Hi, I cant give a name, neither an age, or location. But I can definitely explain about my perceptions, experiences and implications of IMVU. This post is as serious as it gets. Firstly I purposefully did not reply to the any IMVU topics so my post does not get lost, when someone who wants to really know how this 3-D experience works can take a thing or two to realise. 1. No there is no censorship in IMVU. 2, During my chats, under-age kids in Avatars were easily identified, within an adult setting. 3. Yes, sometimes there is a question of the sex of the person behind the avatar 4. The program is installed, and when you use it, be prepared to waste a lot of time as it is designed such a way to spend as much time possible. 5. The free Credits are given when you sign-up so you get a taste of purchasing something. Hence making you to purchase more 6. Abusive and dis-respectful languages were a common way of communicating. 7. Virtual Sex Chats were at the core of IMVU design. This is evident through the "Clothes", the "Sex poses and animations" and "Rooms" that come in variety to be purchased to enhance the virtual sex chat, also my expererience can confirm under-age persons involvements in these activities. 8. From a logical, marketing and natural perspective, IMVU is aimed at a young, school-aged students anyways. 9. Whilst paying through the Credit-Card facility IMVU cleverly saves the credit-card information that will link to the account for easy future purchases, so you dont have re-type the information for every purchase. (Note: Within online shopping research has constantly proved that more people discard the online shopping purchase at check-out. IMVU has found a way to escape this by saving the information for one-click easy future purchases) 10. The one serious of above is this: Many Avatars in IMVU are employed by IMVU and IMVU representatives. They are paid either in real money or via Credits. The job of these Avatars are to lure "guests" or new-comers into the the IMVU game. Their jobs are to ensure that they keep the newly joined members coming back, and if possible purchase Credits to purchase items. There is a peer-pressure system to do so and are specifically targeted. Such as: Someone will hire an Avatar to do work in exchange of Credits transfered to their account, and it passes-on, creating a new world system by creating a chain reaction. Avatars then are obliged to always log-on, and play the game, earn credits, until it becomes a habit, which it will potentially taking you away from the real-world. I ask now, for everyone to reflect and see how the game is controlling you, and how you are not you in-charge of it. It is designed and commissioned to do so. And why not? IMVU is a business in competition with other social networking sites. It wants to make more money, and charge for advertisements. The number of advertisements are also growing around IMVU. But the truth is more important to know than the numbers. Why do you think the posts that support IMVU are supporting? To my understanding they maybe loyal to it. But they are because they are making money of selling items in the shop, or they are simply employed to protect their Brand and write about the positives of IMVU. But lets not ignore the serious implications and un-realism of it, moreover, my kids if I have any, I would love for them to have a healthier, organised lifestyle that is REAL. I dont need anyone to start posting smart comments and questions posing back to me. Understand this: If I owned IMVU, its what I would do too, lure people, may be even more to grow in sales and numbers. And if they didnt post this, I will try to post it somewhere else. But thats another issue yet again. Good Luck.
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story?
May 11, 2012 4:13 AM
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I just want to know the real story about how DR.Rictoten,Tank,Nikolai,and Samantha also the element 115 has to do with zombies. mango pure cleanse
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sunnyali
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story
Dec 31, 2011 4:59 AM
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Oh im so sick of IMVU it is not funny. When there. Here's what you get. No you do not have a clue who your talking about. I can not count how many times ive been invited to the chat room. checked the tag the person inviting me to ** 18 year old female .. where ever. generally a new account. The first words out of my mouth is Hello, how may I help you. The first words out of there mouth is .. I do not want to have sex. * Generally, a little vlugar, but you get the idea. then I suggest they go to find their moms and broad room, I can stop them any more so contact can be made. I have the account set up so that if there is an adult you can not even greet me, let alone to see the hp. BUT! After yr still asks me to 15, 16, 17 years of age or older .. HOW? I've checked out are checked. disabled and enabled the filter is provided to keep these kids away from me how my account is set up how can they even see my name, let alone send me a call .. sigh .. only one of the mysterious miracle of IMVU because I asked them to. According to them .. your "stuff happens" attitude. Now