Hi.<\/p>\n
My account name is Imnotgoing Sideways. \u00a0My friends refer to me as Immy. \u00a0I am nearing my 4th year in Second Life. \u00a0I rarely miss a day. \u00a0I have logged in from my home and my office in California. \u00a0I have logged in from Japan, Korea, Viet Nam, Australia, Taiwan, and China. \u00a0I have 2 premium accounts. \u00a0I own an estate sim with a homestead on the side and around 1\/6th of a sim in various mainland parcels scattered about. \u00a0I was a Second Life Mentor. \u00a0I am a New Citizens Inc. volunteer. \u00a0I build, script, play, dance, chat, help, advise, organize, buy, sell, and entertain.<\/p>\n
One might conclude that I find Second Life rather interesting.<\/p>\n
I have been a member of many groups. \u00a0The most prominent being Second Life Mentors, New Citizens Inc., Builder’s Brewery, Mental Mentors, and the now terminated Woodbury University.<\/p>\n
I have many alternate accounts. \u00a0Around 20, last I checked. \u00a0Not any one of my accounts has a valid suspension or termination on record.<\/p>\n
I am not free from controversy. \u00a0My sense of humor doesn’t recognize common social taboo. \u00a0I am quite outspoken in respect to provocative subjects involving virtual worlds, the real world, and the internet in general. \u00a0As such, I have had my fair share of online ‘battles’.<\/p>\n
Now that you know more about me than you probably wanted to know, I would like to address an issue regarding a specific group of individuals. \u00a0Namely, the Justice League Unlimited.<\/p>\n
I have long been vocal against their actions and practices. \u00a0They have spent much of their time in SL overstepping their bounds as customers of Linden Lab. \u00a0While on the surface they appear to be comic book super heroes in costume, they are little more than the minor internet personalities as anyone else you would meet in Second Life. \u00a0Their aspirations do not match.<\/p>\n
Initially, my perception of the group was that of governance abusers. \u00a0In discovering a situation they deem inappropriate, they would crowd source Abuse Reports in order to force the hand of the governance team Lindens to strike. \u00a0When they can’t find a specific TOS violation to report, they pick from the “easy” ones in order to get a response on their target. \u00a0Most typically being ‘underage’ and ‘sexual ageplay’.<\/p>\n
So, already they have created an environment in which they are empowered to have nearly anyone in Second Life suspended and\/or terminated for any reason or no reason at all.<\/p>\n
More recently, there have been incidences of ‘hacker’ activities which reveal the inside operations of this group. \u00a0An inside that they’d prefer nobody ever find. \u00a0They have amassed a database and wiki of information about Second Life residents. \u00a0Connections to real life information, alternate accounts, and inworld activities are all logged in a fashion which represents their targets in a negative light. \u00a0My own avatar account is included in this wiki and has been for a while.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/Darkly-Cute.com\/images\/So – what is a griefer.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/Darkly-Cute.com\/images\/ImmyJLUWTF.png<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, in spite of my lack of abuses, reputation as a helper and volunteer, and overall contribution to Second Life; I am a “Griefer”.<\/p>\n But, this is not about name calling. \u00a0This is about how they react to my\u00a0presence\u00a0inworld. \u00a0Moreso, how they react to many people inworld. \u00a0Because of this, many people are at risk of falling victim to their abuse of governance inworld. \u00a0I have observed people suspended and terminated for violations which are totally unrelated to their inworld activity. \u00a0I have friends who’s accounts remain terminated for reasons unknown or indecipherable violations. \u00a0I may be sounding paranoid, but, I am deeply concerned over if I’ll be next. \u00a0I have developed this concern over observations spanning years.<\/p>\n I’m well aware that the simple answer would be to report the JLU members for their actions and I have done so. \u00a0Many people have done so. \u00a0With all reports being landing upon deaf ears. \u00a0In addition, their own logs report social connections within employee ranks of Linden Lab which they leverage in order to influence a bias to their operations.<\/p>\n Former Lindens such as Plexus and Socrates have been documented as contacts they can use in addition to current Lindens on staff, namely Soft Linden being the most visible example. \u00a0The Justice League have been abusing this relationship to manipulate many incidences to lean in their favour. \u00a0In result, their chat logs contain many incidents of boasting, gloating, and posturing in regards to these inroads with Lab staff.<\/p>\n Linden Lab cannot continue to hide these facts in silence. \u00a0While the targets have been named ‘griefers’ the real griefers have established themselves a position of judge, jury, executioner, and untouchable. \u00a0While people are being suspended and terminated over false claims, the JLU have been able to boldly violate the TOS and CS without sanction.<\/p>\n This group and the people that make it up are mired with delusions of grandeur. \u00a0Some grandeur provided to them via inroads within Linden Lab support staff. \u00a0They have been caught, over and over, in acts of stalking, logging, lying, identity theft, and conflict of interest violations. \u00a0They have labeled decent Second Life customers as criminals. \u00a0They have targeted harmless Second Life customers as griefers. \u00a0They have purposely falsified information while targeting whistle-blowers and dissenters.<\/p>\n They have established an environment in Second Life in which customers, once aware of them, will often decide to financially back out of the grid.<\/p>\n Your customers are screaming.<\/p>\n What may have started as a popularity contest is now a lifestyle affecting war of words.<\/p>\n I was there at your keynote speech at SLCC. \u00a0I heard you speak of retention and dealing with griefers. \u00a0I was the one who hounded you to get a forum avatar up at the SLU forums. \u00a0I heard the mantra of the audience, saying “He really gets it”. \u00a0I believe you get it. \u00a0As a paying customer, I boldly request you get with it.<\/p>\n I am Imnotgoing Sideways<\/p>\n I love Second Life<\/p>\n I enjoy Second Life<\/p>\n I contribute to Second Life<\/p>\n Please, don’t let these thugs manipulate Second Life.<\/p>\n Thank you.<\/p>\n Immy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi. My account name is Imnotgoing Sideways. \u00a0My friends refer to me as Immy. \u00a0I am nearing my 4th year in Second Life. \u00a0I rarely miss a day. \u00a0I have logged in from my home and my office in California. … Continue reading