Putting Unregs to work :')

I have an idea. Everyone understands that the unregistered user put a tax on Linden resources, but that we still want and need them. They are the future registered users of SL and they are a vital part of the interactivity of our community.

But, a good portion do spend time camping or working in unskilled jobs. This is okay and the people that pay them, need users them to fill those roles. But, the money they make is simply "shuffled" around. There is no true consumption that occurs when new intellectual property is invested in (ie registering).

I think that unregistered users should have a "safety deposit folder" where they can store ten items. When they log out, everything else is wiped from thier inventory. The few lindens spent on extra items to try, will then be returned into the community when they are lost. It won't be enough to suddenly turn the linden into gold, but it will prevent the slow devaluation of our currency due to creeping inflation.

You could also have a small tax (say 10 Lindens) to make an item "keepable." This would allow corporate sponsers to design premiums that they *want* a user to hold on to. It would only be charged when tranfered for the first time to an unreg user. The corporation is then paying the tax for the unreg user.

While new users are welcomed as immigrants to our community, the behind the scenes economic model should really be one where they are "tourists." Their consumption will benfit our currency, to offest their use of our paid for bandwidth.

And of course, they might just register after having put their favourite outfit back on for the twentieth time! :')

Making them do something repeatedly would annoy them.

I think LL will eventually have to put a cap on the inventory count.
Right now the search function gets sluggish after 3K to 6K items.

Here is how I would limit inventory without annoying people.

1. Allow basic accounts 1000 inventory items.
Put a count at the top of the inventory window.
2. Prompt the user to empty the trash (even if it is empty) when they log out if they are over 1000 prims. They can select "no", but in this case a nagging system would be better than deleting there items.

This will still cause problems as duplicates do serve a purpose as you use them to create outfits.

Remember we were all new at one time and I only get people interested when I say it’s free if you don’t buy land.

PS: Basic acounts do add content to the world.

Even basic accounts that are builders and scripters and who rent land and have bought hundreds of dollars worth of items with Lindens bought on LindeX?

Basic accounts aren't the problem.

Restrict unverified accounts, yes. But don't restrict people who are contributing to second life in ways that don't involve land ownership.

Sorry, replace "basic" with "Unverifyed"

But that still does not change the fact that some "Unverifyed" accounts add a lot to the comunity.

Maybe just like the forum post counter, there would be some sort of rating system that would raise the number?

Then they need to become verified.

Expecially after the copybot fiasco. The mere existence of unverified accounts makes sanctions against the people who abuse tools like this meaningless. And any technique LL can come up with to try and stop people from abusing free anonymous accounts will hurt more people.

Friend of mine had LL mess up a transaction and thought she was trying to rip them off. So they banned her account, and the accounts of anyone who had used her computer or any other computer she'd used to access SL from. That kind of thing is unavoidable if they can't verify people's identity any other way... and far worse than any consequence of getting rid of unverified accounts.