BDSM creators doomed eventually?

This is how i view it.

LL will be able to claim, unlike the other grids, that they have an Adult Content Grid, where the adult content is controlled and one does not have to worry about running into obscene scenes when showing SL around to their Boss, or Professor or Parents or Children.

This is not the end to anything. This is just the beginning of a new way XXX and extreme violence content is treated on the grid.

I understand what you mean but in my honest opinion, the sextrade and what have you is what made SL as popular as it is. my opinion ofcourse but I've been here for almost 3 years now and if there's one thing I have seen grow to a enormous rate. It's the sextrade, or better yet the adult oriented things.

I do agree there are much better collars and such out there. I tend to have a brand I rather enjoy alot myself when I do use my collars for my pets. And yes it is a dog eat dog world in SL business. Same as RL basically.

And the Adult content deal, bah. I gave up already on that war, hate to say it. It's a done deal. Sort on interesting though, type in "Ursula" in wikipedia and see some of the things it brings up. Sort of gives you a little wonder.

Before I discovered SL the term BDSM barely existed and yet in SL it's as common as RL golf. I don't think that's a good thing for Second Life.

SL shouldn't have to be a hangout for sexually related cliches.

Linden Lab is going to put a gimp mask on BDSM and lock it in a box. They'll then push the box into a nice SL 2.0 shadow.

Thing with SL is that it is a microcosm of life in general - so it takes all kinds is quite literal. There are pervs and prudes anywhere u look.

Briana, I would agree, IF LL were doing this in any way that made sense. What they ARE doing makes sense only if their ultimate goal is to eliminate adult content from Second Life...and I believe that IS their goal.

I reckon Liinden Lab wants SL to reflect RL when it comes to users and demographics. This even includes art being as popular as it in RL. So it's not only BDSM that's gonna take a beating.

The irony is, it already does. Most real people I know have sex, and while I haven't surveyed them, I bet most aren't doing it through a bedsheet with a couple of holes cut in it, in total darkness.

You have said this many times, but never really elaborated with specifics on why you feel this way.

This is not meant as a snark, believe me. I'm genuinely interested in your viewpoint.

It is disproportionate with RL though. There's no consequence and one can experiment anonymously.

/me idly wonders if one will be AR'able on the non-adult-continents for using a collar and leash in public. Nothing else, just and obvious D/s relationship in public. I mean, I'm sure people will send the ARs, but will LL act on them?

Wait a minute... there's sex in sl?

It is disproportionate with RL though. There's no consequence and one can experiment anonymously.

It is disproportionate with RL though. There's no consequence and one can experiment anonymously.

/me idly wonders if one will be AR'able on the non-adult-continents for using a collar and leash in public. Nothing else, just and obvious D/s relationship in public. I mean, I'm sure people will send the ARs, but will LL act on them?

Did you perhaps mean, 'barely existed for me'? 'Cause people have used the term for a very long time before SL even came inot existence.

NSFW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sm2.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM#Origins

Thing with SL is that it is a microcosm of life in general - so it takes all kinds is quite literal. There are pervs and prudes anywhere u look.

It is disproportionate with RL though. There's no consequence and one can experiment anonymously.

/me idly wonders if one will be AR'able on the non-adult-continents for using a collar and leash in public. Nothing else, just and obvious D/s relationship in public. I mean, I'm sure people will send the ARs, but will LL act on them?

/me idly wonders if one will be AR'able on the non-adult-continents for using a collar and leash in public. Nothing else, just and obvious D/s relationship in public. I mean, I'm sure people will send the ARs, but will LL act on them?

Of course we were aware of it, but it was like beastiality. It was practiced by weirdos.

OT, but I still chuckle at myself, when as an newcomer, i thought it would be fun to have a cat or dog in my new little apartment. Did my eyes get wide when I searched for "pet"!!

Course, now I know all you pervs, so I don't even blink, heehee...

Originally Posted by Five Denver
Before I discovered SL the term BDSM barely existed and yet in SL it's as common as RL golf. I don't think that's a good thing for Second Life.

SL shouldn't have to be a hangout for sexually related cliches.

Linden Lab is going to put a gimp mask on BDSM and lock it in a box. They'll then push the box into a nice SL 2.0 shadow.

I mean it barely existed for me and everybody I knew. Of course we were aware of it, but it was like beastiality. It was practiced by weirdos. I think the problem with SL is that it makes it seem more common than it really is.

You should run a test... I volunteer Brenda to be your test subject.

I don't think it's illegal in RL - but I am sure it gets a few looks

I mean it barely existed for me and everybody I knew. Of course we were aware of it, but it was like beastiality. It was practiced by weirdos. I think the problem with SL is that it makes it seem more common than it really is.

It did, it existed before the net even began as did the furries, It's popularized a lot with the net, but that's not from SL.