Is "Restricted" any different from "Mature?"

The Linden blog post a while back about flagging parcels as Restricted mentions a 'Restricted' checkbox that I don't even have in my client. I imagine this replaces the 'Mature' checkbox that's there now?

I have not been able to confirm this by looking at the knowledge base or blog posts, but are the effects of this new checkbox any different from what Mature does now (which is to hide Places Search entries unless the user chooses to search Mature properties)?

Age verification, as far as I know, still hasn't been turned on for anyone but concierge residents. Are unverified residents implicitly being banned from Restricted content places? Or is that a future thing?

From the menu, go to World > About Land > Options. Under ‘Land Options’, check ‘Restricted Content’. The tooltip should read ‘Your parcel information or content is considered inappropriate for a minor’. Unchecking ‘Restricted Content’ will remove the ‘Restricted’ flag from the parcel.

As far as I can tell, they are different things. No where else have i seen it written that the mature checkbox, with its effect on the search listings, will turn into the restricted checkbox, with its effect on parcel restrictions. But, I have to admit, the same thing entered my imagination as well. After the blog post, I logged in to look for the parcel flag described therein. It wasn't there. No checkbox by that name. No tooltip. So, I reread the blog post. I concluded that it was describing a parcel setting that hasn't been implemented yet.

with people whose main reading preference is religious tracts.

They also haven't said it is NOT the mature checkbox.

It seems to me the restricted/adult flag is assumed it will be new entirely on the basics that it isn't the exact name as the "Mature" checkbox, however the function is possibly the same if you examine what has been said.

Considering LL's track record of inconsistant language, I am skeptical that just because restricted isn't the same word as mature, it does not mean it isn't the same checkbox.

They also haven't said that there won't be serving free applesauce. /me licks his lips.

Who stand arm in arm with the radical feminists, the Red Chinese, and Russia.

Kinda funny how the most religious nation on Earth, the United States, still allows porn. But some of the most violently atheist nations have banned it.

Chris, did you actually write the above? Or did somebody swipe your computer when you weren't looking? It seems very unlike you...US bashing, religion bashing, atheist bashing, and possible digs at Russia, China, and feminists...all in a reply that makes absolutely no sense whatever. WTF?

The Linden blog post a while back about flagging parcels as Restricted mentions a 'Restricted' checkbox that I don't even have in my client. I imagine this replaces the 'Mature' checkbox that's there now?

I have not been able to confirm this by looking at the knowledge base or blog posts, but are the effects of this new checkbox any different from what Mature does now (which is to hide Places Search entries unless the user chooses to search Mature properties)?

Age verification, as far as I know, still hasn't been turned on for anyone but concierge residents. Are unverified residents implicitly being banned from Restricted content places? Or is that a future thing?

Chris, did you actually write the above? Or did somebody swipe your computer when you weren't looking? It seems very unlike you...US bashing, religion bashing, atheist bashing, and possible digs at Russia, China, and feminists...all in a reply that makes absolutely no sense whatever. WTF?

Chris, did you actually write the above? Or did somebody swipe your computer when you weren't looking? It seems very unlike you...US bashing, religion bashing, atheist bashing, and possible digs at Russia, China, and feminists...all in a reply that makes absolutely no sense whatever. WTF?

Sounds like a typical Chris post to me. It is Monday after all.

Difference being I didn't ask Robin Linden Directly "Will you be serving free applesauce?" and get no answer.

Where I did ask directly "Will the adult flag be the same as the current mature flag?" and it sure appeared she chose to instead respond to the rest of my entire post, leaving that question out.

I take back my own Monday ire, and have deleted my post.

/me hugs Chris.

First I have a question - Will the Adult Flag be a different flag than the current Mature Flag? for Mature Parcels.

Not the land designation but the Mature Flag. In the last search change Policy was changed allowing people who didnt check that to show up on PG searches in "Places"

You(meaning you and Dan) talk like the Adult flag will be new - but its not clear becuase never once have you mentioned this current Mature Flag.

Currently every region has a rating: PG or M. On the mainland the rating is pre-determined; on estates the estate owner can set it to PG or M.

The parcel flag we're talking about will be available on M regions (island or mainland) only. It will mean that there is adult content on that parcel/region that is clearly inappropriate for non-adults. This content is that which is overtly, graphically, or explicitly sexual in nature or intensely violent. Obviously, there should be no content on PG regions that fits this description. But even on M regions this content is extreme, and therefore needs to be flagged.

If you are not verified you will not be able to enter parcels or islands that are flagged as having adult content.

For more information on our thinking about costs, please see this post.

Kinda funny how the most religious nation on Earth, the United States, still allows porn. But some of the most violently atheist nations have banned it.

for what its worth, this was the exchange

No, I take it that Robin's response draws a distinction between the region flag, which is M, and the parcel flag, which may, or may not be, restricted. As I see it, she is saying that the sim will be M or not, but it may have some parcels which are "restricted" and others which are not.