd suggest that there was a meeting at Linden Labs, and someone referred to the people manning the phones as "phone weasels"... to which someone mockingly threatened to issue a warning.

Of course, it's all made up in my head.. but I can see that linden going so far as to enter the warning into the Police Blotter as an injoke.. the Blotter's enough of a joke already.

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Strife Onizuka

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03-22-2007 03:52

Maybe it is to see if people read the police blotter.

Maybe someone called tech support and was like "I've had it up to here with you ..."

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- Cyril Connolly

Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence.
- James Nachtwey

Malachi Petunia

Gentle Miscreant

Join date: 21 Sep 2003

Posts: 3,414

03-22-2007 04:43

Many moons ago, I received a forum and game suspension for having made forum reference to the "billing squirrel" which was poorly stolen from a P.J. O'Rourke essay which used the metaphor "two children and a squirrel" as being the total staff of the Federal Savings and Loan Oversight Board.

The reason was "abusive toward the staff" which I found sort of amusing as I was totally unaware that there were any squirrels on the staff. Apparently, they take small carnivores pretty seriously. Don't even get me started on hippopotamuses...

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bilbo99 Emu

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Join date: 27 Oct 2006

Posts: 3,468

03-22-2007 04:52

From: Malachi Petunia

Don't even get me started on hippopotamuses...

Shhh Malachi .... the Lindens have a 'thing' about them .. be very, very careful!!