in my case, I do not really care whether a man or a woman. of age I do not have anything in common, either at their age. AP .. now is a bit JEM right. to the AP you must be 18 + I, along with many, many others have bought the AP products to share our adult friends. IMVU many times, and will simply remove them from the location they violate IMVU TOS. * Forget it passed peer review by 100% Now. they make it clear that the AP does not mean adult products. but if you do not have to watch the adult entertainment * naked stems. sexual content or adult situatlions .. point of access pass ... what? Well. yr after the fire apparently clear. AP is noting to do anything. Any adult can not get it. as it goes. so can any child. and thats because there is no way in hell IMVU can not stop it from happening. But it does not stop them from promoting it. by offering it and sell it to anyone who wants it to tune 20 bucks a shot. * Not returned to mind you. Go ahead and tell them your child has received the AP on own account, and you want your money back you're pretty much be "well to do a better job of watching your child," And if they deny your child luicky account. The IF. but money is pretty much gone. Anyone who has received any compensation from IMVU are completely minority. It is one of the money grubbing tactic if you ask me So much for second VIP! wooohoooo talk about worthless. you will pay about $ 10 a month give or take a couple of quarters. For that you get to add a few blocks, you get the 5k a month, OH and get free rooms every month. ok at first. If with a group of friends and you all look out for each other parcels not needed. someone does something you do not block them, and all your friends are doing too much. so a lot of blocks. 5k a month is a joke. You can spend 5k for as little as ten minutes. Not much profit there. * Chances are, if the developer of your money anyway. remember that 10% of those taking the sales package? and free rooms. well. 1yr + in IMVU I've been I've used a total of 0 result in a room there so lame, and "maybe" than the three items in the room to put your own room which ive paid thousands of loans. OH and last but not least. VIP you get to do three rooms to the public instead of the 2 Let me ask ya. How many rooms do you need open at once? two is more than enough. so VIP is not so hot to deal other than swiping October 2 bucks a month away from ya. creating a well-understood. This is imvus idea of how you can make a lot of money in the game. its so ridiculous it's hard to say with a straight face. I do not know how they do it. even begin, you need to buy your name. 20 bucks. You need to have the AP im pretty sure, do not quote me on it, but if you plan to make the AP sites so there is no other way to see it for another 20 bucks This is the part I love. mesher can make a square box and charge you the creator of 2k. which is a square box is outragous. So before you even start a 2k in the hole. THEN IMVU for some reason, ive yet to understand the Creator, charges 10% of the entries there. Great mesher they get 2k. Great IMVU, they receive a 10% makes absolutly NO and the creator of the .. If you are lucky to make a couple hundred credits. no other game maker I've ever materials that. When you do / Buy you own it. you make everything you ever given or bought, regardless of how lame or ugly, it is is no system in place to sell it back at least part of the credits paid for it. IMVU takes everything and gives you nothing back. and to forget about there promotions. start as the creator of level 0. You can work your way up to Level 2 3 4 and so on until you make a percentage which is the Level 5 7 and so on. This is what they do not tell. If sick, extended vacation, your computer problems. or even just a lack of interest in the machine. and a special language to create, IMVU WILL reduce you to a lower level in each period you show little or no production yet. when you do not make objects. You can still create such a pro, but you get paid for level 2 said. % At 0, they take themselves, is much greater than what the Pro should do the exact same item. and now more recently. MUSIC! years or longer. Since then, they invented the idea of selling music, it is working properly. Sometimes it will play. Most of the times it does not when it does not play, it cuts off the end of or behind the music out so bad you can not hear anything until the next song plays. Maybe. and for some. they get the message that they bought the line * and * can not be played because it is not allowed to use in their own country! well they certainly did not hesitate to collect money from this country, they? Granted it is a temporary problem, but still the problem! when you pay for something You expect to get it! Then they have the gall to sell music albums .. oh ya you can buy the album. The problem is .. You can listen to it. You pay 12 000 credits. yes thats 12k for Album, but you can only listen to two songs by the same artist in the same mix, and the only one allowed to play three mixes at one time. Last time I checked the album is about the 11-16 pieces, depending on what the album is. so again .. point to sell the album is ... what? and you cannot even listen to music that you have purchased if the room all