To JACK LINDEN:
I am one of those Open Space Sim and Land Leasors who Has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with my Open SPACE land. I Have used it strictly for PARK NATURE LAND. Albeit I Have ONE SMALL Church on there but aside from that EVERYTHING ELSE is FOR NATURE! I just recently purchased a new WHOLE open space sim with the hopes of EXPANDING The Park. Next thing I know Linden has decided to raise the price. I frankly dont care if there was forewarning or not in previous posts! I do not pay linden employees to read their boring blog posts, I pay linden employees to help me to experience the pleasure of enjoying of SL! and I frankly dont care who they are, especially now.
There should have been A VOTE on this by All The Real People (yes believe it or not Lindens, We Are Real People out here in Second Life!) who in fact, help to line the Linden Employer and Employee POCKETS with your paycheque, so there should of been a VOTE initiated by you to ALL OF US IN SL! The Decision you made should not have been allowed to implemented by just Your Corporation without asking the People First! Its Called Diplomacy! Perhaps by having approached this diplomatically instead of dictating it to us, perhaps another and more positive solution could have been found where it did not have as much as a negative impact as it is having right now on most folks, and if it did have a negative impact with our vote, at least we all would of known we at least had a right to put our say into it!
In ADDITION, I do NOT even HAVE ONE STORE on ANY OF MY Private Lands that I currently pay Tier On! I think it is TOTALLY UNFAIR and BIASED to MAKE me and others who are like me PAY FOR OTHER GREEDY SIM AND BUSINESS OWNERS MISTAKES! In ADDITION, I pay out of my own hard working pocket for everything I own in SL and I pay in CANADIAN Dollars, which means 10 dollars to you is like 15 dollars to me! and thats min! Also, I have not only enjoyed sharing my park with others I have also spent lindens like everyone else does in SL which helps to further the business community in SL. My purchases of course mainly consist of Nature things like trees and flowers and such. SL has been a wonderful learning and sharing experience for me but I now left with a sour taste in my mouth knowing that everything I have put into it comes down to the dollar! As an artist, creator and spiritual person, I shall have to strongly reconsider my priorities and involvement in Second Life, as I can barely afford what I have now, yet the reason that I create what I create is because People enjoy visiting without the added pressure of Having to BUY or PAY for something! There are alot of folks who cannot afford to buy anything AT ALL, and they like to go to places where they are Not Constantly Pressured into BUYING things!
Practically speaking I understand that A FEE does have to be charged, nothing is for free, but to raise it in such a manner against those who have given YOU and YOUR EMPLOYEES SO MUCH, in a time of a current Recession Not to Mention, Christmas coming up, is beyond and without a doubt a complete lack of compassion on YOU and YOUR employees part!
Second Life is supposed to be about Community but if a community has closed up in itself and is only allowing the powerful and the elite to purchase land i.e. only for the rich, then what kind of community is that? Also, through your decision, it is those in need, just like in REAL LIFE, whether it is emotional, mental or spirutally, who end up suffering the most! You appear not to know the definition of the word Humane. I would strongly suggest you look it up some time, you just might become enlightened by it.
Frankly, just as you and your employees dont care what we think as whole, I also dont care what you think, although I would be curious to see if you personally had the courage to reply to me, without the addition of a no mind spiel to your words or using one of your employees to cover your *** like you so often do!
In Truth and Justice!
Mythical Destiny