How many others are happy with age verification?

*studies the finger pointing at her*

Sorry, that is not a sticky finger. So no biting for you.

Morwen.

Pffttt.... what is new there? People are doing that all my life already .


To be honest I a gerat time there.... and most likely also the reason I was not was welcome there anymore... (Ough, my mother was sooooo angry with me ).

Morwen.

I'll gladly accept age verification and I'm truly suprised at the animosity towards the idea. LL gets to cover their butts legally and everyone in mature areas can guarantee themselves some peace from griefers and will belong to a semi-exculsive club where all involved AGREE that everything (legal) goes. It's more freedom, not less. And everyone is free not to verify. I don't believe I will, although LL already knows quite a bit more about me than my age. It's not the privacy issue, it's just that I'm just not into the cyber sex market. That's my preference, NOT a moral judgement. And I'm kinda notoriously cheap. "Under $10" is a lot of money! ;D But it will weed out the folks who truly do enjoy the lifestyle from the folks who are merely an audience and who have no intention of contributing.

All I'm asking is see how things play out before the outrage. The inconvenience might improve the adult industry greatly.

Interesting, never looked it that way but mine says similar:

"This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and may be withdrawn at any time. It should not be tampered with or passed to an unauthorised person."

I'm assuming that LL and Integrity have therefore been authorised by Her Majesty's Government!

Personally, I'm not for age verification in the form it's being presented because I refuse to give that kind of information over the internet. And since I have a sex life IRL I don't need to go to SL to get my kicks so the areas that will be flagged "adult" aren't places I would go anyway, thus making it irrelevant to me.

I think the current setup being pushed is intrusive and not neccessary since the intended effect could be just as easily acheived with the cell phone/cc verification setup I went through in 2005 when I first signed up. There's no way to prevent the under 18 crowd from getting on the main grid. Maybe someone should have brought this up at the meeting where they announced they were going to take away verification!

However, I, like the OP, am looking forward to the inevitable purge of sex from SL. Not because it's offensive to me so much as it's a waste of space in SL. If people weren't so desperate to supress their feelings of loneliness and inability to connect with people IRL then maybe they'd put some of their creative energy into things that could actually enhance society in general and SL in particular.

My hope is that with all the people that will be leaving to get their internet sex elsewhere it will open up plenty of room for actual creativity and looking up seemingly harmless subjects on search won't come up with a bunch of garbage with only a couple of decent entries.

The way I look at it is this: While I would never want to see a nuclear holocaust, I know one is coming and I'm looking forward to being able to start over...because I have a fallout shelter!!

Um, but how will preventing them from suppressing it, lead to them being less desperate to?..

Anyone who is happy with the age verification is either:
1. A kid with a stolen ID
2. An ignorant fool who is unwilling to explore the company they are giving their vital documents to
3. A mentally challanged person so addicted to SL that they are willing to risk their RL just to play a game.

I don't need to say that SL isn't the only place to get your kicks on the internet. If you're that desperate you'll find what you're looking for ANYWHERE!

But.. but.. but.. Forums need outrage!!

I'm well over 18 (but not THAT old) and have given, as required, my complete SSN to every company I've worked at. My credit card auth info gets looked at every single time I use it - both online and IRL. I'm unconvinced that this new deal poses any great risk to my identity.

BTW, Wynx: A friend recently got a panda and another got a pony from ExtroVirtual. Very well done! Both also got MadCats and shooting hairballs at me - I was less pleased with that.

LOL

*reads it again*

LOL

The second half of this Post is either an Attempt at Comedy -

Or its just Idiotic

Your gallarys have violent images, and are therefore adult,
remember, it's sex OR violence for flagging, so, you are happy, but, your membership is gunna die.

Glad you could contribute to the conversation...once again.

Heil Squeeze,
maybe we should completely control all expression?
The bible is really violent, it would need adult flagging,
of course, I'm not christian, or of christian decent, so, im good with it,
a lot of famous art has nudity, bam, adult,
hmm...
lets make sure SL is nothing but brightly colored hills and happy characters...we'll make it into viva pinata, no one will get offended then!