alone. so we fix was to buy a trigger and triggerless music that we play all the time when it seemed. Ya Well now everyone knows about copyright laws and no-one is not evil guys and girls we all. BUT IMVU once knew all about it and not notice until just reticently. they eventually all the music that was not their Music Store for 20 seconds to be "legal" ok thats fine. but they gave the sales of all music, and their responses. we will refund your money from December 1, 2010. lol. ok they have released music long before I was there and get back to 1 December 2010? Please tell us which get ripped off. was the creator / money. IMVU received the money meshers received money from all those years, but they are fairly considered it necessary to have only a symbolic pushed there ... well you know where all the people who bought their crap IMVU music wouldnt play at first and was just empty promisses from IMVU to repair. Silly us. we should have asked what the year All this and the best IMVU can do is to poke their noses into the air, and quite a lot of hard to tell. get used to it, and I like it. Were IMVU. You can change. disappear, and deal with it My personal view? Ill throw the biggest keg party ever seen in a day IMVU hits rock bottom, and bankruptcy. The only reason im still have to do just that. Barb shove their sides every chance I get. imvus view on the matter? Same ol same ol. Uninstall and reinstall it .. I have to do that on a regular basis just to get the game to run! IMVU has the cash to the folder that they dump thousands .. I do not mean thousands of temp files. One of the first few times I knew that I had to remove the 55k temp files. Ya have to wonder why it is IMVU does not tell you that when you down load the software Child safety is one thing, but you also have to address what makes a person or company pays. IMVU has no redeeming qualities about it. certanly no children. I've seen where someone said some of the IMVU staff comes into the game. Really? ive been here for years and never seen even a single Or even asked to meet with one game to discuss the problem. Every other Game Maker is a staff of floating all over the place, where the tags show the staff there. IMVU is all what they can to get the public does not give damn thing back. there is no generosity, which is measurable. Theres no effort to help anyone, or even care say something about their team and they will delete your account heartbeat. but ask them to fix something, and they act like you're the most insignificant life form in front of the planet. Support for IMVU? pfft. not likely. I just hope IMVU employee reads this and runs and tells his dad ... I am assuming, of course, they can not read. you never know all of your tickets, I have turned to
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nsanyi23
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story
Dec 27, 2011 7:10 AM
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thanks guest for this, i had the same problem with the IMVU...
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Habbakuk
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story
Dec 21, 2011 6:52 PM
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ATTENTION EVERYONE! QUIT WASTING REAL MONEY ON IMVU NOW! Warn everyone you can not to spend any real money on IMVU and to get a refund on any IMVU cards purchased before it is too late. I have never spent any replica watch money on IMVU and never will. Why anyone would piss away real money on highly overpriced IMVU virtual crap is beyond me. The corporate structure of IMVU inc. is dysfunctional and in disarray. IMVU inc. is greedy, arrogant, and ripping off clients any way they can, pulling one slick scam trick after another. IMVU inc. is openly hostile toward its customers, lazily allowing auto bots to disable accounts for invalid reasons or no reason at all. The company is uncommunicative and demonstrates a lazy draconian rolex replica watches , refusing to intelligently address and/or resolve any issues. Customer service does not exist. Press statements and advertisements by IMVU inc., as recorded on the site and elsewhere, contain false and fraudulent information. replica watches replica watch. An active user revolt is uprising against IMVU inc. with legions laying siege to IMVU inc. any way they can while recruiting legions of outside supporters to join in. IMVU will soon go the way of www.faketown.com , defunct and never to be heard from again. All IMVU users are advised to copy and backup all their IMVU files and data in accounts unrelated to IMVU and set up accounts on http://secondlife.com , www.meez.com and/or any other sevice(s) they prefer before IMVU is loaded with a plethora of tools that will be hostile to all computers logging on to IMVU or just perusing the site. As a precaution, future emails from IMVU inc. should be deleted without opening. All computer system administrators should block access to IMVU ASAP to keep computer systems from being infected. Merchants selling IMVU cards should recall all such items from their swiss watch replicas and return all orders and demand full refunds. All parents should do all they can to keep their kids off IMVU to include directly blocking access to it on all the computers the kids use.
