Comments on: Trusting people in virtual environments http://mrtopf.de/blog/second-life/trusting-people-in-virtual-environments/ Geschreibsel von Christian Scholz Wed, 23 May 2012 22:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christian Scholz http://mrtopf.de/blog/second-life/trusting-people-in-virtual-environments/#comment-369 Christian Scholz Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:45:25 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/vlog/trusting-people-in-virtual-environments/#comment-369 I actually would be interested in use cases. In which cases do you look at e.g. financial information? I actually would be interested in use cases. In which cases do you look at e.g. financial information?

]]> By: Ciaran Laval http://mrtopf.de/blog/second-life/trusting-people-in-virtual-environments/#comment-368 Ciaran Laval Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:17:39 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/vlog/trusting-people-in-virtual-environments/#comment-368 Well unfortunately I don't trust this system at all. I verified a while back but I'd trust someone with payment info used status far more than I'd trust someone with verified status because verification does not send a letter out to the name and address of the person whose details were submitted. Payment info used creates a record on your credit card bill. This will not enhance trust and I wish LL would stop banging that drum because it is patently misleading. In terms of gaining trust, I believe it's a matter of the size of the transaction. In SL you're not going to worry too much about a L$200 purchase, however you might worry about a L$200,000 purchase. The same goes for ebay, a ten quid DVD I'll risk it, a £1,000 purchase? I'm more likely to hit the high street. Maybe SL needs more people to setup RL companies with RL contact details, at least then you feel it's genuine but when it comes to sectors like banking, only an RL bank would give me that level of trust required to sink any sizeable sums of money into it, because they'd be tied by RL codes of practice. Well unfortunately I don't trust this system at all. I verified a while back but I'd trust someone with payment info used status far more than I'd trust someone with verified status because verification does not send a letter out to the name and address of the person whose details were submitted. Payment info used creates a record on your credit card bill.

This will not enhance trust and I wish LL would stop banging that drum because it is patently misleading.

In terms of gaining trust, I believe it's a matter of the size of the transaction. In SL you're not going to worry too much about a L$200 purchase, however you might worry about a L$200,000 purchase. The same goes for ebay, a ten quid DVD I'll risk it, a £1,000 purchase? I'm more likely to hit the high street.

Maybe SL needs more people to setup RL companies with RL contact details, at least then you feel it's genuine but when it comes to sectors like banking, only an RL bank would give me that level of trust required to sink any sizeable sums of money into it, because they'd be tied by RL codes of practice.

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