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Joe Foo
Registered User
Join date: 7 Mar 2004
Posts: 51
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08-10-2006 10:18
Bwahahahaha! Have you even visited LL? |
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 3,751
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08-10-2006 10:19
I am not a troll and I frequent the SC forums. I personally find them rather amusing. And without that resmoddy aftertaste I get from reading the SL forums.  QFP  _____________________
Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin
You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. - Ashleigh Brilliant |
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Phedre Aquitaine
I am the zombie queen
Join date: 26 Jan 2006
Posts: 1,157
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08-10-2006 10:19
I used to post there, but come on, you know who I'm talking about. Prok, Fic.tional, mulch, and notta.linden pretty much run the show. Well, we'll have a reason to dilute them now. _____________________
everyone loves phedre (excluding chickens), its in the TOS |
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paulie Femto
Into the dark
Join date: 13 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,098
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daaaamn
08-10-2006 10:19
 I love teh Forums. _____________________
REUTERS on SL: "Thirty-five thousand people wearing their psyches on the outside and all the attendant unfettered freakishness that brings."
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Travis Lambert
White dog, red collar
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,819
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08-10-2006 10:19
<blinks>
Wow. I agree with Joy - there are a lot of awesome folks in the forums that I may never have crossed paths with in-world, especially since 95% of my game time is spent in one location. Drama filled or no, it still kinda bums me out that this method of dialog is going away. We'll see how it goes, I guess. Maybe it'll finally break my sl-forums @ work addiction. _____________________
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Siobhan OFlynn
Evildoer
Join date: 19 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,140
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08-10-2006 10:19
The Pointy Haired Bosses are in firm control at Linden Labs these days. You know, I thought Philip's hair was looking rather spikey lately.  _____________________
Absolute freedom is heavenly. I'm sure they don't have a police force and resmods in heaven. omgeveryonegetoutofmythreadrightnowican'ttakeit I'll miss all of you assholes. |
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Aodhan McDunnough
Gearhead
Join date: 29 Mar 2006
Posts: 1,518
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08-10-2006 10:21
Very sad. The forum is a great place to learn about and meet the best people. These meetings are not random. True there are all these trolls but we also get these breezes of lemony-fresh air (specificically citing Tatiana).
Lots of very good discussions were happening here and these discussions can help LL with future features they can put into SL. It's through the forums that I learned a lot about the little ins-and-outs of SL. In-game comms won't be able to replace forums. We live around the world so we will still need aynchronous communication that can reach LL directly. What LL structure will replace the forums? The blog entry doesn't say enough. _____________________
Aodhan's Forge shop at slurl.com/secondlife/Rieul/95/213/107
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Lecktor Hannibal
YOUR MOM
Join date: 1 Jul 2004
Posts: 6,734
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08-10-2006 10:21
You know, I thought Philip's hair was looking rather spikey lately. Did you miss the part about being firmly in control ?? _____________________
YOUR MOM says, 'Come visit us at SC MKII http://secondcitizen.net '
Oh, Lecktor, you're terrible. Bikers have more fun than people ! |
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Jellin Pico
Grumpy Oldbie
Join date: 3 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,037
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08-10-2006 10:22
Oh, and another nice "fuck you" to everyone who uses the commercial section of the forums. Good job, LL. Really fucking brilliant. TRUE!! I read the new products section just about everyday looking for crap I want to buy. There IS NO in world equivalent for commercials for new products!!! _____________________
It's Official! Jellin, you are soooooo FIC! Fabulous, Intelligent and Cute |
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Siobhan OFlynn
Evildoer
Join date: 19 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,140
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08-10-2006 10:24
QFP /me cries! I never would have met Joy! Oh the humanity! I'm verklempt, talk amongst yourselves. Stay away from the following topics, though: Ageplay, furries, goreans, abortion, religion and politics. Talk about pie. _____________________
Absolute freedom is heavenly. I'm sure they don't have a police force and resmods in heaven. omgeveryonegetoutofmythreadrightnowican'ttakeit I'll miss all of you assholes. |
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Chronic Skronski
SL Live Musician
Join date: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 997
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08-10-2006 10:24
Wow, way to go LL. A great big FU to the community. After months of FU from the residents to LL on the forums. Good for them, can't say that I blame them. I would have done it MUCH sooner. _____________________
A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle.
