Really wish you did'nt post the link since the last thing we need is a certain someone inciting harrassment.
That letter is very bad. The person is being an extremist.
So, if someone kills someone else and you call him a killer, are you being an extremist for simply naming the subject after the verb he has commited?
The problem, actually lies in IMVU's previous actions. It's target audience is younger teens, and they host a more adult section for adults.
When parents found out about this, there was an uproar. IMVU was then forced to create a very strict verification system which includes:
Picture ID.
Social Security #
Cash payment ($20)
Compare that to FA's verification policy? An honor system that merely asks a person not to lie about their birthday?... And we have far more explicit adult content then IMVU will ever allow.
When parents find out about FA, well, they say history repeats itself.
Social Security #? First of all that is an invasion of privacy and a call to identity theft...
Second, Does that mean a Canadian, German or aussie can't join the site because only the us has such numbers? Or is it just americans dumb enough to fall for such schemes? Not even SL asks for a SS# What is next? What is your blood type?
That is not even remotely comparable.
The letter is full of opinion and speculation.
Nope. By applying what we know of bussiness, it is easy to predict that Imvu plans to do nothing but squeeze money from us.
Now, I can say "if you touch that pile of burning wood chunks you might get hurt" and you can say "That is your opinion and it's just a speculation because you just don't know what will happen with that PARTICULAR fire over there" and I will say "yeah but I have knowledge that fire burns" and you will say "nooo nooo noooo you are just speculating".
because I don't have to pay 20 dollars to sign a job application.You have to put your SSN on job applications too, why aren't you up in arms over that?
Also, there are ways for non-US citizens to get age verified, I do not know them but I know it's an option.
Um actually yeah you can, IMVU is a major corporation, and corporations exist to make the most amount of money by any means nesccary. Whatever they are going to do they are going to do it ruthlessly and they will ban, block, and sue whoever gets in their way of reaching into our pockets and taking as much as they canThat's not a good comparison, you pretty much know that fire burns. That's an undisputed fact.
Now, what IMVU does is pure speculation. You can guess given their history and other factors, but you cannot say you know what they're going to do!
because I don't have to pay 20 dollars to sign a job application.
Um actually yeah you can, IMVU is a major corporation, and corporations exist to make the most amount of money by any means nesccary. Whatever they are going to do they are going to do it ruthlessly and they will ban, block, and sue whoever gets in their way of reaching into our pockets and taking as much as they can
I hate to frustrate your hopes, I really do, but as long as the tragedy, the drama that's Piche selling out the community isn't resolved this thread still got mileage.this thread was practically dead
let's revive it with some schmo's letter!
If you post screenshots of games, expect to have these kinds of problems. These submissions are a lot less original than a commission you got, or something you drew on your own.
That's not a good comparison, you pretty much know that fire burns. That's an undisputed fact.
Now, what IMVU does is pure speculation. You can guess given their history and other factors, but you cannot say you know what they're going to do!
But that is not the point, the point was "omg its unsafe!" but it's not. How is me proving my identity to IMVU any different than me proving my identity to any other company? It is also still a choice you make whether or not you want to do it. If you think it is a risk, don't do it.
Also, that is still assumptions and speculation. You do not work for IMVU, you do not own IMVU, so you do not know how IMVU will handle things. I have used IMVU for a long time and have not seen them act the way you claim they do.
Yes, they are for profit. But that does not make them some heartless machine that will just steamrolls people to squeeze money out of them.
But that is not the point, the point was "omg its unsafe!" but it's not. How is me proving my identity to IMVU any different than me proving my identity to any other company? It is also still a choice you make whether or not you want to do it. If you think it is a risk, don't do it.
Also, that is still assumptions and speculation. You do not work for IMVU, you do not own IMVU, so you do not know how IMVU will handle things. I have used IMVU for a long time and have not seen them act the way you claim they do.
Yes, they are for profit. But that does not make them some heartless machine that will just steamrolls people to squeeze money out of them.
Debating over IMVU’s intentions really is speculation. I do not know, nor can I prove that IMVU did not do this out of the goodness of their hearts. I find the odds staggeringly against this possibility, but what I believe and what I know are two different things. That said, I believe it profoundly unlikely that IMVU does not intend to turn a profit on this acquisition. I don’t know how or over what period of time; all that I can do at this point is wait to see how things pan out.
Great, another gravity denier.
Last but not least, a note on privacy. Fawk, even if you trust IMVU not to do anything nefarious with your personal information, you still have to contend with the fact that sharing such details can only increase your risk. I still get the feeling that due diligence wasn’t done on this deal, and if a company cannot be bothered to do what is financially prudent for its own good then I can probably assume their security isn’t exactly top notch. Obviously whether or not you deem the tradeoff of disclosure worthwhile is a personal decision, but IMVU (and Sony, and Facebook, and Google..) cannot leak information that they do not have. Just a thought, anyway.