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Creating Volunteer Online Police in Virtual Worlds. “Because behind every Avatar there is a real person!”. ©2009 All Rights Reserved. Overview. Guidelines – Terms of service Crimes and enforcement tools Organization Training academy Implementation. Guidelines - Terms of Service.
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Creating Volunteer Online Police in Virtual Worlds “Because behind every Avatar there is a real person!” Jaque Davison Davison Associates (703) 644-7354 VR4YourPC@aol.com ©2009 All Rights Reserved
Overview • Guidelines – Terms of service • Crimes and enforcement tools • Organization • Training academy • Implementation
Guidelines - Terms of Service • Set by the owner • Shrink-wrap principle • Failing got follow is grounds to deny service • Too many users for the owner • Community talent • Real crimes require real police
Crimes • Flaming • Land disputes • Vandalism • Stalking • Content violation • Account theft • Password cracking • Social engineering • Credit card fraud *
Enforcement Tools • Muting • Suspension of rights • Ejection • Banning • Object deletion • Special Bots • Manifesting as an Avatar • Multiple location presence • Teleporting • Chat capability • Object copy and move functions • Chat and incident logging
Ejection Technique • The user name • The user's IP address • The date and the time • The world where the infraction occurred • A transcript of the offending text taken from a chat log • Change the subject • Use humor • Capture chat • Warn in whisper • Warn in bold • Eject • Report
Implementation • Step 1 Policy and procedures • Step 2 Initial operations • Involve the community • Recruit • Step 3 sustainment • Set up the academy • Record keeping • Special operations
The briefing is over… Thank you The White Paper “Creating Volunteer Online Police in Virtual Worlds” is available on request from: VR4YourPC@aol.com