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Twinkles
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story
Sep 27, 2011 8:19 AM
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I had to kind of laugh when I read this post, and what people had to say with their experiences with IMVU. Granted, some of what has been written is correct, but unfortunately the information is outdated. I'll have to say about what one person had said, that people who support and reply to this post must be either IMVU staff or paid by IMVU to say good things. I don't fall into either of those cases, if you don't believe me. Get into IMVU's forums and look up what I have written in their forums. (Tw1nk1es) So lets hit a little bit on some of the key points, that I have noticed here on this post. 1. Trigger / Triggerless music. People complaining that IMVU allowed them to be sold. Yes IMVU had them in the catty for a LONG time, I don't think anyone can disagree with that. Lets flip it around, if people were familiar with IMVU's Terms of Service and their Virtual Goods Policy, they would of known that Developers should NOT of uploaded them in the first place, and were illegal for these products to be made, and people bought them anyways. I'm sorry, but ignorance of the rules is no an excuse. 2. Peer Review. This is a very flawed system,people who think otherwise are either crazy or just looking for a few free credits. The point of the matter is, this should be done by IMVU staff themselves. Unfortunately this would cause products to take a LOT longer for products to get put in the catty, also it would cause IMVU to actually be held accountable for what they sell. 3. VIP. Since IMVU is free to use, you never have to spend a single penny to use IMVU if you don't want to. How else do you expect a site to stay up and running? Advertising only generates so much money. Consider everything that they have to take care of, paying staff, paying for keeping the servers up, and all the things to keep their business up and running. Below is what VIP gets you at the time of writing this. http://www.imvu.com/vip_club/ 4. I have also noticed people just saying IMVU is all about cyber sex. Yes, granted a lot of people do use IMVU for that. I would be lying if I said that they didn't. I also know quite a few people that use IMVU just to meet people, hang out in the various clubs, and just have a good time talking about whatever. No matter what virtual world you use, you will find people from all walks of life. So all in all to get back on topic of what this is all about. Do I think IMVU needs some work? Of course they do, they are always messing things up. Heck, they been in beta for a little over 7 years now, and I don't see them getting out of beta testing anytime soon. Like anything, people tend to look at all the negatives, and don't see the good that is buried under it all. I have met a lot of real good people there, yes I have had my share of dealing with the people who only want cyber sex, but just because of a few idiots in my opinion, I take what I want from IMVU, and enjoy it the best I can, without just dwelling on all that is wrong. I save my complaining for in the forums, and when I'm out and about chatting, dancing with friends, I'm getting what I want out of IMVU.
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Swiftmover
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story
Feb 5, 2011 8:43 AM
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Oh im so fed up with IMVU its not funny. ONCE YOU GET THERE. heres what you get. no you have no idea who your talking to. I cant count the number of times ive been invited to a chat room. checked the tag of the person inviting me **18 yr old female from.. where ever. generally on a brand new account. First words out of my mouth is hello, how can i help you. first words out of there mouth is.. I want to have sex. *generally a bit more vlugar, but you get the idea. after I suggest they go find their moms and leve the room, I block them so no further contact can be made. I have my account set up so that if your not an adult you cant even say hello to me let alone see my hp. BUT!! after a yr i STILL get invites from 15, 16, 17 yr olds.. HOW? I have checked off checked on. disabled and enabled every filter offered to keep these kids away from me the way my account is set up how in the world are they even able to see my name let alone send me an invite.. sigh.. just another mysterious wonder of imvu because i asked them. according to them.. you get a "stuff happens" attitude. now in my case i don't really care if there male or female. at my age i have nothing in common with either at their age. AP.. now there's a little jem right there. in order to get ap you have to be 18+ I along with many many others have purchased AP products to share with our adult friends. many times IMVU will come in and simply remove them siting they violate imvu TOS. *forget they passed peer review 100% now. they make it clear that ap does not imply adult products. but if the purpose is NOT to view adult content *naked bodies. sexual content, or adult situatlions.. the point of access pass is... what? Well. after a yr it became apparently clear. AP has noting to do with anything. any adult can get it. as it goes. so can any child. and thats because there is no way in hell imvu can stop it from happening. BUT it does not keep them from promoting it. offering it and selling it to anyone who wants it at the tune of 20 bucks a shot. *non refundable mind you. Go ahead and tell them your child has got ap on their account and you want your money back you pretty much get a "well do a better job of watching your kid" and IF your luicky they will ban your childs account. IF. but your money is pretty much gone. anyone who has gotten any refunds from imvu are totally in the minority. that's one money grubbing tactic if you ask me heres another one VIP!! wooohoooo talk about worthless. you pay about 10 bucks a month give or take a couple of quarters. for that you get to add a few blocks, you get like 5k per month, OH and you get a free rooms every month. ok first of all. if your with a group of friends and you all look out for each other blocks are not needed. someone does something you don't like you block them and all your friends do too. so much for blocks. 