I am experienceing lower performance,Much lower inworld sales, since the purchase of xstreet..much lower.seemingly unable to rent out my parcels,(wich are mainland), and less "pertinent information". overall things are getting worse for me. My lady and I love to create and sell our stuff, as well as give it away. i help in charity stuff, donated countless outfits to them to raise $.and I help new residents fairly often.
and now your going to tell me the numbers look great things are doing well...(colorful metafore goes here)....even if I am not the top designer in SL, numbers like linden account holdings per resident, and user to user transactions are important to me...even if i do have to take them with a grain of salt. let us decide what is pertinent information.
off subject but i think it would maker a big improvement on business in SL overall. Make a viewer for older puters, i cant be the only one haveing almost impossible times here. delayed reaction trying to move,downlaod, build, hell i cant even ride my SL bikes anymore. I bounce off stuff like a noob. Make a "super viewer" for good puters. as well as a middle of the road version.
I spend way more than i make in sl. $89.95 monthly account fees. I buy about 30-50 usd worth of linden each month. this is a big expense just to have some fun..but wait alot of times we dont have fun, fighting laggy and delayed movement, waiting 10-30 seconds between clicks to establish proerties in edit..etc.
if I am lucky i sell about $20 usd in overall sales. I cant rent my mainland parcels out. I tried selling a couple parcels but could not sell it for what i paid for it. not ready to take a loss after years of owning it. mainland value dropped with "adult " ruleing. I was hopeing as in rl property value would at least be stable...I WAS WRONG.
I am not happy with SL overall, but i am not throwing things out that i dont know about either, as some did above. I will keep trying and I know I have to change or die in the world of business. I do have fun here and I like the SL world. Just want some basic improvements for my money. or I will drop my land all together. I am going to wait and see what happens over the winter this year, and make pertinent changes in my business too. I have met some incredible friends in SL. ^5 all Wild Dog