Wooja Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 If you're a nuclear physicist the answer is probably a proton in the LHC.But according to Daniel Voyager (one of the Chosen Few, select LL cheerleaders, who has been given insider information -surprise, surprise) the answer is an announcement to be made by LL at 9am SLT this Wednesday.Feel free to use this thread to try and guess what it might be.I'll start off, by suggesting Ebbe's fired the whole marketing department and replaced them with Jennifer Lawrence's PR team.Wooja...thinkthatwasagoodstart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 They dump Lithium and buy some real Forum software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenMichelle Lane Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 My guess [Dream] is that due to realized savings in consolidating the data center operations and server density, a portion of these savings will be passed to the residents as reduced tier fees for the whole spectrum of leased products. ~~ It's a dream of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 That LL is going into the foreign prostitute business. Can't beat em? Join em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 1) LL is releasing a Swedish only version of jira. 2) LL is releasing a Swedish only version of the viewer. or 3) Both of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooja Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 A chayote or mirliton. Wooja...havesettledforapear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Since it's Daniel, my guess is that LL is opening up a 20-sim park full of trees and game for raptors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Perrie Juran wrote: They dump Lithium and buy some real Forum software. Lithium is larger than LL, gets far better reviews and has an impressive customer list. I've wandered other Lithium powered forums and found them to be spam free, full featured,highly trafficked and smooth running. I've come to the conclusion that LL is the culprit here, not Lithium. And for that reason, I've no reason to think that switching forum software would yield an improvement. I'd rather see them put at least a little effort into getting their deployment of Lithium to run even half as well as I've seen elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObviousAltIsObvious Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 yeah that. LL has always treated its web properties as a burden and spent the bare minimum on development and maintenance. the old, old forum sucked too because it was neglected. it's the same story for profiles, search, marketplace. this right here tells me all i need to know about Ebbe Altberg. he picked up right away on the main problem with so many SL things. https://twitter.com/ebbealtberg/status/436318996325875712 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 ObviousAltIsObvious wrote: yeah that. LL has always treated its web properties as a burden and spent the bare minimum on development and maintenance. the old, old forum sucked too because it was neglected. it's the same story for profiles, search, marketplace. this right here tells me all i need to know about Ebbe Altberg. he picked up right away on the main problem with so many SL things. https://twitter.com/ebbealtberg/status/436318996325875712 Absolutely! And thanks for finding that. I've questioned LL's competence for years, but I've always thought the problems were nearer the top than the bottom. And, though I'm sure it seems I use the term "incompetence" condescendingly, I'm also the first (or maybe the second) to point out my own incompetence. If you don't step just past your competence, you're not growing. And of course, we often lack the competence to recognize our own incompetence. Philip Rosedale has his followers, and I was certainly attracted to his vision for Second Life, but I think the reality is that a different kind of competence is required to make SL grow. Rodvik's gamer background and demeanor didn't seem like a good fit, either. But I am liking what I hear from Ebbe. I worked for a company that gave every opportunity to succeed, and accepted a hard won failure as a learning experience. As a result we took risks, worked hard, and failed efficiently enough to be the best in our industry. And before I go dreaming about improved web properties, I must remind myself that I don't know their true value. If, even when run well, a web property doesn't actually help, it should be closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 The best news would be lower tiers and being able to own a homestead without a full sim. Yeah i know i'm dreaming .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Madelaine McMasters wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: They dump Lithium and buy some real Forum software. Lithium is larger than LL, gets far better reviews and has an impressive customer list. I've wandered other Lithium powered forums and found them to be spam free, full featured,highly trafficked and smooth running. I've come to the conclusion that LL is the culprit here, not Lithium. And for that reason, I've no reason to think that switching forum software would yield an improvement. I'd rather see them put at least a little effort into getting their deployment of Lithium to run even half as well as I've seen elsewhere. actually i like Lithium and used with the Blue Goo Theme it is very pleasing to the eyes. i just wish they'd change answers to the same format as the Forum itself. the answers section is not easy to use and I know I am not the only one who feels it is poorly suited for its purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooja Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Is anybody taking bets on some sort of deal with talk.co to improve group communication inside and outside SL? Paid for by advertising? Wooja...lookaebbestrackrecord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Why focus on the forum software? SL is a virtual WORLD. Fix things inworld and then focus on the stuff outside. I'm still holding out for a park for raptors. As is Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooja Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Venus Petrov wrote: I'm still