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    Bezahlen in SL?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    17 hours ago, AllexanderHeckroth78 said:

    Hallo Zusammen. 

    Hab nach einigen Jahren mein Account reaktiviert und hab gelesen das Paypal nicht mehr kompatibel ist?

    Wie kann man zb Premium Mitgliedschaft bezahlen oder Generell Einkäufe mit seinem Girokonto? 

    Scheint sich einiges verändert zu haben.

     

    Schon mal Danke im Vorraus für eure Antworten.

     

    PayPal funktioniert immernoch hervorragend. Verknüpf einfach dein Bankkonto mit deinem Paypalaccount.

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    Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

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    2 minutes ago, Ted McGregor said:

     

    I guess it's safe to assume then people will blame SL for Titan's demise as much as they will blame game-controllers, even the cheap ones, for it. I mean the Titan would neither have survived with a brand new PS5-controller built-in.

    When the whole Titan story was still hot news, I saw nobody blame the controller. It was mentioned so often, because it stood out as the most balant and visual example for the extensive corner cutting the man behind the project did. He wasn't trying to be cost-effective, he was cheap to an absurd degree.

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    Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

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    27 minutes ago, Gabriele Graves said:

    The sub was apparently controlled via a game controller, I wouldn't rule anything out about what this was used for.

    I'm feeling sick to my stomach, this is not the kind of PR SL needs.

    Not just a game controller (which I learned are actually modded and used for a varity of things, from professional drone control to defusing bombs), but a cheap, off-brand controller.

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    Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

    in General Discussion Forum

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    My peeve today: That my favorite beach club has become a mainstream sell out, at some time during my absence. It used to be really cozy and nicely designed. Fem avatars only, demanding a beach-wear/nude dress code. The crowd was lovely and very appreciating of creative avatars and the vibe was fitting for an adult sim (kinky/sex-positive, but not too much in your face).

    Today I returned and not only did they change the sim layout for the worse (if I have to fly from the landing point to reach the dance area its bad), they also scrapped the cozy design for the typical "wide square with club equipment" look. On top of that, they got rid off the fem-restriction and stopped requesting a beach dresscode.

    This of course attracts a completely different crowd. Call me mean, but my first thought was "ugh, basic".

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    Coping with Second Death

    in Make Friends

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    On 7/1/2022 at 11:39 AM, PheebyKatz said:

    My mother disappeared, our sim poofed, and I grieved for her. Her family apparently found her SL stuff and sent a death notice via email.

    Not knowing if it was true or not, I waited. She was gone, and everything we had together disappeared.

    I grieved for two years, then one day saw that she had left all of our mutual groups (dead people don't care if you can see when they were online last), and was unavailable in search.

    I would have rather been told the truth, and I would have been okay with her moving on and doing something else. I still would love her no matter what, but she lied to me. I hope she reads this someday and realizes what a muddy poop of a thing she did to me and our whole family.

    Jimmy Branagh, whom I greatly admire for a lot of reasons, disappeared a while back. He was very private about his RL, but was a loyal SL devotee (admin of New Babbage, even), and would not have simply poofed to go play on Social Island with an alt or something. Not to reveal anything about his RL, but from what I hear, he had a very good reason for disappearing someday. He is now considered missing, presumed lost. We're keeping his Colour Out Of Space build as a memorial. I was offline and missed the memorial service, and that makes me sad.

    He and I only got to hang out a few times, but I loved him very much, and I still do. We miss you, Jimmy. You still inspire many of us.

    Couldn't that just mean that someone just deleted her account for good? Maybe promted by seeing that her email account had filled with notifications from SL.

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    Are Bots/Fake accounts a ligitimate question?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    14 hours ago, Wallace Wirefly said:

    As some know Elon Musk has asked about Bots/Fake accounts for Twitter. One wonders why should this matter. One might suppose it indicates the health of a business or maybe in twitter's case the effects these may have on it's content and platform. As one wanders about Second life, which by the way is the largest area in multi-verse, one notices "avatars" just standing around in various poses. Also when one logs in, as everyone needs to do assuming one logs out, you see the statistics of how many are "in-world". How many are really "in-world"? Are there ones who never log out? ( of course except for the dreaded sim restarts). But then there are those who will just be sent to another place to stand. Are there "avatars" created for just that purpose? Spawned every so often to keep the count of those "in-world" a healthy level? So when Elon questions Twitter what is the purpose? Twitter states that they are only about 5 % of those accounts. Really? Will the real data come forth? So what is the "real" in-world count for Second Life and the percentage of these "zombies"? Does it matter to the business? Question that maybe Elon may get. Will the statistics of Second Life ever appear again? 🤷‍♂️

    First of all, Twitter and Second Life are very different. A lot of Twitters value relies on how many of their accounts are *real people* and not one dude with 20 sock puppets. Social Media apps generate their market value by this. Because it suggests to advertisers and other business people that this thing is actually used and that their advertisement on the app won't be wasted on less real people, than they expect. Second Life does not operate like this. The only people interested in the amount of real people in SL would be other users, but not whoever owns the plattform, because they just care about the money that they get out of SLs revenue streams.

    Independend of how important the question of % fake/bot accounts is, its something Elon Musk has a right to ask in the process of purchasing Twitter. Its a business stat and knowing it is part of not buying the cat in the sack. Now the true hot water is, that there are hints that Twitter might have not been so honest about that 5%. That they made their own statistics prettier. This would give Elon the legal ground to back out of the deal with Twitter and that would be something that is likely to be very negative for the app.

    So independend of how important it is to know the percentage of fake and bot accounts on a social media app, the true nature of Elon asking this question is probably more of a strategic motive, instead of a pure buyer motivation.

     

    Why don't more people use the block/mute button on the forum?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    37 minutes ago, cunomar said:

    respect for older means wiser

    In the spirit of disagreement: We aren't in the wilderness anymore, where the old guys know whats the best way to keep a fire going and you better listen, unless you want to risk freezing. Just because someone is old doesn't mean their opinion is somehow more qualified or right by default. Most of the time this aren't discussions within fields of expertise.

    Also on this forum blocking can be a way of self-protection. Not because words are hurtful and we are all delicate little flowers, but because retaliation always bears the risk of getting a sanctioned by the moderators.

    On the topic of the thread itself: The block function should be even better. Hide all signs that a blocked person is even participating in a thread. Make their existance disappear.

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    Non-binary

    in General Discussion Forum

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    On 4/14/2022 at 4:02 PM, Coffee Pancake said:

    The OP (a forum newbie) had a legitimate concern. This thread should have been done and dusted after a page or two. 

    Yet here we are .... 

    The OP (literally not a Second Life newbie... why does it matter how much he participates on the forum?) asked a question, that should be answered by itself, if someone has said experiance in Second Life. Unless you would actually think that one reason for harassement is above or below other reasons for harassement and would therefore lead to any other type of behavior, that LL must have exibited for the past 10 years the OP has had his account.

    Comes in, drops the one liner, never reappears again. Maybe I'm just cynical and wary. But yeah, the thread should have been done after page one.

    What's the best way to let someone know their avatar's hands are too small?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    Many people are weirdly proportioned. Tiny pea heads sitting on a slim torso with watermellon boobs, followed by an ass to wide and far out, it could be used as a table, thights the size of big tree trunks and then teeny tiny feet with ankles that would break, trying to carry all of the above. Also arms too short to even wipe themself after business and yes, teeny tiny hands with that.

    But I don't say anything. They aren't going to adjust their avatar anyway, so why bother? The only time I would say something would be, when a counter attack is needed.

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