Adult changes -- why really?

But is it when all it says is RL pics for sale and a price it does not say they are naked ones that would make a minister blush

Congress Awaits FTC Report on Explicit Content in Virtual Worlds
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/05/11/congress-awaits-ftc-report-explicit-content-virtual-worlds in which Mark Kirk (R-IL) says: "Sites like Second Life offer no protections to keep kids from virtual "rape rooms," brothels, and drug stores. If sites like Second Life won't protect kids from obviously inappropriate content, the Congress will."

Also http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/05/ftc-reporting-to-congress-on-virtual-worlds-kids-and-explicit-content.html links the FTC report to Linden Lab's actions.

In http://www.clickz.com/3517251 Mark Kingdon (M Linden) says: and

"Watch the video of Sunday's interview with representatives of Linden Lab, talking about the new policy toward adult content in Second Life, as well as new voice technology."

http://copperrobot.com/index.php?post_id=487722

An edited audio podcast is on the way.

If you're looking for their statements here I suggest you do a search for posts on Blondins name first. That way you'll filter out the 20000+ non relevant (to your search) comments

Try the press releases, there was also a press conference that was held around 1 May which is interesting. These are also good for understanding the current context LL is working to - you'll notice lots of push towards making SL look credible in the eyes of business and educators.

The meta post probably sums up what this is about more than anything else. Anecdotally I would say there are a lot less worldly wise people coming in and they literally cannot cope with having to deal with what they see themselves. So a lot of this probably is about trying to increase retention rates amongst non corporate types. There's no real money in supplying business although it may look good, the real cash is in the great unwashed coming in and staying.

as an aside..

Apparently the largest telephony provider in Australia, who has a presence in sl, has just sent out a group notice saying the teens are coming. The company is called Telstra and the group is called the pond I think - certainly that was what the island was called when they first opened it. So if anyone fancies checking out their group notices it might be enlightening.

Everything in *search* is supposed to be PG according to the current community standards:

"5. Incecency....Names of Residents, objects, places and groups are broadly viewable in Second Life directories and on the Second Life website, and must adhere to PG guidelines."

This has been widely ignored, as any lookup of nasty words will show.

if you think this is funny check out the quotes from Cyn during the press conference when someone asks why they're doing this rather than fixing the kids with the flying penises. I thought she was going to choke lol

The Bigpond groups are not open enrollment, so you would have to ask someone inside the group to relay the information

If they don't change the standards that sounds a good idea for my next cleanup campaign since these forums are due for closure imminently. I could start by ARing anything and anybody that includes a word from that list someone made. NonPG images too which should take down a lot of places and groups.

I don't see such a notice in the Big Pond Orientation Group. I'll try to check the Friends of Big Pond group later today.

here's the quote of the info that I have



https://blogs.secondlife.com/thread/1315?start=330&tstart=0
post 342

Thanks, I'm going to ask dude to follow up with more detail on that.

Hello everyone. Please limit posts to this thread to statements of purpose or other evidence from Linden Labs, so that it remains a useful and concentrated repository of information and does not get buried in discussion or rumours. It will be more useful to all of us that way. As Tali Rosca said "It's not like we lack threads with discussion and interpretation. Starting one more here would just dilute things." Thank you!

Don't forget we are collecting a lot of the statements chat logs and threads in pdf format here in one place and it is growing daily

http://www.slapt.me/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Since you originally appeared to be looking for context for a business decision I think the thread has stayed on topic.

If you wish to create a legacy information thread then I suggest you start again, find the link to Blondin posts and take the links from slapt.me and add them.

Slapt.me has the most comprehensive set of links and information regarding this change.

It's not a legacy thread. It's a current research thread.

From the "Revolting Adults" group:



If someone could post transcripts of key parts that would be good. I will do it soon if not.