Age Verification is here!!

ahh nope I just manage a couple sims

dang and I was gonna verify myself

*shrug* oh well

Mr. Linden, I HAVE a telephone, and I HAVE email already. And they cost less and operate more reliably than Second Life, when I want to communicate with a Real Person. SL's uniqueness is its alternate reality aspect...the name says it all. When LL forgets that, SL is dead.

Own a sim? If not then thats why, its for members that own private sims atm. Untill its out of "beta"

actually at the moment the only reason they are trying is to make sure it actually work and the concierge members are the guineepigs. I really haven't checked to see if there is even the option to "tick" adult land yet. I would assume that its not even implemented yet as that only concierge would be able to access it.

I wonder why this wasn't announced at the SLCC? After all, it's a big 'step forward' in their thinking... so what better a place to break it to the playerbase?

They are using the "mature" flag that is already built into About Land. I agree with previous posters, an object-based system would be better.

I thought there would be a separate "restricted" flag, and assumed that its defaut setting (even in Mature parcels) would be "off". Do you know if use of the Mature flag is just for beta?

How old did you have to be to go to the SLCC and who verified those ages?

Which means.. the rest of us are screwed if LL does something extremely stupid (which means it's likely) like restricting us from the mature content, although it does seem like those that are concierge are paying to be guinea pigs. I thought that's what the FREE accounts were for

just makes me think of the lovely little comment I have used so many times.

The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead.

Age verification is a way for [LL] to protect themselves...

No argument here. I think that hamster is starting to stink

I thought there would be a separate "restricted" flag, and assumed that its defaut setting (even in Mature parcels) would be "off". Do you know if use of the Mature flag is just for beta?

I understood that the mature flag was going to serve this purpose, but that the actual age verification hadn't kicked in yet. Now that it's here, in beta, the mature flag will get full use. Land doesn't need a separate, redundant mature flag.

I own almost 1/2 a sim of mature land and yes adult things go on there, so basically it looks like I either have to spend almost £70 (or $140 USD) on a passport just for this or sell my land and probably end up quitting sl.

I don't really want to quit sl, so it looks like i'll be forced into age verification at a cost to me of £70, basically that's like having to pay double my 1/2 sim tier for a month!

Ok i get a passport out of it, but will i use it before it expires? unlikely

I understood that the mature flag was going to serve this purpose, but that the actual age verification hadn't kicked in yet. Now that it's here, in beta, the mature flag will get full use. Land doesn't need a separate, redundant mature flag.

Land owners will find a check box in their land management tools that they will be able to check if they have restricted content on their land. To find this, in the Second Life viewer, go to World > About Land > Options. There’s a check box called Restricted Content under Land Options.

I requested feedback from UK concierge members earlier in this thread but have yet to receive a response. It actually makes no sense to demand driver's license or passport information from British citizens because it's not available on a public database for anybody to cross-check (other than specific government or police agents).

Do i look like linden labs?


With the speed that LL goes? Could be another year before it gets outa beta.



If your gonna quote me, get your facts straight. I SAID 1/2 the people that were in the forums had their ADDRESS on the net, meaning in easy access like going to whitepages.com. Don't twist my words. I know what I said. As far as a trusted person investigating, i hardly think google'ing and whitepage searching is a confident procedure. Unless their a hacker, they won't find your information on the net. Everything is available on the net. There are plenty of places you can pay to pull up all your information, your name your address your credit history, everything. If your willing to pay for it you can get it. Thinking otherwise is a delusion.


Again if your gonna quote me, make sure you understand the relevance. I was speaking in the manner of the ones complaining about having to do this, prolly had something to hide. Yes I'm sure some of you are concerned about your information getting on the net and getting your identity stolen. But a good portion that are willing to leave over it. More then likely want their identity hidden for more then just fear.



I think that its rather sad, I think they should. But apparently for w/e reason they can get away with it, which i'm sure it has to deal with the fact that they are based outside of the US. In which case some countries couldn't give 2 shits about what people put on the internet that any person/'s can access. Which again, is rather sad.

Plain and simple, if something like this is getting your panties in a bunch, ya got other places you can go play that don't require age verification on top of payment information. Everything has its pro's and con's. But in the case of this its LL covering their own ass. Then its just a matter of everyone complaining about it. Is there anything that LL does that you agree with? Oh wait thats right, everything that LL does sucks, but yet you keep paying them. So who's the one to blame?
*EDIT* If you don't pay to play, you really have to reason to bitch, ITS FREE!

According to the blog:



I don't see this option now, but assume (and yes I know that is dangerous ) it will appear when age verification is rolled out at some as of yet unannounced point. And yeah, apparently we do *need* a seemingly redundant tag....(can't have classifieds and land sharing the same tag. Will there be a new "restricted content" search flag for those verified individuals who may want to find a mature area without restricted content for some reason?)

Do you really think that anyone will want to do business with you if you are NOT willing to "reveal...real life information about" yourself, if that option is made commonly available?

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Its for the classified ads.

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classifieds.

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classifieds.

The mature rating on sims is another thing entirely. (although LL has said that they may eventually retire it) The about land settings mature content rating is for classified ads at the present time, to rate them mature or not.

actually its not for classified ads - they have a seperate checkbox in the Ad themselves.

Its for the "PLACES" listing currently. Which is of course a similair reason.

It was changed that way as a band aid for search suddenly unlisting everyone from non Mature searches reguardless of actual content.

If gambling wasn't illegal, I'd bet a few L that the "mature" box that currently exists suddenly morphs into "restricted content."