I don't have any insight to add, but I want to chime in to say the pods account for a huge portion of my enjoyment of SL. They also taught me about the mainland after my first 8 years living on private sims, unaware of any details of the mainland. I now live on a mainland parcel that the pods helped me find. They are such a relaxing way to pass time, watching the very-interesting SL world roll by.