Arbitrarily locking threads?

I don't understand why it's sad. This was a dispute between Kenny, the OP, and the other party. If she feels it wasn't handled correctly, she could have asked for a higher-up email address, which (I believe) would be [email]Abuse_manager@secondlife.com[/email]. She also posted a chat log, which is against the TOS no matter who was involved.

I have no dispute with any of the Lindens, they're just doing CYA as far as operating within the limits of their rules. I won't go into what my problem is because I've been told I'm not allowed to discuss it here.

Honestly, I think that would be best, no offense meant. Thanks.

What can be done about clear Linden abuse of powers?

Close your account and quit playing their game or accept that it's their game and even with them not handling things the way you want you want to play it anyways. That's the only options.

There is a third option... stand up against injustice and speak out to get things changed.

It's a good job Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and others didn't think like you.

Lewis

There is a third option... stand up against injustice and speak out to get things changed.

It's a good job Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and others didn't think like you.

It's funny how they used the naming-names clause on that. The only people named were Lindens. Are they saying that Lindens are customers now? And thus should not be named? (I actually read the ToS to see if they added a clause like this).

Actually naming names wasn't the cited reason. It was

a) Private discussion (naming names just happens to be part of the description of private discussion) ie dispute between two residents,

and b) Disclosure, the chat logs. Not everything that comes out of a Linden's mouth is an official Linden statement, sometimes they're just representing themselves and their opinion, and sometimes they're inworld in a private rather than work capacity. So yes, I guess not posting a chat-log applies to Lindens too.

I've closed this thread:

Private discussions – the forums are a public area for the Second Life community’s use. Individuals who have a dispute with each other have other channels of communication to discuss their differences or communicate – private messaging, IM within Second Life, or chatting within Second Life. Also, threads that are addressed to a single individual or group are inappropriate on the forums, this includes slander or "naming names" in a posts title, starting polls about a particular resident or group, etc.

Also:

Disclosure
Residents are entitled to a reasonable level of privacy with regard to their Second Lives. Sharing personal information about a fellow Resident --including gender, religion, age, marital status, race, sexual preference, and real-world location beyond what is provided by the Resident in the First Life page of their Resident profile is a violation of that Resident's privacy. Remotely monitoring conversations, posting conversation logs, or sharing conversation logs without consent are all prohibited in Second Life and on the Second Life Forums.

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It's really unfortunate to see this.

What's sited was between resident-resident, not resident-Linden. So I don't see how those fall under those.

Unless somehow Lindens have become a resident somehow.

I'm just sad.

After SOE, LL and SL were like a breath of fresh air.

Now its starting to smell like a old closet full of thrown away gym shoes and used diapers.

The dispute, the thing that should private discussion, was between two residents. Remove the chat-logs, remove the Lindens, and you still have something that is a private dispute between two residents, hence the lock.

What can be done about clear Linden abuse of powers?

There was no names named (resident), unless she edited the post before I read it, but as far as I can see it was her vs Lindens. And ther question was mostly general, ie. I got X person doing this, and LL is not helping me, what can be done about this? (and so on).

Have you read the Tos? (You said you were going too, but now I don't think you did.) Nothing can be done about it.

The Lindens can do what they want, when they want, for whatever reason they want.

Stop pretending you actually have rights here, cause you don't.