Phone weasel: A strange thing for the Lindens to investigate?
Annabelle Vandeverre Heading back to Real Life Join date: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 609	03-21-2007 16:31 Hot off the Police Blotter: http://secure-web4.secondlife.com/community/blotter.php Okay, I abuse report porn that might involve RL underage people and get nothing back, but this warrants a warning: Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Violation: Second Life: Respect, Pets Region: — Description: for saying "phone weasel" Action taken: Warning issued. Or is someone hacking the SL webpages? _____________________ I am returning to my real life for personal reasons this summer. My store, $50 or less @ Annabelle's Garden and Home Decor, is now closed. Thank you to my customers for making my store successful in the short time I've been here. Get this before the bots do: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nefrax/153/156/40
Rockwell Ginsberg Boss Join date: 3 Oct 2006 Posts: 560	03-21-2007 16:33 How dare you say that??
Uvas Umarov Phone Weasel Advocate Join date: 8 Feb 2007 Posts: 622	03-21-2007 16:34 It appears the the lindens take the use of phone weasel very seriously. Doh! Now I'm gonna get a warning!
Annabelle Vandeverre Heading back to Real Life Join date: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 609	03-21-2007 16:35 From: Rockwell Ginsberg How dare you say that?? Hey, I wasn't the one that said it! I was merely checking the police blotter to see if they ever investigate anyone's complaints! I guess I'm not saying the right things in my abuse reports if they come down like the hammer of God for saying "phone weasel". Whoops, I guess I've said it twice now - no 3 times - just reporting it. I better watch my back! _____________________ I am returning to my real life for personal reasons this summer. My store, $50 or less @ Annabelle's Garden and Home Decor, is now closed. Thank you to my customers for making my store successful in the short time I've been here. Get this before the bots do: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nefrax/153/156/40
Markubis Brentano Hi...YAH!! Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 836	03-21-2007 16:40 LOL It reminds me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Colette Meiji Registered User Join date: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 15,556	03-21-2007 16:44 Its easy for them to punish the phone weasels. Phone weasels are notioriously non-confrontational and never call to complain or post on the forums. A Phone weasel has never once in recorded history called Fox news.
Maja Koenig Registered User Join date: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 41	03-21-2007 16:56 Phone weasel! I am not saying it but wishing to know what it means? Oh I said it but I didnt mean it.
Ravanne Sullivan Pole Dancer Extraordinair Join date: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 674	03-21-2007 17:14 Is a phone weasel in anyway related to a Garden Weasel? http://www.gardenweasel.com/ Inquiring minds want to know. _____________________ Ravanne's Dance Poles and Animations Available at my Superstore and Showroom on Insula de Somni http://slurl.com/secondlife/Insula de Somni/94/194/27/
Uvas Umarov Phone Weasel Advocate Join date: 8 Feb 2007 Posts: 622	03-21-2007 17:16 Well, thats it, Phone weasel is now my official online derogatory term. As in, " Look at that noob over there, he's acting like such a phone weasel."
FD Spark Prim & Texture Doodler Join date: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 4,697	03-21-2007 17:42 Hmm seems sort of funny and it doesn't have region. I always wonder why they enforce littering issues in some places but not in other places. Does anyone know?
Wilhelm Neumann Runs with Crayons Join date: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 2,204	03-21-2007 18:05 if the region is blank its because it happened on the website not in the game eg: forums
Erin Talamasca Registered User Join date: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 617	03-21-2007 18:11 Would it be like a phone monkey? (You know, the people who answer the phone when you ring up the gas or electricity company, or for an insurance quote) Perhaps someone called someone in support a phone weasel and they took it to heart I'd be happier to think they're just messing around, though. Sweeter that way.
Aminom Marvin Registered User Join date: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 520	03-21-2007 18:17 Obviously an inside joke among Lindens
AJ DaSilva woz ere Join date: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1,993	03-21-2007 18:25 Methinks a phone weasel is a telemarketer, if anyone cares. Blimey, "methinks" is an actual word (spell-check didn't flag it).
Usagi Musashi UM ™® Join date: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 6,083	03-21-2007 19:04 This is a joke right? what the heck is a Phone Weasle? telemarker????? I am sorry but some of lower then linden level poo ons don`t have any understanding what this is.......
Gaybot Foxley Input Collector Join date: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 584	03-21-2007 19:38
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ Join date: 8 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,893	03-21-2007 21:18 Trouser weasels are better.
Phineas Flanagan Registered User Join date: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 65	03-21-2007 22:33 I was just about to come to the forum and ask why the heck saying 'phone weasel' will get you a warning...guess I'm not the only one! hehe. I saw this entry and had to scratch my head. Is this some vague TOS item that isn't covered by "verbal harrassment" and is its own special category? Did the person simply utter the words, not directed at anyone, and was warned? LOL. Inquiring minds want to know! Oh I know...maybe it's a disparaging term for people who leave the "banana phone" in sandboxes.
Winter Ventura Eclectic Randomness Join date: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 2,579	03-22-2007 01:15 Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Violation: Second Life: Respect, Pets Region: — Description: for saying "phone weasel" Action taken: Warning issued. SO.. someone disrespected someone's pet??? Or was their pet disrespectful? _____________________ ● Inworld Store: http://slurl.eclectic-randomness.com ● Website: http://www.eclectic-randomness.com ● Twitter: @WinterVentura
Usagi Musashi UM ™® Join date: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 6,083	03-22-2007 01:24 What is this term? I am not a western person and have no idea.........
Broccoli Curry I am my alt's alt's alt. Join date: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1,660	03-22-2007 01:54 I seem to remember a while ago a similar 'comical' entry regarding the abuse of hedgehogs on the police blotter, put on as a joke by a bored Linden. http://drownophelia.blogspot.com/2006/07/is-this-real-point-of-police-blotter.html Who, I think, ended up suffering disciplinary action for doing so. Broccoli _____________________ ~ This space has been abandoned as I can no longer afford it.
Winter Ventura Eclectic Randomness Join date: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 2,579	03-22-2007 03:44 I think that's entirely likely. it's the only action for March 21.. and it is in that ambiguous "respect, pets" category. I'd suggest that there was a meeting at Linden Labs, and someone referred to the people manning the phones as "phone weasels"... to which someone mockingly threatened to issue a warning. Of course, it's all made up in my head.. but I can see that linden going so far as to enter the warning into the Police Blotter as an injoke.. the Blotter's enough of a joke already. _____________________ ● Inworld Store: http://slurl.eclectic-randomness.com ● Website: http://www.eclectic-randomness.com ● Twitter: @WinterVentura
Strife Onizuka Moonchild Join date: 3 Mar 2004 Posts: 5,887	03-22-2007 03:52 Maybe it is to see if people read the police blotter. Maybe someone called tech support and was like "I've had it up to here with you ..." _____________________ Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river. - Cyril Connolly Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence. - James Nachtwey
Malachi Petunia Gentle Miscreant Join date: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 3,414	03-22-2007 04:43 Many moons ago, I received a forum and game suspension for having made forum reference to the "billing squirrel" which was poorly stolen from a P.J. O'Rourke essay which used the metaphor "two children and a squirrel" as being the total staff of the Federal Savings and Loan Oversight Board. The reason was "abusive toward the staff" which I found sort of amusing as I was totally unaware that there were any squirrels on the staff. Apparently, they take small carnivores pretty seriously. Don't even get me started on hippopotamuses... _____________________
bilbo99 Emu Garrett's No.1 fan Join date: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 3,468	03-22-2007 04:52 From: Malachi Petunia Don't even get me started on hippopotamuses... Shhh Malachi .... the Lindens have a 'thing' about them .. be very, very careful!!

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