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Jumpman Lane

JUMPY!!!

Join date: 7 May 2007

Posts: 2,114

01-19-2010 18:34

by hiring that herald guy has LL completed a quiet coup in second life. their newest agenda seems to be one of control. they call it making the experience "predictable". this all sounds good. take zindra, that move made easlily encountered sex in world that much harder for the business noobs andedu tards tohappen upon. then take Xstreet. By ridding the main marketplace of amateurish content, the Lab's new customers will oly see the class of the content created (special stores? more of the same). Is such the thinking behind allthe fiddling with search.

LL is taking control of the face it presents to the world. is this such a bad thing?

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Ephraim Kappler

Reprobate

Join date: 9 Jul 2007

Posts: 1,946

01-20-2010 00:12

Well is it a coup if the Lindens are exerting more control to attain their grail of a "more predictable experience"? They run the SL infrastructure anyway so it seems more like an incipient dictatorship to me.

Mind you, that still presses my buttons: even a more strictly controlled in-world experience has profoundly nefarious RP potential. Shades of 1984 and all that.

Or was it 1948?

Jeez, I'm so f@cked up.

Jig Chippewa

Fine Young Cannibal

Join date: 30 Oct 2006

Posts: 5,150

01-20-2010 00:17

SLdumbs itself down to suit its market and its audience and its members.

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Ephraim Kappler

Reprobate

Join date: 9 Jul 2007

Posts: 1,946

01-20-2010 02:21

From: Jig Chippewa

SLdumbs itself down to suit its market and its audience and its members.

Cheer up, Gel. World ain't gonna end tomorrah.

Jumpman Lane

JUMPY!!!

Join date: 7 May 2007

Posts: 2,114

01-20-2010 19:25

From: Jig Chippewa

SLdumbs itself down to suit its market and its audience and its members.

ll is after power and they mea business

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Jumpman Lane

JUMPY!!!

Join date: 7 May 2007

Posts: 2,114

01-20-2010 19:26

From: Ephraim Kappler

Well is it a coup if the Lindens are exerting more control to attain their grail of a "more predictable experience"? They run the SL infrastructure anyway so it seems more like an incipient dictatorship to me.

Mind you, that still presses my buttons: even a more strictly controlled in-world experience has profoundly nefarious RP potential. Shades of 1984 and all that.

Or was it 1948?

Jeez, I'm so f@cked up.

i think rhey are tired of being embarrassed by their residents. the lab wants good press too heheheh

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Pussycat Catnap

Sex Kitten

Join date: 15 Jun 2009

Posts: 1,131

01-20-2010 20:25

What's left on xstreet doesn't look any less amatuerish than it did before - only more expensive.

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Jumpman Lane

JUMPY!!!

Join date: 7 May 2007

Posts: 2,114

01-21-2010 04:39

still some freebies there i got a goodrubber duck. their policies arefailin on the amatuerish note lol

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Dakota Tebaldi

Voodoo Child

Join date: 6 Feb 2008

Posts: 1,873

01-21-2010 06:23

From: Jumpman Lane

by hiring that herald guy has LL completed a quiet coup in second life. their newest agenda seems to be one of control. they call it making the experience "predictable". this all sounds good. take zindra, that move made easlily encountered sex in world that much harder for the business noobs andedu tards tohappen upon. then take Xstreet. By ridding the main marketplace of amateurish content, the Lab's new customers will oly see the class of the content created (special stores? more of the same). Is such the thinking behind allthe fiddling with search.

LL is taking control of the face it presents to the world. is this such a bad thing?

Companies are in business to make money. That's the sole reason they exist. When it makes money, the business is successful; when it loses money, the business is a failure. Where a company's profitability depends at least in part on the face it presents to the world, then it has an ethical obligation to control that face and correct any bad features of it that it sees - or at least try.

