[sldev] SLDev Digest, Vol 29, Issue 15

[Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin)]

> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 20:31:24 +1000
> From: "Jonathan Bishop" <bishopj at bishopphillips.com>
> Subject: Re: [sldev] Avatar-user survey: PLEASE complete it
> To: <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
> Inappropriate use of this list.
>
> In spite of the University of the Free State URL, I would doubt this is
> legitimate as this is not the way university research surveys are conducted.
>
>
> I would think carefully before following this link (I have not).  To start
> with, the invitation is missing the ethics committee authorization and
> university certification ID, and one would have to wonder what sampling
> approach involves the sldev list as an avatar sampling base.
>
> If we sent out an invitation for University research studies like this in Oz
> we would be up before the ethics committee in a flash.

This spam hit the scripters list too, where I mentioned the lack of
research ethics compliance.

I'd be in favor of banning the sender from both lists.

Maggie Darwin