Comments on: Do you wish more people paid attention to your contact info?

By: Torley

Torley — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:36:06 +0000

@Alexandra: The "What Lindens do what" idea has been shared a few times but aside from executive management and some like me, it's been difficult to get a bio from everyone AND keep it updated. There are *so* many moving parts. We do have an internal employee directory and I wish changes to a safe-for-public field in that would get pushed out to the website so EVERYONE can see without undue overhead. I'm actually curious to see if any other companies around LL's size are doing something like this successfully.

@Timeless: Well-said!

@Rosie: I think it says a lot about people who skip over my text! I generally get better communication from those who've read it, and I do my best to read theirs in kind — e.g., creators who prefer notecards over IMs, I'll do that! Thanks for sharing how you do it, that reinforces my point. And NO ONE is above being courteous, that's rude.

@Taryn: I'm going to see that soon, you know how much I luv synchronicity. You're… so welcome!

@MincedMedia: I appreciate you sharing this, as sad as it is. Then, wording things clearly and carefully may serve as a sort of "human filter" to point out *who is* reading.

I love life's graceful shortcuts, but in cases where someone "cuts in line" and causes trouble for many more people, that's selfish. I prioritize dynamically.

I understand the "one-on-one attention" and that's why, despite me being one person, I like to share at Office Hours, take questions, do followup. Things tend to get very active in open chat at those so I can't attend to individual IMs even then, tho. I certainly felt special at the Apple Store's Genius Bar, and think it's wonderful.

By: The Grid Live » Second Life News for April 22, 2008

The Grid Live » Second Life News for April 22, 2008 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:24:22 +0000

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By: MincedMedia Clip

MincedMedia Clip — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:54:36 +0000

@ torley
(1) I'm a professional writer who spends a lot of time making sure all the right words are in place. Sadly, I haven't found the right combination of ways to word my profile, either. No one reads anymore, unless it's in an IM or txt msg. Just ask a teenager.
(2) People like to "cut in line." Just watch how a movie line gets wider rather than shorter, especially when you've been patiently waiting hours in place. Adults, kids, no matter the age.
(3) You do an excellent job of creating video tutorials which provide great self-help content – but some people just want one-on-one attention. They may be thinking, "When in doubt, always contact anyone you can for support."

@ economic mip
Automatically accepting notecards, landmarks, textures is a non-issue. You can always weed out what you don't want. I automatically accept friend requests, even if I don't know the person. I declined a friend request one time and was treated to a barrage of chat text obscenities. It's not uncommon for me to TP somewhere and in seconds see friend requests before anyone has chatted with me. It's better to just take it all in, and sort it out later. Someone who hasn't established a relationship with me will soon "fall off" my friends list, because it doesn't make sense to allow tons of people access to interrupt my in-world time with random TO offers. TP requests w/o prior IMs? It's spam like any other.

@ Dimitrio Lewis
"My online status is displayed above…" – I might try that.

By: The Grid Live » Second Life Events for April 22, 2008

The Grid Live » Second Life Events for April 22, 2008 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:24:47 +0000

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