Talk:IMVU

message: If anyone is a content creator here, you would have known about how serious content theft is on IMVU, but I am not a wiki wiz so what reference do I need to create a section to explain the prominence of product theft and all other IMVU controverseies?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.91.32.58 (talk) 23:49, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content theft and other controverseies 

message: I have already made several significant modifications to the page in order to make it more neutral and encyclopedic. I urge others to help in fixing this article as well. Onixz100 (talk) 07:06, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: # ^ http://www.imvu.com/store/store_us.php
# ^ http://www.imvu.com/catalog/newsletter/vip_club.php
# ^ http://www.imvu.com/store/store_us.php
# ^ http://www.imvu.com/store/store_us.php
# ^ http://www.imvu.com/earn/credits.php
7. ^ Export Time
9.^ What are Developer Tokens
These references should not be included, as they were published by the company in question, and do not meet Wikipedia guidelines for suitable reference. Aetern142 (talk) 00:46, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

text: Ie, you cannot reference yourself. Aetern142 (talk) 19:43, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Help Make this Article More Encyclopedic 

message: When was IMVU first released? A quick search only reveals "April 2004." It seems odd to release a product on April Fools' Day. Lavenderbunny 06:24, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  When Was the Exact Date IMVU was released? 

message: in this wiki site, and it's getting sickening. There WAS NEVER a UFI catagory when IMVU first opened. Their original statement was that that it was UP TO THE USERS OF IMVU TO DECIDED WHAT CONTENT THEY WANTED. It's in their own ARCHIVES They SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FALSIFY STATEMENTS ON THIS WIKI SITE! this talk is dead
:You might be correct in your statements, but many users would not know this for themselves without references to verify it.  If you would like to add it to the article or change what is in it, feel free to, as long as you provide accurate references.  I cannot watch/edit this section for update as fast as IMVU updates it for whatever reason, so I have nominated it for protection so that new accounts cannot edit it.  It appears that multiple anon ip accounts are editing this content to reflect a biased view, and I don't seem to have much help here, so I will see what I can get done.  My goal is to ensure that factual information is provided to Wiki-Users without a slant on the information being provided.  That being said lets see what we can get done.  Also, please sign your posts with "Aetern142 (talk) 19:39, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  IMVU contunually tries to push their "we didn't know" agenda 

message: I tagged this section because it contains the words "great" and "tons" where more specific words are needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbluen (talk • contribs) 04:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  IMVU Catalog 

message: whitney is pretty. checking the history, I discovered tha this site was edited half an hour after I posted the statement to this site concerning the consumer issues. If this alteration was not made by a wiki moderator, that confirms that IMVU is monitoring this site very carefully to scrub any negative criticism. Obviously, this is being done with nefarious intent. If you are an investor in IMVU and the company is taking deliberate actions to prevent investors of learning the truth about their severe management turmoil, then certainly they are deliberately trying to deceive their investors. I can only say that I find it absolutely unbelievable the lengths that they go to to prevent criticism from being made public. I and others have repeatedly commented that if they were to spend half this energy actually fixing the problems that cause customer issues to arise....then they wouldn't have the frustrated customers in the first place. 
Essentially, this translates to a desire to not be held economically accountable for their business transactions. You can not offer to sell a product and then when your product fails to perform as promised shut your doors and turn the dogs on your customers. Unfortunately, because the dollar amounts involved for any one individual are so small that the courts have no interest in getting involved. So, understand clearly, if you make a monetary transaction with IMVU and they fail to honor services or products for your moneys, you will have no legal recourse. IMVU is fully aware of this and have obviously decided to take advantage of this. 
If you would like to read some personal accounts of IMVU users who have been treated hostily by IMVU employees please visit this site. 
http://imvu.com/groups/group/IMVU%2BConsumer%2BAction%2BNOW/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angryconsumer (talk • contribs) 05:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: IMVU is monitoring this page 24/7 and is making hundreds of edits, this page looks like and advertisement for IMVU, Wikipedia staff should clean it then lock it. --88.177.158.231 (talk) 02:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

text: I would like to nominate this page for protection, so that imvu's own company cannot edit this page into an advertisement from anon ips. Aetern142 (talk) 00:44, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Consumer Controversy

message: IMVU has world’s largest catalog of virtual goods with over 1.5 million items, produced by over 100,000 content creators
Well, note that Second Life® has, at the time of this comment, over 2.2 billion items, although a few are not for sale. The rest is easily available from literally millions of in-world shops. The author of the above paragraph is probably referring to the fact that Second Life has no in-built catalogue of virtual goods, but relies on third parties to provide that kind of service. Xtreet SL, one of the more popular ones, just has half a million items for sale — but they're not part of Linden Lab, Second Life's creators.
The number of Second Life creators is also roughly 100,000. Many also develop items for IMVU, of course.
Gwyneth Llewelyn (talk) 15:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of items for sale 