When companies change things, a lot of people like to say things like "clearly it's only about the money with them, not the users/customers/longtime fans/patrons", as if at one time it actually was about those things. In a sense, it is about those things - where keeping the customers happy equals income. But often, different segments of the customer base are kept happy in different ways; and when push comes to shove, in order to survive, the company has to please that segment of the customer base where the most money comes from.

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"I really do think it's a pity he didnt "age" himself to 18." - Jig Chippewa

Kara Spengler

Pink Cat

Join date: 11 Jun 2007

Posts: 1,227

01-21-2010 06:25

From: Ephraim Kappler

World ain't gonna end tomorrah.

How about next week?

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Those Lindening Lindens!

'O predictable experience,
O predictable experience,
Never shalt we define thee.
Our users think that means no lagging,
But we say they want no shagging.
O predictable experience,
O predictable experience,
We love you null expression.'

Ephraim Kappler

Reprobate

Join date: 9 Jul 2007

Posts: 1,946

01-21-2010 07:17

Live fer the minnit then. Glass 'alf full, Gel. Glass 'alf full!

Jumpman Lane

JUMPY!!!

Join date: 7 May 2007

Posts: 2,114

01-21-2010 09:27

From: Dakota Tebaldi

Companies are in business to make money. That's the sole reason they exist. When it makes money, the business is successful; when it loses money, the business is a failure. Where a company's profitability depends at least in part on the face it presents to the world, then it has an ethical obligation to control that face and correct any bad features of it that it sees - or at least try.

When companies change things, a lot of people like to say things like "clearly it's only about the money with them, not the users/customers/longtime fans/patrons", as if at one time it actually was about those things. In a sense, it is about those things - where keeping the customers happy equals income. But often, different segments of the customer base are kept happy in different ways; and when push comes to shove, in order to survive, the company has to please that segment of the customer base where the most money comes from.