5k a month is a joke. you can spend 5k in as little as ten min. no great gain there. *chances are if your a developer its YOUR MONEY anyway. remember that 10% they take from your sales? and the free rooms. well. in the 1yr+ i've been on imvu i've used a total of 0 free rooms cause there so lame and "maybe" 3 items from those room to put in my own room which ive paid thousands of credits for. OH and last but not least. with vip you get to make 3 rooms public instead of 2. let me ask ya. how many rooms do you need open at once? two is more than enough. so vip is not such a hot deal other than swiping another 10 bucks a month off ya. creating well lets see. this is imvus idea of how you can make big bucks in the game. its so laughable its hard to say with a straight face. I don't know how they do it. to even start you have to buy your name. 20 bucks. you have to have ap im pretty sure, dont quote me on it but if you intend to make ap items then there is no other way to see it another 20 bucks this is the part I love. a mesher can make a square box and charge you as the creator 2k. which for a square box is outragous. so before you even start your 2k in the hole. THEN imvu for some reason ive yet to understand charges the creator 10% on there mark up. Great for the mesher they get 2k. Great for IMVU they get 10% for doing absolutly NOTHING and the creator.. IF there lucky might make a couple hundred credits. no other game maker i've ever used does that. once you make/buy it you own it. as you do with everything your ever given or bought regardless how lame or ugly it is there is no system in place to sell it to recoup even a fraction of the credits paid for it. IMVU takes all they can and gives you nothing back. and lets not forget there promotion system. you start out as a level 0 creator. you can work your way up to level 2 3 4 so on till you make pro which is like level 5 7 and so on. this is what they DON'T tell you. IF your sick, extended vacation, computer problems. or even just a plane lack of interest. and cant create, IMVU WILL demote you to a lower level for each period you show little or no production yet. when you do make items. your still creating as a pro, but your get paid as a level 2 lets say. the % they take at level 0 for them selves, are MUCH higher then what a pro pays to make the same exact item. and now here recently. MUSIC!! for a year or longer. ever since they came up with the bright idea to sell music has it worked properly. sometimes it plays. most times it does not when it does play it cuts off the end of the music or lags out so bad you cant hear anything until the next song plays. MAYBE. and for some. they get a message that the track *they bought and paid for* cannot be played because its not allowed for use in their country!! well they sure didn't hesitate collecting money from that country did they? Granted its a temporary problem but still its a problem! when you pay for something YOU EXPECT TO GET IT! then they have the nerve to sell music albums.. oh ya you can buy an album. problem is.. YOU CANT LISTEN TO IT. you will pay 12000 credits. yes thats 12k for an album but you can only listen to two tracks by the same artist in the same mix and your only allowed to play 3 mixes at one time. last time i checked an album has roughly 11 to 16 tracks depending on what album there is. so again.. the point of selling an album is... what? and you cant even listen to your music that you bought if your in a room all alone. so our fix was to buy trigger and triggerless music that we could play all the time when we felt like it. ya well now everyone knows about copyright laws and no one is excluded from the bad boys and girls we all are. BUT again imvu knew all about it and did noting until just reticently. they finally made all music that was not from their music store 20 seconds to be" legal" ok thats fine. but they allowed the sales of all that music and their response is. we will refund your money as of dec 1 2010. lol. ok they have been doing trigger music since long before i was there and you get to be refunded as of december 1 2010? YOU tell me whose getting ripped off. the creator got his/her money. imvu got their money the meshers got their money for ALL THOSE YEARS but the ones who pretty much felt they had to get nothing but a token shoved up there... well you know where all the people who bought their crap imvu music that wouldnt play to begin with and only had empty promisses from imvu it would be fixes. Silly us. we should have asked in what year all this and the best imvu can do is shove their noses in the air and pretty much tell you tough. get used to it and like it. Were imvu. your replaceable. get lost and deal with it My personal view? Ill thrown the biggest keg party that's ever been seen the day imvu hits rock bottom and bankrupts. only reason im still there is to do just this. shove a barb in their sides every chance i get. imvus view on the matter? same ol same ol. uninstall your software and reinstall it.. I have to do that on a regular basis JUST TO GET THE GAME TO RUN!! Imvu has this cash folder that they will dump thousands.. and i do mean thousands of temp files into. one of the first few times I knew about it I had to remove 55k in temp files. ya have to wonder why it is imvu doesn't tell you that when you down load the