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Just a pity you guys never update it.  4 emails, and a new listing for Muirsheen Durkin to change it and nothing, long lists of dead destination spots, even more where the destination has completely changed...

I agree, I would love to get the destination guide updated more. I've been trying to get my store updated for a year now, I finally gave up.

 

I would LOVE to VOLUNTEER and help out with cleaning it up. I wish LL would allow volunteers to help with some items, after all it is a community build by the residents why not let them help where we can.

As logical as it may seem for SL to utilize volunteers, there may be legal difficulties involved.  I believe at one time LL did use such services in the form of LDPW and the Moles.  However, these individuals are now paid employees of LL, and I believe this change was due to urgings from legal experts.  

Additionally, and unfortunately, volunteer work is an unstable solution for most businesses, despite the best intentions of many volunteers.  Even the best of volunteers will drop or side-line a project if their personal life becomes too demanding, leaving the business holding the proverbial empty bag.  This is saying nothing of the majority of volunteers who simply don't bother to put in time after making their initial commitment.  

And then there is the matter of quality.  Certainly all people, volunteers or paid employees, are going to be proud of their abilities, but until a particular individual proves their expertise the business has to pay someone else to verify the quality/accuracy of the volunteer's work.

So, (saying nothing of legal liabilities) what on the surface might seem like a no-brainer, is actually a complicated and possibly expensive and unreliable "solution" that could in the end produce nothing after time and money have been expended in its behalf.  In the Real World of Business, this is not a solution, and if used could ultimately cause a business to become financially unstable.  Yes, there are companies who do depend on volunteer services for their success but they are a distinct minority.

Anything Linden Lab can do to encourage/support inworld artful/entertainment sim flourish should be done.  The inworld shopping experience has changed since the introduction of Market place.  If entertainment or art sims are not nutured by Linden Lab our inworld experience will be... what?