Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Answers to Questions

Oh be careful. He will say that is untrue. Anyone who is verified (and remembers to set their preferences) and wants to find you will be able to. Too bad no one new will be able to.

It is now #3, surpassing the Hippo JIRA, and about to overtake the "More than 25 Groups" JIRA. It is currently at 1308 votes.

Well, its me tilting at windmills now.

Look, I'm really not trying to change anyone's mind here, just offering an observation, for whatever it may, or may not be worth.

I'm also not saying I'm smarter than anyone else ... but you know how sometimes where you watch a game, you see better moves than the one playing it?

The first threads ... the ones that are now locked, were attack based and in their face right from the start. Lots of people in the adult industry that tried to talk sense, were shouted down.

Not the way to get what you want.

- Document explicitly how the search filtering works.

- Publish the word list for each level so we can avoid those words (stupid not to)

- Heavily theme zone Ursula to prevent kindergarten town like the mainland is today

- Stop making decisions about the viewer without discussing it with us first (pie menu changes that are not even needed, skin debacle, etc)

- State explicitly what the TOS is in respect to websites not on LL server space. (Will LL be policing the internet to find people to ban?)

- Put a huge picture on the main viewer login screen that explains what is going on since 90% or more have no idea about this change.

- Hire better experts in respect to banning words. some guy working for LL is not an expert in law. We like SL and don't want it at risk to lawsuits over this stuff.

And I think you might get a lot more support for this change.

Make Ursula something to be proud of.

As for the word list make it real easy on yourself. Put it in the TOS that exploiting the word list to bypass the intent of the rules will result in expulsion from Second Life and give clear case examples. SL could do without those type of people anyway.

I have, Viciously. Not by calling anyone names, true. But Blondin Linden has explicitly suggested that people hide their adult content (that dirty, nasty stuff. ewwww.) He has encouraged people to lie...by describing their adult content in "safe" terms. He's blown off our concerns with an airy, "just fly under the radar...and don't get caught" attitude.

I call that disrespect, big time. Who does he think we are, unprincipled corporate types?

Go to google and enter:

Escort site:world.secondlife.com

Go to internal SL web browser, with PG level set in preferences (1.23 version), enter same thing.

Both yield adult results

Why are people talking about beer being adult? Beer is Mature in the current KB6010 definition, and PG in the current in-force definition that Blondin says is not going to change.

Blondin, did jack really say that if we got the swap and wanted to keep our original mainland we could as long as we cleaned it up and paid the extra tier?

But the problem with her items isn't the nature of the item itself -- we're both pretty sure that all her stock can safely be displayed for sale in a "mature" sim -- so much as how she can sensibly describe some of the stuff without using "adult" terms (often it's a question of whether you buy what's essentially the same piece of furniture with the vanilla or the bdsm set of anims -- the only real difference is the contents and some chaining points). They certainly co-exist quite happily at the moment, both selling well from the same shop, but it looks like two stores is going to be the best solution.

That's what I heard in the audio thing today.

Why not? Saves them the trouble of having to resell it..

Except it is not updating in world , and there is no proper way for a basic account to submit a ticet on it not working.



So for my HOME parcel(group only) with private beach area I will have to move my beach towels picnic table and hot tub and i guess the beach indoors?




what about odd ball sized plots and same group plots in the same sim?
Over time I have purchased additional odd pieces within the same sim for my business to ad to prims. Adjoining some of them may be difficult

I also have a couple, of partners with adjoining parcel to my main one.
Will they need to be combined with mine to be moved together

However, things sell the best when they are all located in ONE location. And this is why this policy will ruin businesses. I can't tell you how many times I've been shopping for something in a store and just happen to buy five to ten other things while I'm there because.... they caught my eye. This is where this policy fails on every level.. PG, Mature, and Adult.

that's a win/win all round if you're happy to go up a tier

I don't think that even the best linden spin can make this sound like a good thing. Its one thing to limit access to adult content, another thing altogether to hiding it from public view.

This is pretty much like the city council saying to the local bars,strip clubs and adult book stores.
"You have to all move. You have 30 days to move all your merchandise to a new location outside of town that we will provide free of cost, but you will not get any sort of tax breaks or compensation, nor will you keep your old property unless you want to pay double the taxes. You will be allowed to put up a sign saying that you have moved, but after 30 days or less (we'll decide) it will be taken down.

Furthermore, you are not allowed to advertise in any newspapers or magazines other than X-rated ones (which are only available at adult book stores). You will not be allowed to advertise via billboards or use any signs advertising your services, and the only way you can advertise your existence is to pass out fliers and by word of mouth.

Any business that does not comply will be shut down, but its an amazing opportunity."

Pretty crazy, isnt it?

if he didn't correct what I'd posted then you have to assume I'm correct. although i do remember somewhere that they said they'd consolidate

Brilliant summation.

A). I'm very depressed about this rampant stupidity, selfishness and thoughtless gingoism from LL.

B). Viciously, the above example is exactly what LL has told adult businesses to do. THAT is disrespectful in the extreme. Not to mention underhanded.

Put a hollow megasphere with a transparent interior and opaque exterior over it.

not if you consider they want to hide us completely from anyone who has not given fake id or used a prepay credit card with false details to verify

Should have heard the audio of the press conference earlier today. They're all excited about it.

/me wonders what emperor M has on for new clothes..

Sounds like a deal to me. MY problem is they're not offering the deal to everyone who needs it.

And sculpt the outside like a big boulder?

A mushroom would be more appropriate.

It is and that was why I was so upset in a previous post. My sim is completely invisible to PG searches for approved mature keywords in the RC viewer because I followed the rules and flagged my land as mature. But many other places showed up with flagged adult keywords in their names and descriptions because they did not flag their land as mature. So do I try to "fly under the radar" and hope not to get busted or follow the rules and become invisible to any new people in SL and solely depend on the base of people who can see my listing.

**Edit** Unverifieds should still be able to see the listing with flagged keywords filtered and a message that they must become verified to enter that region. I would be happy with that compromise.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37993573@N06/3491692989/

P.S. might as well go out smiling ^ ^

Probably!
I was just hoping for some direct answers my self.
What we are getting seems to be incomplete at answers at best.