software child safety is one thing but you also have to deal with what makes a person or company worthwhile. Imvu has absolutely no redeeming qualities about it. certanly nothing for kids. I saw where someone said some of imvu staff comes into the game. Really? ive been here a year and never seen even one OR even been asked to meet with one to discuss a game problem. Every other game maker has staff floating all over the place with identifiers to show there staff. IMVU is all about what they can get from the public without giving not a damn thing back. there is no generosity that is measurable. theres no effort to even help anyone or even care say something about their staff and they will disable your account in a heart beat. but ask them to fix something and they act like you are the most insignificant life form on the face of the planet. Support IMVU? pfft. not likely. I just hope a imvu staffer reads this and runs and tells his daddy... I'm assuming of course they can read. you'd never know from all the help tickets i've turned in
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CashStarz
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Re: My experience with IMVU: The real story
Jan 17, 2011 3:41 PM
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I mean I agree with you because the IMVU advertisements are on a lot of sites... With persuasives pictures even to make kids like my age to join. Their making mad money out of it as if its a chatting place where kids could just have sex even though thats kind of the main purpose... But others like me dont do it because we're not that stupid to cyber in a game its just stupid. And who knows who the hell is sitting behind that computer man just thinking of it creeps me out. But yea i agree that their trying to do in their best ability to lure kids from any age to join...Spending mkney on clothes and credits thats stupid!
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My experience with IMVU: The real story
Aug 20, 2010 6:37 AM
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Hi, I cant give a name, neither an age, or location. But I can definitely explain about my perceptions, experiences and implications of IMVU. This post is as serious as it gets. Firstly I purposefully did not reply to the any IMVU topics so my post does not get lost, when someone who wants to really know how this 3-D experience works can take a thing or two to realise. 1. No there is no censorship in IMVU. 2, During my chats, under-age kids in Avatars were easily identified, within an adult setting. 3. Yes, sometimes there is a question of the sex of the person behind the avatar 4. The program is installed, and when you use it, be prepared to waste a lot of time as it is designed such a way to spend as much time possible. 5. The free Credits are given when you sign-up so you get a taste of purchasing something. Hence making you to purchase more 6. Abusive and dis-respectful languages were a common way of communicating. 7. Virtual Sex Chats were at the core of IMVU design. This is evident through the "Clothes", the "Sex poses and animations" and "Rooms" that come in variety to be purchased to enhance the virtual sex chat, also my expererience can confirm under-age persons involvements in these activities. 8. From a logical, marketing and natural perspective, IMVU is aimed at a young, school-aged students anyways. 9. Whilst paying through the Credit-Card facility IMVU cleverly saves the credit-card information that will link to the account for easy future purchases, so you dont have re-type the information for every purchase. (Note: Within online shopping research has constantly proved that more people discard the online shopping purchase at check-out. IMVU has found a way to escape this by saving the information for one-click easy future purchases) 10. The one serious of above is this: Many Avatars in IMVU are employed by IMVU and IMVU representatives. They are paid either in real money or via Credits. The job of these Avatars are to lure "guests" or new-comers into the the IMVU game. Their jobs are to ensure that they keep the newly joined members coming back, and if possible purchase Credits to purchase items. There is a peer-pressure system to do so and are specifically targeted. Such as: Someone will hire an Avatar to do work in exchange of Credits transfered to their account, and it passes-on, creating a new world system by creating a chain reaction. Avatars then are obliged to always log-on, and play the game, earn credits, until it becomes a habit, which it will potentially taking you away from the real-world. I ask now, for everyone to reflect and see how the game is controlling you, and how you are not you in-charge of it. It is designed and commissioned to do so. And why not? IMVU is a business in competition with other social networking sites. It wants to make more money, and charge for advertisements. The number of advertisements are also growing around IMVU. But the truth is more important to know than the numbers. Why do you think the posts that support IMVU are supporting? To my understanding they maybe loyal to it. But they are because they are making money of selling items in the shop, or they are simply employed to protect their Brand and write about the positives of IMVU. But lets not ignore the serious implications and un-realism of it, moreover, my kids if I have any, I would love for them to have a healthier, organised lifestyle that is REAL. I dont need anyone to start posting smart comments and questions posing back to me. Understand this: If I owned IMVU, its what I would do too, lure people, may be even more to grow in sales and numbers. And if they didnt post this, I will try to post it somewhere else. But thats another issue yet again. Good Luck.
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