Disturbing the Peace!

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Does this look familiar? How about 40 rounds of "Miya Hee, Miya Ho"? 32 spam rounds of "Crab No Pinch"? Or the tiny little penguins that follow you around wherever you go? Part of the joy of Second Life is its infinite variety. Part of the irritation is the noise spam and other irritations that seem to go on and on and on!

According to Wikipedia, Disturbing the Peace is a misdemeanor crime generally defined as the unsettling of proper order in a public space through one's actions. In Second Life it’s a bit different. We define disturbing the peace as follows: Every Resident has a right to live their Second Life. Disrupting scheduled events, repeated transmission of undesired advertising content, the use of repetitive sounds, following or self-spawning items, or other objects that intentionally slow server performance or inhibit another Resident's ability to enjoy Second Life are examples of Disturbing the Peace. Seems pretty easy, doesn't it? There are a few categories we break Disturbing the Peace into that might help you understand where you or other folks may be crossing the line.

One of the biggest irritants is annoying ad content such as repeatedly transmitting undesired advertising content, whether by IM, chat, notecard, or email to another Resident. Everyone is going to drop an unwanted note card sometimes. The important concept here is repeatedly.

Parcel encroachment can be a big one. You may not extend or overhang objects onto Linden land or the parcels of other Residents without permission. If you must have your giant purple rhinoceros on your 512 parcel, make sure her horn isn't protruding into your neighbor's living room.

If you are guilty of repetitive spam, repeatedly and persistently transmitting undesired content, whether by IM, chat, notecard, object or texture drop, or email to another Resident, you might also find yourself in hot water. The use of spam in communicating with others is pretty much never a great idea. There are proper venues for advertising your latest adventures into texture-land or the biggest and bestest store you ever built, use them!

Land can also be used as a means to restrict the freedoms or movement of another Resident. It is not cool to build huge walls that cover more than 75% of your neighbor's boundaries (if you happen to border them all the way around for instance).

The use of scripted objects for following or self-spawning items, or other scripted objects that intentionally slow server performance or inhibit other Resident's ability to enjoy Second Life can be another form of disruption. You may love your butterfly fountain the spawns 1,000 floating rose petals a second, but your neighbor may not. Also, excessive use of slime drones is never a good thing. Besides, they are so 2003!

So really, the lesson here is the lesson for all our six Community Standards. Be a good neighbor... and keep your rhino to yourself.