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Let's be real. LL will talk about doing something. They'll release some half assed "solution." Then everything else will be ignored and nothing will actually change. This is why we need a change in leadership with Linden Lab. They are too content with what exists and aren't actually interested or capable of pushing for progress.

Maybe everyone is jumping the gun a bit on this? LL will be well aware of the impact a really strict or robust age verification system would have. I think this will be to a great degree window dressing. But maybe we should hang on a bit and see what's down the road before lowering lifeboats.

This "bought in" and "no longer works there" stuff is likely a factor in SL as there have been tons of turnovers in SL. There are very few Lindens that have been here since the dawn of time; some have died in RL at this point it's been so long. I was just reading Vicki Boykis' nerd newsletter on this phenomenon of groupthink and people having beliefs that you "can't do" something because "we've never done it that way" and newcomers not being able to get the group to see the obvious problems. That can happen in any company, even a non-programming environment (although most offices are driven by the programmers). Bellisseria is obviously a growth engine for LL, and while I'm aware people think it's a loss leader still, I don't see that they could be rolling out that many new homes if it really was (i.e. that the cost of Mole labour and materials is higher than the uptake of new premiums). So it works, and while they are willing to change things in terms of templates or buildings or trees or whatever, I don't think they are willing to consider changing the aquisition process. If anything, as Andrew Linden used to say in the early days, the growth needs to be throttled. That might seem counterintuitive, but the CS can't keep up with too much of a surge. There's an interesting slide show at the anniversary which I hope they post on YouTube or somewhere inworld permanently because it gives you some insight into how they think as they put out Bellisseria. They're in god-mode, thinking in terms of laying things out on a grid in big squares and the quality assurance that goes with it. They think of templates this or templates that. They don't adopt the consumer perspective even though some of them might actually have Linden homes or decorate them and go inside of them for special occasions. And there's no need for them to be sent out on the equivalent of Door Dashes like the engineers are forced to do at that company because, in the inimitable words of Kenny Linden, "There's always another guy to buy the island." Don't like the way it's done and you quit and give up and delete your home? Someone else will be along shortly.

Go to your Dashboard and click Change Membership, on the left, under Account. Far right side, click "Downgrade to basic" If you own any Mainland, you'll need to sell it first. If you have a Linden Home, you'll need to abandon it. If you donate any tier to groups, you'll need to remove those donations. Your other membership benefits will continue until the current paid timeframe is up.

This will mean your Alts will need to prove their birthdate, even if they just have a Basic account with PIO, to even log in? I never gave every alt the exact same birth date for security reasons, years ago when I made my business alts. PIO will not be enough now? Will they require my 12 year alts to prove their RL age? Do they really think I was under 6 yrs old when I joined SL?

Six new Ranch coast regions & the furthest north train station at Wild Winds ( 3 regions from Strong Angel).

Those who drone on, and on, about "taking personal responsibility" should want to be the first in line to verify identity. Don't they want to take personal responsibility?

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Yes, that's true as well. There's a certain sim I've watched for ages and sometimes I fly around it with that HUD to find empty Belli homes, and never find anything. I never got into the Trads, they seemed cramped. But then the Chalets are cramped as well. Meanwhile, you could fit a roller rink in the Ranches.

Will it require showing your ID or face? Actually, there are / were porn sites where you had to prove identity to post nudes of yourself! (Pics holding a card with the date, etc. in addition to ID.)

I've heard that line before somewhere.. Oh yea, it was a friend of mine trying to break out of the friend zone!! \o/ hehehe Kidding

Listening to Xzibit in 2024, apparently! 👀 Yo dawg, I herd you like...

oh, never mind then 😁

Sorry for reviving a thread that's been dead for almost a year now, But I'm having the exact same issue. I also turned off exclusive mode too so it isn't that. Everything is checked, all audio sources for media is turned on and maxed, I even manually added slplugin & Dullahan through my firewall. It's odd because it was working fine about 3 or so months ago and now no matter what I do I can't hear media audio. Does anyone know any other possible solutions?

Perhaps she just means some countries don't have the same documents and systems available as ID that second life would accept. It could negatively impact them unfairly if we all have to prove who we are.

Are you saying minorities are not able to acquire identity documents? That's the same rational for not forcing people to provide ID to vote. Having to provide ID disenfranchises them? as if minorites are not as capable of whites in procuring and providing ID? I never thought I'd say this of you Coffee, but you are so racist

I know years ago there was one creator who got chastised in these Forums when they said that they used 1024's for everything. His defense was "Everyone else does it." A sad thing.

They should just fire the freak that was the cause of all this and leave the rest of us alone. But on the other hand, if he is innocent, why are they doing anything about anything?

They wont be mandatory in the sense that YOU MUST USE THEM ! They will be mandatory for all creators to use, in the same way that making content from mesh is mandatory. I fully expect the majority of creators to switch to 2k over night, anything else will just be low rez junk.

My ex sister always said, the best way to get over someone is to get under someone

Didn't see that before I made my post... great minds....

Didn't some dead white guy say "that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger" That's kind of a resilience thing isn't it?

Years ago LL made a run at age verification and despite great wailing and gnashing of teeth people used it. It was however short lived, mainly because the way they chose to do it sucked rotten bananas.