holding out for a park for raptors. As is Daniel. Then Ebbe would have PETEA on his back. That's "People for the Ethical Treatment of Extinct Animals" Not "People for the Ethical Treatment of Edible Animals". Wooja...liketoguesswhichofthosetwoorganisationsibelongto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooja Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 I wonder if Jo, Inara and the other cheerleaders are a bit miffed about Daniel being handed the scoop. Or did they perhaps all get told and his youthful understanding of NDA and embargo is more limited? Wooja...managethecommunicationschannelsbetterbyclosingthemdownebbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore DuCasse Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 All land owners would love tier reductions but as one who has waited a long time and is struggling to keep his 5 year old sim going in the current climate, my hopes for this aren't too high. The introduction of a half-price sim (half prims, but everything else the same) could help stop the rot of declining private region numbers, though. Maybe it will be an announcement of the Lindens becoming more involved again in-world, and listening to community feedback after a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Wooja wrote: I wonder if Jo, Inara and the other cheerleaders are a bit miffed about Daniel being handed the scoop. Or did they perhaps all get told and his youthful understanding of NDA and embargo is more limited? Wooja...managethecommunicationschannelsbetterbyclosingthemdownebbe Ah, fair youth. Full of exuberance and joy. It was the park that got him going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Venus Petrov wrote: Why focus on the forum software? SL is a virtual WORLD. Fix things inworld and then focus on the stuff outside. I'm still holding out for a park for raptors. As is Daniel. /me sighs sometimes my attempts at humour fail big time i intentionally chose something that most of us would in my opinion consider anticlimactic. I guess i could have chose better like when LL announced they were doing a valentines gift. yep, a wopping ten linden dollars i had actually thought of saying something like that but went with the forum change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooja Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've been putting myself in Ebbe's shoes and trying to work out what he would see as a quick win with "the community" following his instant popularity initiative of reinstating - of a kind, and inconsistent with the ToS - the JIRA, and since an announcement of "jam tomorrow" is likely to be greeted with jeers of disbelief at any promises made for developments down the line, I'm guessing that it's going to be something "concrete" in line with his "transparency" commitment (if that isn't an oxymoronic concept, to improve relations with us. I just hope that it's not some sort of Community Liaison Panel stuffed with LL-selected yes-men who are declared to be user advocates without our approval. They tried this sort of thing during the switch to these Lithium forums, using blatantly obvious astroturfing to set up a bunch of mealy-mouthed NDA-bound LL apologists to "explain" what was going on. I for one, don't want to be represented by a committee which includes a kid avatar whose rp is so dismal that it's impossible to ascertain when she's OOC and offering mixed messages by setting off fireworks, or by a geek whose ability to punctuate an English sentence is inversely proportional to their ability to parse a resizing script, or a transexual ESLer who thinks well-balanced means a chip on both shoulders in regards to real world and inworld politics, or a post-menopausal activist who thinks that all male avatars should be deported to a Trans-Zinda penal (see what I did there!) colony continent so they can't do it in the street and frighten the horses. On the other hand, he might announce a new completely disnified continent and adjusted sign-up procedures so that real kids can play dress-up dolly. Wooja...holdyourbreathforanythingerallyexciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Voyager Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I know Jo, Drax and a few others know about whats coming but its under wraps until 9am SLT today. It's exciting and big! Less than 3 hours to go! It's not bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooja Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Daniel Voyager wrote: I know Jo, Drax and a few others know about whats coming but its under wraps until 9am SLT today. It's exciting and big! Less than 3 hours to go! It's not bad news. So you're the only one to break the embargo. What's your middle name, Scoop? So what is it, positive or big? A proton in the LHC still satisfies the criteria. And from what I have seen of your oped pieces, no news is bad news. Wooja...expectabalancedopinionfromajournalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perrie Juran wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: They dump Lithium and buy some real Forum software. Lithium is larger than LL, gets far better reviews and has an impressive customer list. I've wandered other Lithium powered forums and found them to be spam free, full featured,highly trafficked and smooth running. I've come to the conclusion that LL is the culprit here, not Lithium. And for that reason, I've no reason to think that switching forum software would yield an improvement. I'd rather see them put at least a little effort into getting their deployment of Lithium to run even half as well as I've seen elsewhere. actually i like Lithium and used with the Blue Goo Theme it is very pleasing to the eyes. i just wish they'd change answers to the same format as the Forum itself. the answers section is not easy to use and I know I am not the only one who feels it is poorly suited for its purpose Yep, answers is broken. It's nearly impossible to walk someone through a problem when they can't post to their own threads. And I think the problem is that, from the top down (until perhaps Ebbe), LL simply hasn't understood its purpose (whether that be Answers or LL itself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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