Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Answers to Questions

See? Taking one for the team isn't so bad.

I'm sure real life history has some pretty famous examples of similar situations where certain social groups were told to go somewhere and that it was really for their own good - guess it has to happen in Virtual World one day

That station will never detect PIU/PIOF, it's not designed not intended for that purpose. It's Aristotle only.

To test the new scheme, you have to teleport to Arapaima.

One reason I make it a point to never do anything someone tells me is for "my own good." But then I am a contrary bastard.

You shouldn't send me all of your money.... it is for your own good!

It is time for you to FIRE Mr. Kingdon. He doesn't comprehend SL, doesn't think highly of his customers, has caused the loss of several key people in the organization, and isn't smart enough to be able to expand SL without destroying everything that you've worked so hard to build. When you want to increase traffic over a river, you build a second bridge. But you don't dynamite the first bridge before you start building the second - M has a history of doing that. His attitude seems to be that he and he alone is right and nobody may question his guidance, even if far superior solutions are available.

I formally claim NO CONFIDENCE in M, and I ask for his termination.

Thank you.

and where's your pic Thorn?? and don't forget to get all your friends to do it as well.. Seriously important this.. we need as many pics as possible

Well, that's it, isn't it? Look at the MMORPG's. They have millions of users, but eventually everyone gets bored and moves on to the next big thing. SL has reached a plateau in its user numbers. In order to attract more users, they need to offer *more*, not *less*.

More stability of the grid. More resources for a lag-free experience, better interfaces and modeling so that avatars can look better and have more detailed prim constructions.

Better scripting, better building, better everything- All with a hardware base that *keeps up with demand!*

Marketing a "grid in a box" software package so that people can host grid spaces for their own uses.

Hooking up with other "virtual worlds" and coming up with an IP protection protocol that allows virtual goods to pass between grids- Inter-grid commerce!

For crying out loud, there are so *many* things that LL could be working on, and capitalizing on their head start.

Instead, they are fumbling around and trying to make the grid into a virtual theme park for the kiddies.

If I was an LL shareholder, I'd try to fire the lot- and if I couldn't I'd sell the hell out and invest on a company with some *vision*.

Does this mean that, if I can tp to Arapmaima (which I can) using Second Life 1.22.11, I'm OK? Or do I need to test with the newer one?

and where's your pic Thorn?? and don't forget to get all your friends to do it as well.. Seriously important this.. we need as many pics as possible

Ha, little do you know, I don't have any money.

Ha, little do you know, I don't have any money.

If you can get to Arapmaima, you're all set, regardless of which viewer version you're using. The 1.23 client adds some features related to managing Adult content in the viewer (e.g., if one sets preferences in 1.23 to not see Adult content, one won't get to Arapmaima even if Adult-verified).

Then you shouldn't get a job, earn some money, and give it all to me. For your own good, of course!

From Meta Linden:

"B) The voice you are NOT hearing on the forums (by definition) is the millions of new potential users we want to enjoy Second Life like you do, but aren't here yet. Surveys of people who tried SL but decided it wasn't for them, as well as feedback from new organizations (educational, corporate, and other social networks), pointed out the high visibility of AO content in M spaces as a blocking concern for them. It is for *these* silent potential users we are making this change"


I guess no one at LL has ever heard the old adage about one bird in the hand being worth more than two in the bush.

And so tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans-I ask for your support.

Is a bold plan.

I wonder if 3rd party viewers will be able to accomodate the changes, especially legacy viewers, or does LL plan to do away with them as well? I still use the 1.19 Non Windlight viewer, so I might be coded out of the equation anyway.

Funny how the first thing most folks say when they post their first message is "LL should make a PG continent".

It's the obvious answer and it does everything they want to do. but they *won't*. why is that?

-V-

Boss Linden: Wow, we have a lot of empty servers. People aren't buying opensims, and the homesteads don't seem to be drawing people in. But we are still making money since we increased prices on the opensims.

Investor Linden: Well I got a good dividends check this year but I want more. Any ideas how we can put those servers to use.

Boss Linden: Well lets see. If we merge the teen grid we will only have to maintain one grid. More families would get involved.

Investor Linden: But the teens don't really make us much money. The adults are the ones with the purchasing power. We can't merge them yet. And besides theres too much adult content that would need to be cleaned up before we can merge the grids.

Boss Linden: There you have it. The adults stuff. Some people don't support it, but it does seem to be everywhere. If we were to make them move to an isolated area we can benefit in several ways. We can make use of those empty servers by making a new land for the more adult stuff.

Tech Linden: We only have so many empty servers. And a lot of the residents will be upset having to move all their stuff.

Boss Linden: How many sims can we fit onto those servers.

Tech Linden: About 250. 300, if we push resources.

Boss Linden: Not bad. Okay, so now if we just move people there should be little resistance. Let them have the land for the land they currently use. We get them out of sight and that will help make it more family friendly. It will be good p.r. for us. Show that we care and don't want to isolate anyone. But at the same time cleaning up the grid.

Investor Linden: Wait, you just want to give them the land?

Boss Linden: Yes.

Investor Linden: How are we going to make money on that?

Boss Linden: Good point. (thinks for a few minutes) okay heres a thought. We only give away ¼ of the new land. Tell the residents its meant for extreme content, and that only if they advertise the stuff they
will have to move. Then we auction off the rest and put that money into our pockets.

Tech Linden: But what if more people want the move then we have the land for?

Boss Linden: Well we will decide who gets to move. Then a few months down the road we can go in and tell those business's left behind that they need to change content or move to the adult land. They will be forced to buy the land from the speculators. Look at how much money those guys generated for us on Nautilus.

Investor Linden: Nice we can make money from both sides.

PR Linden: But sirs aren't we basically changing the whole nature of what we are selling. Wont this upset people.

Investor Linden: Who cares. We have the only viable grid at the moment. They will stay. So what if we lose a few suckers, err users, err Residents.

PR Linden: Okay, but I suggest we don't let everyone know our plans. If we do, there will be a mass revolt. I suggest since only a small percentage of users go to the forums and blogs we post it there. It will be less noticed and we can say we informed people about the changes.

Lawyer Linden: I would add a press release, or two. That way if we get taken to court for possible criminal activities we can say we announced it in the press.

PR Linden: Great idea, that will also show the world we are cleaning up the grid that way.


This is only an imagined conversation. Repeat, IMAGINARY as in being able to fly, teleport, and most of the activities in SL.

Where? WHERE are the "supportive comments"? "Most of them are emailed/PMed/IMed directly to us!" will be the most obvious answer, since the vast majority of the responses made public are NOT supportive.

Thats what they always do. Give us something no one asked for and then claim we all asked for it.

Its like a shell game. But with blog posts.

Ah.. that's not what the sign says, or what Live Help seemed to think-- I believe you rather than them, but I'm just saying.

Does this mean that, if I can tp to Arapmaima (which I can) using Second Life 1.22.11, I'm OK?

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.