The items above summarise recent activity of roaming bots I have identified on the Second Life grid. (No, I do not operate them.) Check the links in the navigation area for more information on roaming bots, my cohort names, and other types of bots in Second Life.

Number of bots indicates how many bots assigned to a particular cohort that I "spotted" in a calendar month: the cohort itself may be larger. If fewer than five members are spotted, the cohort is folded into "All Others." NB: some very active bots perpetually live in "All Others."

Number of sightings isn't particularly important, save that it indicates how often members of a cohort were sighted during a calendar month. Variations in numbers of sightings may indicate a group is very active—visiting lots of places, running 24/7, etc.—but it might also indicate I've found a location they favour and I see them disproportionately often. Low numbers don't necessarily indicate a cohort is slower or online less often: it could also mean they spend most of their time where I don't "see" them. I can't be everywhere all at once. (Shhh, don't tell anyone.)

I realise individual colour bars on the chart aren't particularly helpful: they're mainly intended to indicate the relative diversity of the cohorts and how they change over time. Long-standing cohorts settle toward the bottom of the bars—representing baseline activity, more or less—while newer fly-by-night cohorts appear and disappear above them. "All Others" is always the top of the bar.

Questions or comments always welcome, either inworld or via this site. However, please see the other pages in this section (particularly the notes about privacy): they address many common questions.