Archive for July, 2009

Recently, the Access Pass version of the Daily Outfit Challenge went public. If you’re interested in checking it out, you can click here if you have an AP. Edit: Apparently I’m totally wrong! Oops. Well, we’re all human. I was told that the AP version went public and since I can see it when I otherwise couldn’t, I assumed that to be correct. Sorry y’all! In order to see the AP Daily Outfit Challenge, you have to Join This Group!

The AP version of the DOC is still relatively new and few people in comparison to its General Audience counterpart, participate in the contest. I’ve been checking it out the last few days. The themes seem decent enough – mostly repeats of past themes from the traditional DOC.

Quite frankly, it seems like people are using it as a reason to get naked and take pictures. It’s like looking at fancy, internet pixel porn with pretty colors and whimsical backgrounds. I looked through at least ten of the themes and in each one, I found at least 5 people who were either topless or completely naked. Is this really necessary!? What on earth does a Steampunk challenge have to do with your naked behinds? What would possess someone to expose their e-breasts in lieu of such a theme? I don’t understand it.

Is the AP Outfit Challenge still so new that people are just eager to literally bare all for no other reason than because they can? Silly me thought when the AP version was introduced “Finally! I can use all of those totally perfect outfits that I couldn’t use in the GA contest due to a few red pixels showing.” Getting naked never even crossed my mind.

Switching gears, I’m beginning to wonder if the AP DOC is IMVU’s ploy to find some UFI (Unfit For IMVU) content. With themes like All Tied Up and Botched Surgery, I can’t help but raise that question… and an eyebrow.

A couple of days ago, I was invited to a new group (yeah.. shocking *end sarcasm*). But I joined it because it sounds rather promising (and I just love adding to my now 100+ list of groups).

The group is called Oppotunity Knocks and it is moderated by Harley1979. It’s not exactly IMVU oriented. it’s a group for discussion about opportunities to earn money online outside of our virtual world by using media outlets such as CafePress, Zazzle, DeviantArt, Second Life and more. It’s made with a simple philosophy in mind “Don’t put all your pixel eggs in one virtual basket.”

It’s this blogger’s opinion that with this horrible economy we are in, using IMVU as an income is becoming more and more impossible. It seems every week between the economy and changes in the catalog, we’re all making less money these days. Credit resellers are having a hard time selling credits, so they are having a hard time buying from developers. Sales are at an all time low for most.

I recommend this group. I think it can be beneficial for all of us to look at the world (both real and not) around us and explore other opportunities.

I hated to do it, but I had to monetize the Digital Dish blog. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but the blog sadly has yet to pay for itself. It costs money for the domain name and for the hosting space used by several elements of this site. So in hopes of gaining a little more revenue, I have placed relevant Google Ads within the side bar and bottom of the page.

If you’d like to help me financially run this site, purchasing ad space is a great way to go for very little money. With an average of 100+ unique hits daily, it’s the perfect way to increase your own traffic – especially since the ad space is shown on my IMVU home page as well as the Digital Dish homepage. The price is 5,000 credits for a month of ad space. That’s less than $3.00!

You can also help by clicking the Donate button in the right-hand column. It leads directly to PayPal. Every bit helps and your contribution is definitely appreciated!

Again, I’m sorry for the inconvenience. I hope you all understand. Hopefully in time, I’ll be able to remove the ads completely.

This is a rare, public announcement. IMVU is actually seeking new moderators for the Daily Outfit Challenge. IMVU is typically very hush hush when it needs new people to moderate and it’s interesting (to me anyways) that they are being so open about it. Heck, they even gave us a real e-mail to contact!

If you are interested in becoming a moderator, you must meet the following requirements and complete the following tasks:

Have previously participated in the DOC
Been a member of the community for at least six months
You must e-mail your real name, avatar name and real age to the following address
communityteam@imvu.com

Such an odd topic to see (in my opinion anyways). IMVU is introducing their own movie series called “Private”. It’s a 10 week web series about “Easton, an exclusive private boarding school in Connecticut, where having the brains and the money to get in doesn’t necessarily mean you have what it takes to survive….”

You can get a sneak peek of the casting call for this series . It’s basically a preview to the actual series that includes interviews with the three finalists chosen to compete for the role of Kiran Hayes. It looks like you can earn 10 credits per episode you watch. Well golly gee.

It appears that in lieu of this new series, IMVU has given us a movie tab within the 2.0 client. This is great for the IMVU users who make their own videos. I know there are some people who make quite a few of them. The tab exists when you download 416.12. Here is a picture of the tab so far.
Is any this really neccesary for the client? In my opinion – no. Why can’t we all just go to YouTube to watch these? I understand that the IMVU videos are at least related to our virtual world, but what on earth does this series about rich kids in Connecticut have to do with us? Oh IMVU, you never cease to amaze and confuse.