by Dianna Defiant, Guest Writer
Location: Our Virtual Advice Desk

Dear Di,

What is the polite way to deal with pesky visitors who drop by your virtual house, unannounced?  Some are strangers and some are friends.

Some of them, even ones I know, have NO manners and I want to orbit them.

Grumbling and,

Put Upon

Dear Put Upon,

I don’t like unexpected guests either! It’s not polite even in SL™. One good thing about SL - if you own your land, YOU can control who is allowed on it. You can only allow people you know and ban all others. You can also R click and eject/ban them. Now if you don’t own your land that’s another problem. Unfortunately in SL, if you aren’t around and have no device to boot people from your place, any one can come in. If you are there I would ask them what they want and see what they say. Usually asking them to leave works, or you can report them if they harass you. Now if your friends are “dropping in” they apparently LM’d your place. Tell them if they see you online to please “call” before dropping in. If they continue, I would find a reason to leave every time they came by unannounced - if they call, then have a visit - they will get the hint (I hope!)

And a note to the “drop in-ers” If you see a stranger while exploring - that is NOT an invite to drop in and have a chat. If you would like that - ALWAYS IM the person and ask first. If you show up at someone’s occupied house by mistake (via an old LM maybe), apologize and TP out fast. You would never walk into a house in RL and plop yourself on the sofa and start asking questions of the tenant - don’t do it in SL either…

PS - If you want some cool “booby traps” IM me in-world I’ll hook you up!

XXOO
Di

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