Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Answers to Questions

absolutely. Tickling *is* torture

I am actually cracking up reading all of this. Do these people (by these people I mean Lindens ) know anything about what they are getting into here? Did they ever hear of KISS (keep it simple stupid)? I am so angry about this but I can't wait to sit back and watch them squirm when push comes to shove and they try to get this move made.

There hasn't been one response from Blondin that hasn't been changed to a different response later and then back again.

They start out with a idea and then put it out to the public when they don't even know what the hell they are doing and they don't have answers to so many questions.

They will "require" that you move your adult area to a Ursula Sim but..... some people might get turned down if they just have to delete a couple of keywords from their ads. So this means that they can't advertise like they want.

SL has been my rl business for the last few years. I have done everything by the book and paid rl taxes as I am sure many others have. I went into this with an agreement and a TOS which I have followed. NOW LL wants to change things and I am one of the lucky ones that won't have my business effected too much by the changes. But.... what about the other people who have made a rl investment into their adult themed business's here and spent good money on mainland and spent years setting up their place and building their business to now just be lumped into a region with all of their compition right next door.

BAD BUSINESS TACTICS LL!

I think the "Lindens" have been living inside of their computers for too long and have no idea what kind of hell they are in for once they try and put this adult content thing into full effect.

As it stands now they can't handle all of the abuse reports and people who are caught doing age play and other illegal things are still fully functioning residents of SL. And now they THINK they can handle the abuse reports they are going to get from "someone is having sex in the lot next to me in my mature region" ? I doubt they will do anything about it.

I miss the good ole days of sl.

I know! I'm constantly baffled as to how they think this can be good move for anyone.

No, we don't want people to be less descriptive, but often times, if they remove a word or two, then the ad won't be flagged as Adult.

Maybe LL is suicidal? o.O;; Is it possible for a whole company to be suicidal?

Speaking of which...

One of the longest running and best behaved PG communities in SL is worried about the change.

Blondin: Any comments on this?

http://forums.secondlife.com/showpo...0&postcount=113

We're on top of it.

No, even with sexual content in your home, your region will still be mature.

Blondin:
Will a non verified account ( not PIU, not PIOF, not Aristotle verified, no payment info on XstretSL) be able to purchase adult items (uncensored) from XStreetSL?

Maybe LL is suicidal? o.O;; Is it possible for a whole company to be suicidal?

NPIOF Conversion Problem!
NPIOF Conversion Problem!

A New Ticket Type is needed for Basic accounts.
The ONLY Verification related ticket is to submit RL Documents and send hard copy.
We NEED one that is: ""I have Verified but it is NOT Working IN World""
Especially in light of [ Any other support ticket submitted by a Basic account or Guest login will be ignored ]

Automatic conversion of NPIOF to PIOF in world is spotty after adding payment info.
And NIPOF to PIU or PIOF appears broken when related to Xstreet use.

How can a resident get this fixed if they can't submit a ticket?


REPEAT:
NPIOF Conversion Problem!
New ticket type needed due to the new Verification Rules:
Somebody Please fix this!

Hello!

Our system shows that you submitted this ticket from either a Basic account or with Guest Access. Basic account holders and guests may only submit tickets using the ticket type "Special Questions - Basic account or Guest Login". You did not select that ticket type, so the ticket will not be reviewed.
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If your issue is one of the ones we offer support to, please submit another ticket with the information corrected.

Thanks!

Ticket Type: Feedback (Knowledgebase, Support service)

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I know! I'm constantly baffled as to how they think this can be good move for anyone.

If you have used Xstreet in the past, then you are good to go. I don't think you need to bring any money into Xstreet or SL for that matter. As long as there's a credit card or payment history on file, you'll be all set.

So what exactly is the difference between Account verification and Age verification..

I'm not sure how Xstreet does it exactly but if you have lindens, you should be able to buy what you want. Content creators can stay on mature.

Originally Posted by Hypatia Darkstone
I have via PayPal.
But I am still NPIOF in world and can NOT get to Arapaima!

Blondin, How do I fix this?

These changes will come with the new viewer

Well I don't know about the rest of you but if this all goes ahead then I will probably just leave SL.
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here's my current parcel description. which according to Blondin is adult.

Quote:
Satiated Desires & The Master's Pleasure. BDSM Sex & Kinky Toys

by Couldbe Yue. Main Store. Items for your kinky erotic fantasies. Sex beds, cuddle couches, sub & slave kneel cushions, rip silks, canes, spankers, CP, D/s, M/s, S&M, punishment, bondage, shibari, discipline & CARP (role play) lockguard furniture.

As much as I loathe this entire deal, really and truely, one thing that's always been in the back of head is Marianne.

/me loves (in a totally chaste way) Marianne. She should have lots of room to run around and play and be a kid to her hearts content without having to deal with adult stuff. So should others who want to play too. I strongly believe that this group of residents absolutely has as much right to be here as anybody else does and I will jump up & down on and mash into pulp anybody who says otherwise.

I think she and others like her know that there's a "wrong side of the tracks" that will always be around, RL and SL, and that if they wander around blindly, they can run into these areas.

Anyway.. I guess I don't have much of a point here - just want to publically say that I'd hate to alienate that crowd or have them think that my objections to LLs plan is in any way a comment about them or their right to be here. They'll always be welcome in (the PG parts of) my virtual world.

And if they can't get by with removing a word or two, do they get a free move?

Yes, people will be turned down. The reason is that the majority of people will not need to move. Many others would simply need to remove a word or two from their land info or search tags and they would be fine on Mature.

Well, their efforts the past year have certainly seemed suicidal all right. They've also conveniently forgotten that the only thing they have to sell is a playground for adults to enjoy. If they strip the play out of it, all they have to sell is virtual ground. And nobody is going to pay for that.

And those who refuse to tow the line and have their sims taken away from them? If LL is trying to avoid lawsuits, this isn't the way to do it. Even on the internet you cannot deny a person access to their purchased merchandise just because you changed a TOS. There are still consumer laws in this country, no matter how badly M might wish there aren't. The fact that SL still to this day calls it "Buying Land" will bite them very deeply in the ass.

It's still not to late to put this entire clusterfuck on Hold, LL. Put it on hold until a simpler, fairer solution that won't bankrupt you can be found. Like say, any of the solutions we've submitted to you in this forum?

It should be pretty obvious to anyone that this is a really bad idea.

Right now, there isn't even clear definition on what is and what is not adult content. The definitions are sloppy, and open to so many interpretations that you could AR a church or gallery and be within rights to do so.

The execution of the transition is going to create hardship for those affected, if it doesnt drive them out of SL altogether.

Not to mention the long term issues and implications that Linden Labs just isn't equipped to take on.
and for what? A public relations exercise?

PLEASE Linden Labs, rethink this.

No it is NOT a type you Support. Tho I did select a type. And it was submitted as suggestion to fix the knowledge base but also with a suggestion that we NEED another ticket type. This appears like feed back form Basic account is not even read before it is discarded....

Epistemological death would have an elevated probability of immanentizing the eschaton through a process of iterated quantum suicide.