Re: [OpenVerse] [Fwd: Fwd: Communities.com Announcement]

[Sketch <sketch@openverse.org>]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Andy Goth wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 06:02:06PM -0700, Steve Baker wrote:
> > 
> > Secure Identities – Rest assured the person you’re talking to is who you
> > think it is!
> 
> Like anyone would want to pose as one of us losers...
> This is only good for chess. :^)

I can see it having potential uses.  I think it would be a good _optional_
feature for OV servers.

> > Object Economies – It’s not just props anymore!  It’s accessories,
> > badges, trading cards and more!
> > Secure Trading – Trade objects using our secure trading mechanism.
> 
> Does this mean you have to pay for objects?  Why can't you just do like
> Jack and log your helper dude in free of charge?

If registration is free, then it won't be hard to create lots of new
"secure" identities.  My guess is you will have to pay a small fee for
access.  That would also explain why there will be no personal servers.

> I've had an idea for this, but it would only work as a server plugin,
> and those won't exist until I get my life back together long enough to
> finish my server modifications.  Sketch??  Did you play with what I
> sent you?  What do you think?

I looked at the code.  Did you mean I was actually supposed to run it?  ;) 

> > Instant Messaging – Send messages to your friends across worlds!
> 
> This goes along with the "Buddy List" idea I had, like, a century ago.

We've talked about this in the past.  OV is designed so that if you want
to "hide", you can.  If someone wanted to write some sort of plugin that
gave you buddy-list type features, they could.  It might be better to base
it off of an existing IM standard, like OpenICU or whatever that new IM
standard is called... either way, it should be entirely client-based.  
Putting it into an OV server doesn't make much sense, or you wouldn't be
able to find people across servers.  The client plugin can just tell a
central IM server of some sort what OV server it is located at.

> > Discussion Boards – Easy to use, integrated discussion boards with
> > secure identities!
> 
> Mmm... I'll think about it.

They have discussion boards, we have mailing lists.  :)

If someone was ambitious they could write a discussion board server
object.  With the user notes feature, the client probably already has
everything necessary to support something like that.

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