New Zindra Blog Post

Well . . . I quite understand that ferrets have "special needs," so I think we can make an exception . . .

This is a VERY nice point.

Looks like all Zindra land is going through a rolling restart so tier can be charged now....and let the sales begin

Sorry, but I can't agree. I would far rather constrain companies' behaviour through the civil and criminal law rather than rely on what the board may or may not think is "ethical" at any given moment. That at least gives us all a degree of certainty and consistency and also gives us some degree of democratic oversight rather than trusting selection panels to hire nice people.

I would argue, in this context, that Linden Labs' conduct isn't particularly sensible because it's not good practice to upset a lot of the customer base, many of whom -- including me -- are now far more likely than we were a year ago to jump ship when a viable alternative presents itself. Furthermore, I know at least one person -- my oldest and closest friend in SL -- who, in RL, is in a position to make such commercial decisions and won't touch SL with a bargepole now as a commercial platform -- despite Amanda Linden's best efforts in https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/workinginworld/blog/2009/08/19/open-letter-to-your-boss because this whole debacle has convinced her that the current management team is pretty amateurish and flaky, and not really people with whom she'd want to do business, thus risking her employers' money.

Middle of September comes early this year.

We need both.
If unethical people get in charge of a business they are not constrained by civil or criminal law except in so far as they believe they will get caught.

I note that the rest of your article is neither about ethics or law, but about reputation. Which is a third dimension that must be considered.

This.

Sure, but I would rather rely on businesses behaving within the law and with a view -- because it's in their interests so do -- to having a good reputation as people with whom to do business than I would rely on their being guided by their sense of what may or may not be ethical other than in the sense of adhering to sound business ethics like not cooking the books or trying to evade the law.

My problem is that different people tend to have different views about what's ethical and what isn't. I might think that a company is behaving pretty shabbily but the directors doubtless take a different view. Rather than argue about what's ethical and what isn't, in business I'll settle for adherence to the rules, so long as I know what they are. Anything more is a bonus.

You're still making it an "either-or" situation. It's not. It's remarkably rare to find a company in a position where it has to "settle for" either "obeying the law" or "acting ethically".

In practice, companies have certainly NOT had a good track record in this regard. And even those that appreciate the value of APPEARING to be ethical tend to use this as a smoke screen or PR approach, even while actually behaving in many regards quite unethically. (A certain well-known coffee outlet springs to mind in this regard.)

But is it really so impossible for a company to behave ethically without either stick of the law, or the carrot of "reputation," to force them to do so? I hope not. If this IS so, it is a pretty powerful argument for a lot more government regulation than is even now the case, and MUCH more public transparency.

No, I am just talking about what I'm prepared to rely on. Otherwise we find ourselves in impossible balancing acts between -- for example -- what a company makes of its potentially conflicting ethical responsibilities to its shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, the local community, the national economy, the environment and heaven knows what.

Take an example. A major supermarket chain is considering building a large out-of-town store near a smallish town. The issues involved in this sort of development are well-enough known. What ethical considerations should the board take into account in deciding whether go ahead with the planning application or not? What ethical, as opposed to legal, considerations should sway the body dealing with the application?

Obviously everyone involved should behave ethically in the sense of not being corrupt, but I'm really not sure what ethical debates the different parties to the decision should conduct both among and between themselves and how they might best resolve them.

I'm willing to rely on eternal vigilance.

This, exactly IMO

uh just got griefer cubes in Zindra at my sim Old Elms and the next door sim where I have land ...had to log out

Experienced them too, pops up an annoying menu popup

me too-- griefer cubes with HUD .. anyone know if its clear to go back yet?

yawns

WTF is that shit! * I am adult therefore I swear! *

I have seen cubes all kinds of crap but WTF was that? guess LL owes me 100/hr. for my work! or a refund on the damn group tire I paid from the start no break!

its their responsibility to secure their servers! I have never had ia greif attack like that its from the inside (.)

NO cubes just a blue pop up nasty raciest thing

/me blinks. Really?

Do I see 20 new regions?
Lots of nice steep coastline.

I have been through many never something like that. 3 years always just replicaors and crap that was hell The UI froze I could not do a thing and not one prim extra on my land .. inside I don't know but damn I normally can kill particles or find a replicator and move on that was some crap!

Yes and they connect to my land! I like the look as it makes for a great river ! the land well I don't think I would want it but for Linden river for tubes and rafts or even boats damn nice!

I had on eof them about 4 weeks ago, something about a Jewish thing I think.

So did anyone notice there is land for sale by residents in Zindra again?

My sales already started as soon as my parcels were visible in Search, though not rocking yet of course. But I do have faith in Zindra, just hope that people try their best to make something from it.

Something else, I recall postings about Zindra land owner groups? What are they about and is it useful to join them?

Finally, I have 4 parcels in Zindra, 1024 double prim land each. Looks like this:
____...____
|AAA|..|BBB|
|AAA|..|BBB|
|AAA|..|BBB|
|___|..|___|
____....____
|CCC|..|DDD|
|CCC|..|DDD|
|CCC|..|DDD|
|___|...|___|

Now I did put a building on each of them, and connected them with walking bridges over the protected land in between them. And I am even thinking of putting up a big floor at about 10 meters above ground level. That way I will leave the walkways open, but technically I build on (over?) protected land of course. Anyone knows how LL reacts to those kind of things?

AR it as it is not allowed atm, until the auctions open.