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fill in the blanks please —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.102.9.150 (talk) 21:29, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's meant to be read as "I envy you." - MK (talk/contribs) 09:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree its a play on words like k9 meaning canine. I emm vee u -> I envy you.
i hear its supposed to stand for Instant Messaging Virtual Universe, however i believe this is wrong. 
nobody really knows! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.182.113 (talk) 19:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  IMVU means what? 

message: Are you certain the part about it being developed by Yahoo! is right?--FifthCylon (talk) 20:32, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yahoo! 

message: This article is in serious need of a rewrite.  It cites imvu produced information for almost 80% of its content.  This needs to be addressed.  Much of the article is repetitive and written like an advertisement.  I'll try to see what I can do to clean it up,  but I might need your help.  Anyone interested? Aetern142 (talk) 19:57, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Rewrite 

message: Where's the 'Criticism' section? I mean, so many people have complained about viruses, malware, adware, bad customer experiences, and so much more, if someone could find some references this site deserves a page that warns people in a 'Proceed at your own risk' fashion. Not flat-out saying it's bad, just telling the truth. Neutral. What do the people say?
I don't know if this is a very reliable source, but if you go to mywot.com and then type imvu.com, a lot of people are complaining.
Also, just going to google and typing 'IMVU virus' will reveal many many many people complaining about viruses and trojans.24.179.27.28 (talk) 21:54, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd imagine that much of this is stifled by IMVU staff, probably monitoring their wiki article, though it might just be apathy, or a lack of awareness of IMVU's wikipedia article. I'm wondering why IMVU even has a wikipedia article. If you wish to write a criticism article, go ahead. Remember to include controversy about IMVU's business practices and the laws they've violated. I support it, but I'm too lazy to do it right now.--99.225.28.182 (talk) 04:30, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What I'm wondering is... 

message: This page should not be speedy deleted because... --87.139.189.69 (talk) 13:10, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contested deletion 

message: Not notable? Seems to be, at least on the surface. I think it would be better served by going through AfD. --71.110.69.206 (talk) 00:56, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oppose deletion 

message: don't use Partner Offer for earn free credit, a lot of website giving virus/fake program or send you to phishing website  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdoppelganger (talk • contribs) 14:21, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malicious/virus/trojan warning 

message: I think this almost... an ad? --209.188.39.5 (talk) 20:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:   an advertisement...? 

message: What honestly hurts this page, and many like it. Is some people's capacity to include incosequential datas, spam, advert type stuff, and so forth. You must approach each page like its something you would honestly find in a reference guide, encyclopedia, etc. Not in the back of a magazine as an ad. Thus everything mentioned must be cited correctly. Inconsequential datas removed. And really try to make it more clear without making an ad and/or spam.
:Can you make up your mind if Android should be included or not. You removed it, readded it and removed it a second time. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 11:22, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You removed it here without any help from me. At the same time you changed the correctly capitalised section header and JPEG to an incorrectly capitalised version and changed the correctly spelt "derivative" to "derivitive". I linked it to show that it should be all capitals. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 11:42, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

text: Are you sure about the capitalisation of section headers because the Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Capital letters says "Sentence case rather than title case is used in Wikipedia article titles and section headings;". I suggest you look at other articles such as New York City for examples of how proper nouns are capitalised and other words are not. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 12:01, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:   The Current State Of This Wiki Page 

message: There is a conspicuous failure in this article to mention the overwhelmingly distrustful and outraged reception of this acquisition in the FurAffinity community, and of the copyright controversy and lack of transparency which precipitated it.
192.95.166.38 (talk) 15:26, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias by omission re acquisition of FurAffinity 

message: imvu is lots of fun its online for free  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.94.136 (talk) 14:26, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  imvu 

message: Could someone elaberate on this subject? PB please..  Retrorick wikipedia  talk  10:04, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there a relation between IMVU & Secondlife? 

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