https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/blog/2009/05/28/check-out-second-life-answers-now-in-beta#comment-763561
As far as I know this is the first comment from a Linden conclusively indicating the forums are to be shut down and replaced.
Well, it's sad and all but I'm not sure it isn't for the best. This forum software sucks and apparently they're not interested in updating it for free, they'd rather pay some consultancy tons of money to build something else.
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Elanthius Flagstaff
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05-29-2009 08:38
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Brenda Connolly
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05-29-2009 08:41
it's definitely for the best as far as LL is concerned. or the community...i think it will be a great loss. I took a look at that new place, I don't like it, and do not plan on returning to it.
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Ciaran Laval
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05-29-2009 08:42
What makes you think the forum is being shut down? They're going to move it to new software, I'm sure it will be different but they aren't saying it's being closed. Whether resident answers survives is another issue.
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Elanthius Flagstaff
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05-29-2009 08:44
What makes you think the forum is being shut down? They're going to move it to new software, I'm sure it will be different but they aren't saying it's being closed. Whether resident answers survives is another issue. OK, sure so I'm being melodramatic. But /this/ forum is to be closed, every thread frozen and a new forum with radically new software started. So that's what I really mean. _____________________
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Ciaran Laval
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05-29-2009 08:47
Well there were concerns that Resident answers was on its way out as soon as Linden answers was originally mentioned, Blue posted that the forums wouldn't be replaced by Linden answers.
The old forum posts are still here from previously closed areas, so they'll do the same. I wouldn't be surprised if the new setup is rather different in terms of subject areas. |
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05-29-2009 09:24
What makes you think the forum is being shut down? They're going to move it to new software, I'm sure it will be different but they aren't saying it's being closed. The blog software is a fundamentally different environment. It's not similar to the forums. _____________________
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Ciaran Laval
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05-29-2009 10:07
They're not "moving it" any more than replacing Second Life with Lively would be "moving it". The blog software is a fundamentally different environment. It's not similar to the forums. The software is just to allow functionality. Old blog posts have been archived on the new blog platform. |
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Czari Zenovka
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05-29-2009 10:19
it's definitely for the best as far as LL is concerned. or the community...i think it will be a great loss. I took a look at that new place, I don't like it, and do not plan on returning to it. My thoughts as well. This forum is a heck of a lot easier (for me) to navigate and read. I really, really don't like the look of the new blog. _____________________
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Whimsycallie Pegler
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05-29-2009 10:27
I don't care where they are housed or what they look like if we can have simular functionality. My concern is that they will not let us have the conversations we have here.
I think Linden does not like when a vocal and knowledgable group can easily reach each other and debate LLs actions and policies. Somehow I can't believe they will let conversations like the Ignore thread to happen wherever they move. |
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05-29-2009 10:30
I don't care where they are housed or what they look like if we can have simular functionality. My concern is that they will not let us have the conversations we have here. I think Linden does not like when a vocal and knowledgable group can easily reach each other and debate LLs actions and policies. Somehow I can't believe they will let conversations like the Ignore thread to happen wherever they move. I also don't think they like the prospect a lot of their customers know their product better than they do. _____________________
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05-29-2009 10:43
My thoughts as well. This forum is a heck of a lot easier (for me) to navigate and read. I really, really don't like the look of the new blog. Yep. The new one looks like it was drawn with a crayon. And not drawn well. Much lower usability than this one. . _____________________
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Boy Lane
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05-29-2009 10:51
There are enough independent forums and blogs all over, free of LL's influence and censoring. If they think thats the way into the future, be it so. Another nail in their own coffin. If that's you worry about, no, there is no light inside the container
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05-29-2009 10:53
I don't care where they are housed or what they look like if we can have simular functionality. My concern is that they will not let us have the conversations we have here. I think Linden does not like when a vocal and knowledgable group can easily reach each other and debate LLs actions and policies. Somehow I can't believe they will let conversations like the Ignore thread to happen wherever they move. The new forum probably serves as a test to discover how well the "bad" language filter works, and the cost of staffing moderators. Think disneyfication! This was discussed in an earlier thread, and a suggestion made for an adult only forum. It'll never happen. |
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Ponsonby Low
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05-29-2009 10:53
I think Linden does not like when a vocal and knowledgable group can easily reach each other and debate LLs actions and policies. This. |
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Paracelsus Schonberg
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05-29-2009 10:54
There are enough independent forums and blogs all over, free of LL's influence and censoring. If they think thats the way into the future, be it so. Another nail in their own coffin. If that's you worry about, no, there is no light inside the container . Think disneyfication! |
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Boy Lane
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05-29-2009 10:57
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Paracelsus Schonberg
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05-29-2009 11:00
Zombies rather. Or perhaps vamps who missed the alarm clock. |
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05-29-2009 11:18
I also don't think they like the prospect a lot of their customers know their product better than they do. Like in this thread lol https://blogs.secondlife.com/thread/1141?tstart=0 _____________________
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05-29-2009 11:22
This has been a long time coming. Do you think they even read Resident Answers?
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Whimsycallie Pegler
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05-29-2009 11:22
Oh someone should add the stuff about buying a custom name there.. and link to the info on it.. I am sure they will change your last name if you want that expense. |
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05-29-2009 11:23
Haha! Actually, it's heartwarming to see that people can snipe at each other on the new site too. _____________________
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05-29-2009 11:24
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05-29-2009 11:24
Oh someone should add the stuff about buying a custom name there.. and link to the info on it.. I am sure they will change your last name if you want that expense. I love my last name. Only 1 other active resident has it and I love her (in a totally platonic way ), so it's all good. _____________________
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05-29-2009 11:25
The software is just to allow functionality. Old blog posts have been archived on the new blog platform. _____________________
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Lord Sullivan
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05-29-2009 11:30
Haha! Actually, it's heartwarming to see that people can snipe at each other on the new site too. LMAO thats just what I thought, RA in new format. _____________________
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