In Second Life you have to be careful who you talk to, because many will tell you some really outrageous things about themselves. It is always best to take anything that you are told with a grain of salt. Until you are given reason to wonder, if what they are telling you is true or not because the implications of what they are saying can be serious.
Recently I had a conversation with another character in Second Life. This character told me that he uses Linden Labs staff members (Second Life is owned by Linden Labs an American company) to provide some kind of feedback on private information that is stored with Linden Labs on people’s accounts.
This was absurd. Here is a character telling me, he can gain private information on anyone with the help of Linden Lab Staff members. I decided to call this character out and find out if this was true or not. Below is our conversation and the outcome in regards to this:
[04:14] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): You think you are cautious about trusting people
[04:15] Hbomb Woodford: yes i am
[04:15] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): I’m probably twice what you are 🙂
[04:15] Hbomb Woodford: and the bad part is they might be totaly inocent
[04:15] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): ah No
[04:16] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Lies and fakes will always come out, it’s just a matter of time.
[04:16] Hbomb Woodford: yes i agree
[04:16] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): If they are master manipulators, that may take more time, but they do stumble and then you are left questioning who they are.
[04:17] Hbomb Woodford: i cheat now
[04:17] Hbomb Woodford: i ask a linden 🙂
[04:17] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): So keep those that you trust close and those that are questionable at a distance.
[04:18] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): That’s a good way to find out. But what if they don’t have any information?
[04:19] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): All those no payment info ones?
[04:19] Hbomb Woodford: i have two who are friends
[04:19] Hbomb Woodford: ie uncovered fraud with them
[04:19] Hbomb Woodford: they wont tell you much
[04:19] Hbomb Woodford: simple yes or no
[04:19] Hbomb Woodford: but wont let me mess up you know
[04:19] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): That’s helped you in the past?
[04:19] Hbomb Woodford: yes
[04:20] Hbomb Woodford: im very well known
[04:20] Hbomb Woodford: and was famous in rl for music production
[04:20] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Not that well known, I didn’t know you lol
He “asks a linden”, isn’t that some kind of privacy infringement?
I thought a lot about what he told me and I decided to call him out and get him to tell me if this was a lie or the truth. The conversation:
[2016/12/10 02:24] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): That is quite a severe breach of privacy thinking about you said.
[2016/12/10 02:25] Hbomb Woodford: i didnt say much
[2016/12/10 02:26] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Maybe I should let Linden labs decide that?
[2016/12/10 02:26] Hbomb Woodford: oh ok
[2016/12/10 02:31] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Would you like to tell me the truth, or should I submit it to Linden Labs?
[2016/12/10 02:31] Hbomb Woodford: do what ever you want
[2016/12/10 02:31] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): So you are a liar
[2016/12/10 02:31] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): So be it.
[2016/12/10 02:34] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): By the way what are the names of the Linden Lab employees that you know and use to breach people’s privacy?
[2016/12/10 02:34] Hbomb Woodford: i doubt id even tell you the time now
[2016/12/10 02:34] Hbomb Woodford: bye
I decided it was not worth doing anything about. If he didn’t want to admit if it was true or not, nothing I could do. I was going to ignore him and move on. But he had other plans.
Few hours later Mr Woodford passed me the following on a notecard:
i have no idea what ive done to you to deserve your betrayal of my confidence
i had a private conversation with you regardless
i have reported you for TOS disclosing a private conversation with KoreanPatric without my consent
If you think you can intimidate me you are wrong
I will also tell people how you value confidentiality without myself breaking any rules
Good luck !
regards
Hbomb woodford
Abuse: E:XXXXX P:1 |xxxxx| (xxxxxxxxx) [Disclosure > Real world information] { . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi)} “tos”
He reported me for abuse? Oh no…… All I did was ask him if what he said was true or not.
I would like to know, if he has these “linden friends”, why would he have to report me via the abuse report system? Why not go directly to his “linden friends” and have them kick me out and banned from Second Life? What was he reporting me for?
How would Mr Woodford know I if I had any conversations in regards to this? The person he mentioned in the notecard, told me he never had a conversation with Mr Woodford.
All this over Mr Woodford telling me he has access to private information via Linden Labs staff and me calling him out if it was true or not.
The good news, I wasn’t kicked out or banned.
But the sad thing is, “I will also tell people how you value confidentiality”
Some people are no longer friendly towards me and others are giving me a hard time.
[2016/12/19 03:19] Calle Balut: HI do u know where i can buy scrolls tntelect fokus
[2016/12/19 03:22] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Hello you can buy them from the shopping app
[2016/12/19 03:22] Calle Balut: where ???
[2016/12/19 03:22] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Search in items for Krafties scroll of Intellect or Focus or Fortitude
[2016/12/19 03:23] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Then click on it and go to the location and buy what you want.
[2016/12/19 03:23] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): The Shopping app in your Krafties Hud
[2016/12/19 03:27] Calle Balut: Crafties no shop is comming upp
[2016/12/19 03:29] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): I don’t understand? In the main menu of the hud there is an option for shopping. It is inbetween Guild and Voting directly under the Inventory button. Are you telling me your hud is unique and does not have a shopping option?
[2016/12/19 03:30] Calle Balut: I have a shopping but can not see scrolls
[2016/12/19 03:31] Calle Balut: it is energy tempel
[2016/12/19 03:32] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Hbomb Woodford told me he gave you your dragon is this correct?
[2016/12/19 03:33] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): I have it logged that he said he gave you the dragon.
[2016/12/19 03:33] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Is this correct or not?
[2016/12/19 03:35] . . ƵŏŏƧi . . (zoosi Resident): Thank you
(Mr Woodford confirming he knows Calle)
[2016/12/07 05:51] Hbomb Woodford: i have just one stalker here
[2016/12/07 05:51] Hbomb Woodford: an old man called calle 🙂
[2016/12/07 05:51] Hbomb Woodford: i made him a dragon
[2016/12/07 05:51] Hbomb Woodford: and he hassles me all the time for help
Who is Calle? Why would he not answer me when I questioned him about Mr Woodford?
Anyway, this kind of experience in SL can really make you wonder how people can say what they do and then how nasty they can be, if called out. It’s the game. To be played cautiously.
UPDATE:
6 Months later after I posted this entry, I log in to SL today to receive the following message:
[17:11] Hbomb Woodford: (Saved Sun Jun 04 07:44:17 2017)take me out of your wordpress blog please
After 6 months he asks me to take this down? I haven’t posted on my blog for months then today he sends a message to have it taken down?
What did he do, search his SL name in google or search my SL name in google?
He writes in his profile, he is ruthless. He is. He tried to have me kicked out of SL and ruin my SL.
He is lucky that I haven’t continued posting on my blog, as I would have exposed his male and female alternative accounts (yes….. female, he plays on female accounts).
He is just a character in a virtual reality game. A ruthless bully in SL nothing more.