Topic

Etiquette question

Would it be bad form to put an url in a note?

Posted 15 months ago by Ooloi Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Nope! Don Draper does it all the time for his auctions!
    Posted 15 months ago by Ygramul Subscriber! | Permalink
  • a url to where?
    Posted 15 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Having a URL or not isn't a problem, the general content of the note is.  I'd be annoyed if it were something "spammy," like trying to advertise a website that is commercial and otherwise nothing to do with Glitch.  If you are sharing info about a fun or interesting location or activity in Glitch, or just something you like, like a funny video or website, I don't think that's a problem.
    Posted 15 months ago by KhaKhonsu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If it's a way to drive traffic to your blog, or your online shop, or the charity you're raising funds for, or similar sites then I'd say it doesn't belong on a note in Glitch. 

    My question would be "who is your audience, and why would every single player who walks down that street need to know that information"?  You may find that posting in a group would give you more direct access to the folks who need to know the information you're sharing.
    Posted 15 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To me context is the key. Do you have an example of the kind of url you have in mind?

    I am curious to hear staff weigh in on this. I know some games forbid the posting of urls in chat and some spend a fair amount of time ineffectually policing such posts. In-game Notes are a different creature. Interested to see what happens with that.

    Personally I don't want to see anything in-game that pulls me to something non-Glitch related.

    Also, according to the TOS:

    Commercial Use and Unauthorized Access: You agree not to:

    *provide a link to any web sites that promote any product or any service
    Posted 15 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I never thought of doing this before, get ready for links to all the best youtube videos
    Posted 15 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just to be safe, I'd like to say that yes, it would be bad form. Beyond pure spam, I don't think we want to read notes only to find more youtube videos. We have an off-topic forum for that. I guess that when I find a note like that I'll be inclined to pick it up and get rid of it.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ximenez Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wonder what donation value one would have. Guess it would depend on how good the video is lol
    Posted 15 months ago by TimeLord Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When I find notes which I consider objectionable, I pick them up and sell them to the nearest vendor.  I think they're worth 2 currants each. 
    Posted 15 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh, you can sell them? i always donate them at a shrine.
    Posted 15 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I sell them to the vendor too, glum pudding. So everyone go ahead and keep leaving your notes around and i'll gain a few currants here and there.
    Posted 15 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks everyone! I was thinking of both Glitch & non-Glitch urls--I have an addiction to combining things I love, and was thinking of ways to do that with Glitch and poetry (e.g. I dropped a couple notes with little poems on them during the last test--hopefully not a faux pas itself). Anyway, this helps--I'll stick to Glitch-related urls, if any.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ooloi Subscriber! | Permalink
  •   Yeah I'm a pioneer in leaving urls in notes, sending people to my purple auctions. I would never leave urls to other sites or blogs though. Only glitch or don draper related stuff.
    Posted 15 months ago by Messy Monster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • there was once a gnome with a repeating URL to an outside website, placed on the ladder in a groddle forest housing quarter. you couldn't avoid it on the way to your home unless you used spinach since it was right on the ladder.

    staff removed that one when it was reported.
    Posted 15 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • While on the topic of note etiquette...could folks that leave notes please take the time to title their notes?  I find it most annoying to come upon those that are still just 'a note'.  Would rather they be labeled as to the content of the note (even if just generically) whether it is an event, a joke, a limerick, ghost sighting, etc.  Some are very good about titling their notes, others just leave them to the default, and I will sometimes ignore them if in a rush.
    Posted 15 months ago by Uniquely Prime Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would not trust any rule of etiquette that uses Don Draper as an example--he's a public menace, you know. ;)
    Posted 15 months ago by Arii Subscriber! | Permalink