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Jack Harker
Registered User
Join date: 4 May 2005
Posts: 552
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08-10-2006 10:25
I think this is a *terrible* idea, myself. Tanamount to Linden Labs placing their collective fingers in their ears and shouting “La la la, I can’t hear you!” like a little brat, rather than LISTENING to the concerns of the people who make Second Life a living, thriving community. What you’re doing is blinding and deafening yourself and the community. I’ll admit, there’s a lot of worthless crud in the forums. But there is a lot of damned valuable community action, as well. Take the fiasco with SLStats.com, as a prime example. A new ’service’ threatened the privacy of users throughout Second Life, making a public record of who met with whom, and claiming that certain individuals ‘encountered’ others on no more basis of fact than linear proximity at the time of a surrepticious and unauthorized scan. Concerned individuals took it to the forums, voiced their concerns, pro and con, and got the unauthorized public posting of private information throttled down to a private, opt-in only service that only lists people who agreed to be monitored, and is only accessible by subscribers to the service. In your deaf, blind and dumb vision of the new forums, where would the community have been able to turn for action? Most would have remained ignorant of the threat to their privacy. The complaints issued via the ‘official Linden channels’ STILL have not been answered! If it had been left up to only the few avenues you plan to allow to remain, that breech of privacy in SL would still be rampant. You are exactly right on this, and I think that it's cutting down on the potential for comunity action is exactly what LL is looking for at this point. Like the thing with SLStats.com, if I hadn't read about it on the forums, I likely wouldn't have known about it, and likely no on would have been able to organize to stop it. The thing is, from a managment point of view, things like this are an added complication. They don't *want* to hear about issues like this, they don't *want* people organizing, they don't wnat to have to deal with it, or get called on it if they don't deal with it. Silencing the Forums keeps people from bringing up these issues and hides user discontent, allowing them to get on with the business of raising user numbers in order to make LL look like a good investment for an IPO. And *that* is what LL is all about these days. |
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 3,751
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08-10-2006 10:25
...Talk about pie. ... and margaritas and DIP! _____________________
Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin
You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. - Ashleigh Brilliant |
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Jack Harker
Registered User
Join date: 4 May 2005
Posts: 552
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08-10-2006 10:26
After months of FU from the residents to LL on the forums. Good for them, can't say that I blame them. I would have done it MUCH sooner. When your head is in the sand, your ass becomes a target. |
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pandastrong Fairplay
all bout the BANG POW NOW
Join date: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,920
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08-10-2006 10:26
Shit, I was just about to buy a computer so I could post here.
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"Honestly, you are a gem -- fun, creative, and possessing strong social convictions. I think LL should be paying you to be in their game."
~ Ulrika Zugzwang on the iconography of pandastrong in the media "That's no good. Someone is going to take your place as SL's cutest boy while you're offline." ~ Ingrid Ingersoll on the topic of LL refusing to pay pandastrong for being in their game. |
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Aliasi Stonebender
Return of Catbread
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,858
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08-10-2006 10:27
This, too, shall pass.
My only hope is those who spend more time on the SL forums than SL itself may, in fact, be forced to use the virtual world the forums are about. _____________________
Red Mary says, softly, “How a man grows aggressive when his enemy displays propriety. He thinks: I will use this good behavior to enforce my advantage over her. Is it any wonder people hold good behavior in such disregard?”
Anything Surplus Home to the "Nuke the Crap Out of..." series of games and other stuff |
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Siobhan OFlynn
Evildoer
Join date: 19 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,140
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08-10-2006 10:28
Shit, I was just about to buy a computer so I could post here. They let you have computers in the facility?_____________________
Absolute freedom is heavenly. I'm sure they don't have a police force and resmods in heaven. omgeveryonegetoutofmythreadrightnowican'ttakeit I'll miss all of you assholes. |
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Kristian Ming
Head Like A Hole
Join date: 5 Feb 2005
Posts: 404
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08-10-2006 10:28
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"When you're going through hell, keep going!" -- Winston Churchill
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Pilman Karski
Registered User
Join date: 1 Aug 2006
Posts: 47
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08-10-2006 10:28
Bah, I was only here for a few days too, oh well ;/
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Jaycatt Nico
Musical Cat
Join date: 1 Jun 2005
Posts: 169
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08-10-2006 10:28
This, too, shall pass. My only hope is those who spend more time on the SL forums than SL itself may, in fact, be forced to use the virtual world the forums are about. Looks like I'll have to go back to Fark during my work hours then. Although it is entertaining, it just doesn't have that SL touch! |
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pandastrong Fairplay
all bout the BANG POW NOW
Join date: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,920
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08-10-2006 10:29
They let you have computers in the facility?Only when we promise to use condoms when humping the floppy drive. _____________________
"Honestly, you are a gem -- fun, creative, and possessing strong social convictions. I think LL should be paying you to be in their game."
~ Ulrika Zugzwang on the iconography of pandastrong in the media "That's no good. Someone is going to take your place as SL's cutest boy while you're offline." ~ Ingrid Ingersoll on the topic of LL refusing to pay pandastrong for being in their game. |
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Siobhan OFlynn
Evildoer
Join date: 19 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,140
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08-10-2006 10:29
... and margaritas and DIP! Excellent suggestion, Joy. As always, your posts are simple, concise and full of sparkling wit.  _____________________
Absolute freedom is heavenly. I'm sure they don't have a police force and resmods in heaven. omgeveryonegetoutofmythreadrightnowican'ttakeit I'll miss all of you assholes. |
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Kex Godel
Master Slacker
Join date: 14 Nov 2003
Posts: 869
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08-10-2006 10:30
I see this as an opportunity for many residents to create new communities by opening their own forums.
I think that's the idea here. _____________________
Don't follow advice you get from signatures. =)
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Cannae Brentano
NeoTermite
Join date: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 368
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08-10-2006 10:30
Well, I'm usually pretty forgiving on LL but I have to say it.
This has got to be the most bone headed decision I've seen from Linden Labs so far. In about a month we’ll be shutting down the following forums: “Bulletin Board”, “General Topics”, “The Sandbox”, “Land and Economy” and “In-world Political Science”. We’ll leave them as ‘read only’ so they can be searched for history. In subsequent months we’ll continue to close Linden forums |
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 3,751
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08-10-2006 10:30
Excellent suggestion, Joy. As always, your posts are simple, concise and full of sparkling wit. OMG Personal attack!!!  (oh, you said full of WIT.. my bad) _____________________
Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin
You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. - Ashleigh Brilliant |