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    Mediterranean Theme

    in Linden Homes

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    Wish the themed houses were sourced from one off historical builds versus tract house or theme park versions [those tourist town german ].

    Not sure what posting rules are but look up the old Michael Douglas estate in Montecito "La Quinta." [He's long gone from there ]. That's the real deal. Many versions of the house on line .

    Hope the LH floor plans get a redo with the front doors and staircases so close together , not up to code, if you fell down the stairs you'd crash through the glass . And difficult to enter the Casas with such a narrow space .

     

     

     

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    Furnishing my SL apartment bleeding into RL

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    When you go somewhere in RL  and it looks crowded and you tell your companion-- pan inside-- how long's the line?

    12 hours ago, rasterscan said:

    Convinced I can spot second lifers in RL just by how they dress. Always a bit ... different. Unusual. Interesting.  Maybe I'm kidding myself, maybe not. I never say anything mind.

    So, just checking for alphas under short skirts .....?

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    SLB20 Opening Ceremony Lab Gab - Announcements?

    in General Discussion Forum

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     When the current investors want out, which is what investors do- what's left to sell?

    Considering that most avatars are over, well over 1000 days old --usually around 3000+ whenever I go to a crowded place--if they sell lifetime premium memberships for a quick cash bump-- they will have a liability on the books and any future owner of LL will see the expense of running the place with no upside since those who could buy  probably upgraded already  - so why buy LL --why, or rather HOW  to stay open? The land model is slowly phasing down  --and if they get all the membership bucks booked this year how do the lights stay on in the future  -- I hope I'm wrong but this was a worrisome thing to just toss  out .

     

     

     

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    Infrastructure Investment Update: Buy/Sell Fee Change and Land Pricing Effective Mar 6, 2023 DISCUSSION

    in General Discussion Forum

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    9 hours ago, Pixels Sideways said:

    So LL hired some marketing guy they're prolly forking over a lot $$$ to and yet I see nothing anywhere about SL in the press, on social media, etc., other than things written by residents.

    Truly LL has repeatedly failed in this regard and it's no surprise that retention doesn't pan out and attrition increases. And this affects their bottom line.

    As someone pointed out earlier, SL needs more cash cows (residents) and I have yet to see effort on LL's part to successfully drive that.

     

     

    I have to think it is ageist or size-ist or handicap-ist ---- why not advertise where us couch potatoes are plopped?  I wonder if it isn't the bias of Lab employees who want a "modern fresh forward looking"resume --  are  they avoiding snickers -- "oh you work where the old **r*s fly and wear mini-skirts and dance to Best of the 80's--haha "?

    The general population is aging, more money is with the older folks than the college loan burdened , no house down payment, lives with Mom and her partner  and never a hope for a pension yielding  career younger client yet  they are chased.

    If I did marketing for the Lab I'd be offering RL College Reunion programs  -- attendance at Reunions drops like crazy with age --yet the older folks more likely to drop a RL bundle on the school for  naming a bench or whatever---   be so easy to have dedicated regions that could be spun up -- for listen in reunion classes that are happening on RL campus  , have a SL dance , library settings to talk etc.   Then the attendees could be offered a rest of  grid ready to go avatar with a new name they choose - if they wanted to leave the region and explore the rest of SL. 

    Colleges happy- more face time with alumni, alumni happy they are included and avoided travel and its costs  and SL has a fresh crop of potential residents with a built in friend list.  And moneyyyyyy....

    And you know the Moles could whip up mini-Stanford or Yale -ish campuses that could be stored away .

    Anyway , hope they bring in new folks because the average age where I hang is around 4000 days and a "kid" is 1000 ---

     

     

     

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    Palomma Casanova has passed.

    in General Discussion Forum

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    The Free Dove store was unique because it was ~actively~ managed with taste and love. Memories of the person will never end for those touched by their life force and the gift of their efforts.

    Linden keeps some locations after the RL person(s) have shuffled off this mortal coil and from my travels around the Grid-- it is the  landscaped locations that continue to attract and stay relevant. 

    Places with stores are tough --totally in love with Mont Saint-Michel, what an amazing build, so deserving of staying on the Grid  BUT it has little shops left untended and many are from avatars long gone themselves etc. Vendors that don't work ....

    If Linden wants to be breathtaking creative having these empty shops managed and curated to be top notch freebies that would be awesome. To protect the region , have only a Mole rez when the inventory changes, like a quarterly refresh or what ever works.

    Creators, like now with shop&hops, would submit their app. Increasing the chance of new people meeting  people enhances their desire to go through the  massively steep learning curve and to stay and wander in a lovely place makes it more likely. 

    The long gone but missed Gnubie Store https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/The_Gnubie_Store 

    was a great example of curated freebies.

    RIP Palomma

     

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    Come and get your Homesteads (P+ only, of course)

    in General Discussion

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    Next for wish list , have a way for PP members with a homestead to pay by week/month when we spin them up-- would bring back seasonal folks and the education market. 

    Lazy richie richs can have pre -decorated seasonal homesteads.  The off seasons are just dormant code and only pop on the grid on paid request. 

    If the PP stops being funded ,after a while --say 60/90 days  the program brings the region(s) back up, returns the items and buh-bye. Same ending to  the region as now but a reason to keep PP funded , sell more homesteads and cement SL as a home base.

    Would there be a cost to Linden after the coding for there to be dormant regions aside from an assigned berth on the map? Seems to me it would be revenue for them and flexibility for us.

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    Calling Cards not being given when friending.

    in General Second Life Tech Discussion

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    I needed a calling card to find an old friend who bought a new name. No calling card, they wouldn't have been reachable. I had pruned my friends list when I left for a while.

    So if I understand the new system , no calling card when you friend means when a surprise name pops on your friends list you have no way to figure out who they are[were] and with new names 15 bucks with PP, people will just disappear.

    Who wins - people can keep their inventory , who loses - long time friendships. Memories. I'm alone in the moonlight .....

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    Sim cannot be reached, support cannot be reached, web panel not responding either.

    in Second Life Server

    Posted

    I get having to wait a day for name change support issue etc but regions being down for 17 hours with no recourse at all is a non-starter.

    Why pay for land if you are on when the Lab doesn't staff?

    I thought AWS was a wonderful  concept-that's why they bought into it-- can't an off-hours support person just flip an off line region to a crispy new one from AWS? Linden doesn't own the servers so why should we wait for what-- AWS staff to look at the box on their shelf? Wiggle the wires?

    Linden shouldn't  care about the server equipment- just that they are providing what they are getting paid to provide. Access.

    Indeed why aren't down region issues automated-- xxMistyCaterpillarxx  files ShinyGreenLeaf region down, LL support bot verifies, reboots , checks in an hour if running, if not moves SGL region to another AWS server and files a ticket informing AWS that prior berth defective and blocks it from being used by another region.

    Then they can review the defective berths, say monthly,  with AWS to see if SL needs server upgrades or if they need to tweak commands.

    Instead of "we can't" for 17 hours a day the engineers need to say "how can we be 24 hrs?"

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