well its not such a bad thing then

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Jumpman Lane JUMPY!!! Join date: 7 May 2007 Posts: 2,114	01-19-2010 18:34 by hiring that herald guy has LL completed a quiet coup in second life. their newest agenda seems to be one of control. they call it making the experience "predictable". this all sounds good. take zindra, that move made easlily encountered sex in world that much harder for the business noobs andedu tards tohappen upon. then take Xstreet. By ridding the main marketplace of amateurish content, the Lab's new customers will oly see the class of the content created (special stores? more of the same). Is such the thinking behind allthe fiddling with search. LL is taking control of the face it presents to the world. is this such a bad thing? _____________________ Ya girlfriend says she loves meh! But it's just the jewlreh! Multicolored carots got ya girlfriend kinda curious!
Ephraim Kappler Reprobate Join date: 9 Jul 2007 Posts: 1,946	01-20-2010 00:12 Well is it a coup if the Lindens are exerting more control to attain their grail of a "more predictable experience"? They run the SL infrastructure anyway so it seems more like an incipient dictatorship to me. Mind you, that still presses my buttons: even a more strictly controlled in-world experience has profoundly nefarious RP potential. Shades of 1984 and all that. Or was it 1948? Jeez, I'm so f@cked up.
Jig Chippewa Fine Young Cannibal Join date: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 5,150	01-20-2010 00:17 SLdumbs itself down to suit its market and its audience and its members. _____________________ Fine Young Cannibal
Ephraim Kappler Reprobate Join date: 9 Jul 2007 Posts: 1,946	01-20-2010 02:21 From: Jig Chippewa SLdumbs itself down to suit its market and its audience and its members. Cheer up, Gel. World ain't gonna end tomorrah.
Jumpman Lane JUMPY!!! Join date: 7 May 2007 Posts: 2,114	01-20-2010 19:25 From: Jig Chippewa SLdumbs itself down to suit its market and its audience and its members. ll is after power and they mea business _____________________ Ya girlfriend says she loves meh! But it's just the jewlreh! Multicolored carots got ya girlfriend kinda curious!
Jumpman Lane JUMPY!!! Join date: 7 May 2007 Posts: 2,114	01-20-2010 19:26 From: Ephraim Kappler Well is it a coup if the Lindens are exerting more control to attain their grail of a "more predictable experience"? They run the SL infrastructure anyway so it seems more like an incipient dictatorship to me. Mind you, that still presses my buttons: even a more strictly controlled in-world experience has profoundly nefarious RP potential. Shades of 1984 and all that. Or was it 1948? Jeez, I'm so f@cked up. i think rhey are tired of being embarrassed by their residents. the lab wants good press too heheheh _____________________ Ya girlfriend says she loves meh! But it's just the jewlreh! Multicolored carots got ya girlfriend kinda curious!
Pussycat Catnap Sex Kitten Join date: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 1,131	01-20-2010 20:25 What's left on xstreet doesn't look any less amatuerish than it did before - only more expensive. _____________________
Jumpman Lane JUMPY!!! Join date: 7 May 2007 Posts: 2,114	01-21-2010 04:39 still some freebies there i got a goodrubber duck. their policies arefailin on the amatuerish note lol _____________________ Ya girlfriend says she loves meh! But it's just the jewlreh! Multicolored carots got ya girlfriend kinda curious!
Dakota Tebaldi Voodoo Child Join date: 6 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,873	01-21-2010 06:23 From: Jumpman Lane by hiring that herald guy has LL completed a quiet coup in second life. their newest agenda seems to be one of control. they call it making the experience "predictable". this all sounds good. take zindra, that move made easlily encountered sex in world that much harder for the business noobs andedu tards tohappen upon. then take Xstreet. By ridding the main marketplace of amateurish content, the Lab's new customers will oly see the class of the content created (special stores? more of the same). Is such the thinking behind allthe fiddling with search. LL is taking control of the face it presents to the world. is this such a bad thing? Companies are in business to make money. That's the sole reason they exist. When it makes money, the business is successful; when it loses money, the business is a failure. Where a company's profitability depends at least in part on the face it presents to the world, then it has an ethical obligation to control that face and correct any bad features of it that it sees - or at least try. When companies change things, a lot of people like to say things like "clearly it's only about the money with them, not the users/customers/longtime fans/patrons", as if at one time it actually was about those things. In a sense, it is about those things - where keeping the customers happy equals income. But often, different segments of the customer base are kept happy in different ways; and when push comes to shove, in order to survive, the company has to please that segment of the customer base where the most money comes from. _____________________ "...Dakota will grow up to be very scary... but in a HOT and desireable kind of way." - 3Ring Binder "I really do think it's a pity he didnt "age" himself to 18." - Jig Chippewa
Kara Spengler Pink Cat Join date: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 1,227	01-21-2010 06:25 From: Ephraim Kappler World ain't gonna end tomorrah. How about next week? _____________________ Those Lindening Lindens! 'O predictable experience, O predictable experience, Never shalt we define thee. Our users think that means no lagging, But we say they want no shagging. O predictable experience, O predictable experience, We love you null expression.'
Ephraim Kappler Reprobate Join date: 9 Jul 2007 Posts: 1,946	01-21-2010 07:17 Live fer the minnit then. Glass 'alf full, Gel. Glass 'alf full!
Jumpman Lane JUMPY!!! Join date: 7 May 2007 Posts: 2,114	01-21-2010 09:27 From: Dakota Tebaldi Companies are in business to make money. That's the sole reason they exist. When it makes money, the business is successful; when it loses money, the business is a failure. Where a company's profitability depends at least in part on the face it presents to the world, then it has an ethical obligation to control that face and correct any bad features of it that it sees - or at least try. When companies change things, a lot of people like to say things like "clearly it's only about the money with them, not the users/customers/longtime fans/patrons", as if at one time it actually was about those things. In a sense, it is about those things - where keeping the customers happy equals income. But often, different segments of the customer base are kept happy in different ways; and when push comes to shove, in order to survive, the company has to please that segment of the customer base where the most money comes from. well its not such a bad thing then _____________________ Ya girlfriend says she loves meh! But it's just the jewlreh! Multicolored carots got ya girlfriend kinda curious!