Sure I'm all for protecting kids from perverts. But I've felt so sick at the though of just how far linden labs are going to go with this invasion of personal privacy.
These kids who are smart enough to figure out how to lie about their age to gain access to the main grid are also smart enough to "borrow" mommy or daddys social security cards and lie AGAIN so they can retain their grown up avatars and enjoy the local strip clubs.
I don't play SL for escorts and lap dances, so I'm tempted to tell linden labs to shove it and keep my private info private. But I know I'll cave in and hand it over, just for the sense of *gulp* freedom.
Anyone here have a suggestion or link for another online game I can play that won't be asking me for a blood test and full cavity search a year from now? Teehee J/K ...I hope.

Don't be too sure about that - many will flag just to cover their ass'. I sell an image vendor - this can be used for porn - ergo, I flag my parcel. In fact, I flag all land I currently own, and will own in the future no matter what is there and what it's for - cuz I'm responsible for what goes on at my lands so I HAVE to flag my lands with the highest restrictions just to cover my ass - just as LL does. I can't control what other people do, especially when I'm not around, not online, when things happen in IMs. So mature -> adult it is

No, heil LL because you're using thier game and they make the rules for it. This isn't a free country, it's a free computer game that LL is allowing you the privilage of playing on the condition you follow their rules. LL is putting together a policy where if you want to express yourself in a sexual manner then you need to verify that you are of legal age through information they requested. If you don't like it...it's a big internet!

As far as violence...I really think LL just threw that in there to cover their bases. There's no way for them to deal with that. Considering the nature of most video games and the fact there are combat areas all over SL I really don't think you'll see much action in that area of things.

Don't be so naive. As much as you want to skip over it, I already stated I don't think age verification in the form LL is pushing is good, but it doesn't effect me as I have enough social skills to be able to have sex IRL. I'm just seeing the potential for a great, creative outcome from the bomb they're dropping.

Sony's Littlebigplanet is being announced for PC,
it will be the final blow to SL, if SL goes through with this ridiculous concept of selling our stats to political deployment groups

haha...you haven't seen Little Big Planet's game play. SL is safe.

Well, your alarmist attitude towards it is your business...or lack thereof.

I don't have sex online,
I have a real life husband, and am 7 weeks pregnant,
so, I have real sex, offline, unlike you,
the whole "I can totally get it IRL all the time yo" is a common juvenile defense.
but that doesn't stop me from wanting MY creativity to be allowed,
I've run a sim for over a year, founded and created, it's one of the best built places in SL, and the traffic is over 30k daily without a single "Dance Pad" or "Camp Chair", therefore, I am a CONTENT PROVIDER, and am not alone in leaving SL when this comes, I own 2 estates, 1 purely residential and 1 the RP sim, MANY of my SL friends own estates and RP sims, they are also leaving,
kill the content, you kill SL, pure and simple.

Prefacing your comments with unfounded, juvenile insults doesn't give me much hope for what you're about to say. I'll give you a chance anyway and read the rest...



I think you'll see less people leave than you think...either because the sex aspect wasn't as big a deal for them so they decide to focus more on the other creative aspects of SL...or the sex aspect is such a big deal to them that they are willing to give up all their personal info just to keep it going.

Either way, people leave and sell their sims? Go for it! That just means sims at blowout prices for the rest of us!

Yes, both of the remaining SL "addicts" will be pleased with the new era of disney based content, you got me there.

Well, that's a misquote,
all the remaining americans will be happy,
all the brits/aussies/canadians/etc that quit will not,
SL will become american only over this.

This shows your lack of creative abilities. If anything that doesn't have gentalia hanging off of it is "Disney based content" in your opinion then maybe you'd make a better consumer than a producer.

Does anyone else have a valid opinion they'd like to share about this subject? Actual dialogue instead of petty insults are appreciated!