MingManx

YES I did read above, I was referencing the above comments and agree with them. "I see no good solution". While my situation is different in trying to get back a group the problem is the same. Zombie groups with Zombie owners poses a problem. Just changing the named slightly in my experience is shady.

I just went to create a group and I discovered it already existed. So I checked and the existing group is a zombie group. Owner apparently has left SL, none of the members are active, some havent logged in since 2009. I sent an email (in his profile, email returned), IM's and Notecards to the owner, and last active members about taking over the group. If the owner is not premium then Linden Labs has no way to contact the owner if the the account email is closed. I understand the reasoning behind not reusing inactive or disabled names but just changing the name slightly is kind of shady too. I have had people try to scam people using my name but changing it subtly. One recently claiming she was "my sister" (alt) and had copied my avatar and groups. After 15 years, SL is filling up with names and running out of usable whole words. LOL I have seen people use random password generators for names lately. I dont see a good solution. Comments?