Comments on: New Breed of Bots Chats Up Second Life

By: Secondlifer

Secondlifer — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:29:30 +0000

This bot was spotted at a kid adoption agency sim when I was working there. I had actually made it leave on it’s own accord by saying the right thing, but frankly it’s annoying. Now there’s a camper bot I keep interfering with also at the same location. I beleive bots whole reason the world of camping has died, I can barley find places to go anymore that have them. Next they’ll be bots for Midnight Mania boards if their isn’t already.

By: thecarrotman

thecarrotman — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:04:52 +0000

bots are the cancer killing second life

By: Perv

Perv — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:13:34 +0000

the bot at the chickens sim is funny it dances in a chicken suit, talks to you and invites you to group its fun just the one bot, it seems to wander the whole sim.

These days I see many different sims now with ‘staff’ and ‘models’ avatars with profiles and groups but they’re online in the one spot every day i feel bad for the small businesses who cant compete

By: Senban Babii

Senban Babii — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:48:01 +0000

Just to bring the discussion back in line with the original article for a second, I showed the piece to a friend of mine. He pointed out that bots may at some point be used as a method of filling holes in population diversity. In effect, using bots to give the illusion of a diverse population. We may be a little way off from that yet but it’s an intriguing point.

It’s also worth wondering whether we’ll see NPC bots policing the grid much like Concord police the world of EVE Online. It seems that more and more cyberspaces are introducing “NPCs” so we can certainly speculate that they’ll arrive on the Second Life grid before too long.

By: LittleLostLinden

LittleLostLinden — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:11:17 +0000

Frankie, I just checked Fussy, it’s 2L per 13 Min.

I’ve also decided to add a Camping Rate column to the list and will fill it in so you can determine which sites have the best camping rates.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t_J-MGGwJhhLL8mNUo_9vyQ&output=html

By: LittleLostLinden

LittleLostLinden — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:41:41 +0000

The 3/15 camping sites I’m keeping all to myself.

If I remember correctly I think Fussy has good $L per min though.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t_J-MGGwJhhLL8mNUo_9vyQ&output=html

One thing is for certain, there is no shortage of camping sites. If you want to camp, you will be able to find more sites now than ever before, and this is AFTER the ban was implimented.

By: James

James — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:53:18 +0000

I love chatbots. They remind me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adolescence_of_P-1

By: Frankie Antonioni

Frankie Antonioni — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:13:50 +0000

Hey LittleLostLinden, do any of the places that you listed, as having camping pay 3/15, and have anti bot every 10 minutes? Most of the places I have seen pay 1/30, or 2/30.

There used to be a lot of places that payed 3/15, but there are very few now. One option that LL could do, is to put a code in the viewer.Only one avatar from the computer would count as traffic. All other avatars from the same computer wouldn’t count. People that own, or rent land would know which avatar would count, and which would not.

By: Senban Babii

Senban Babii — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:30:07 +0000

@Darien Caldwell

“There is an option on the account page of every Avatar to specify if the account is a bot or not.”

There is? Oh yes! It’s under Account>Scripted Agent Status. I’ve never noticed that before so I’ve learned something useful today, thanks

By: Darien Caldwell

Darien Caldwell — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:33:50 +0000

The whole traffic bot versus avatar model debate will be settled if LL ever follows through with their plan. There is an option on the account page of every Avatar to specify if the account is a bot or not. All LL has to do is this:

- Want to use avatar models? No problem. Set the account to bot status, and the traffic for that account won’t be counted. (Currently this *doesn’t* happen)

- Have bots on your land to game traffic? If they aren’t set to bot status, and are gaining traffic for your land, you’re in violation, and they are banned, no regrets, no excuses.

Of course, LL has made an art out of not doing the obvious. Sometimes I think it’s a fun little game they like to play, as surely no organization can be that obtuse for real, could it?