Dyna Mole

This is an interesting conversation, but it is not within the guidelines for posting in General Discussion. As a reminder, the Participation Guidelines for this forum say Not Allowed:In addition to adhering to the Community Standards, please refrain from posting content discussing inflammatory content (Politics, Social Justice issues and Interpersonal disputes), anything that doesn’t relate directly to Second Life/Linden Lab, Generic posts (like “Post a random animal picture!” versus an acceptable “Post your Second Life pets!”), etc. These are just guidelines, so please use your best judgment when posting if it is not explicitly stated here!

Um... things are beginning to drift. Take a deep breath ..... please do what you can to avoid tossing personal barbs. This conversation has been healthy. It deserves a chance to keep going, so please stay on topic and avoid messages intended to provoke an angry or negative response."

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A brief reminder ... The topic of this thread, in fact it's title, is Make Us Laugh. Please try to keep close to it.

There just has to be something in these guidelines about pickles ...

Try the portal on Portal Park 2, which is working correctly. Maintenance has been notified.

As we all adjust to the new guidelines, we can expect some uncertainty on the part of both forum participants and moderators. This is new territory that we are exploring together. At the moment, this thread is beginning to drift in directions that may soon be over the line, if we are not there already. Rather than lock it and stop a long and productive discussion, I would prefer to simply remind everyone of the topic it started with: I'd like to know how you use ARs. Do you have a "philosophy" that guides how you wield this tool (if at all)? A "standard operating procedure"? Do you have views on how others should, or shouldn't use it? One important note: please do not use this thread to question or criticize forum moderation. Apart from being against forum rules, this is also not terribly constructive, as we have no say over this. But I think we can learn from each other, which is the real point of this thread. Please do what you can to stay within the spirit of the original post.

/me quickly readjusts her hat and peeks around to look for drones......

Yup. https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:LSL_Key

Ummm ... the thread has suddenly wandered off the topic ("Can they forfeit my rental?"). Please, this is not a place for discussing politics.

Once again, please stay on the topic of the thread, which the proposition stated by the OP: "I am aware that Linden Lab is an American company and that a rather large part of the user base is American. However, users of Second Life come from all over the world and the world is a very diverse place. This is what i often do not see reflected in discussions about real life topics on this forum."

This has been a robust discussion and it has been civil, for the most part. However, it is having trouble staying on the OP's topic, which @Quartz Mole paraphrased earlier as "the propriety, or otherwise, of selling, in SL, outfits associated with US paramilitary groups". Please do not wander off into arguments about the RL activities of extremist groups or into making political statements. If the thread wanders off topic one more time, we will close it.

On careful reflection, I am unlocking the thread for now. Please do remember, though, that Spirited discussion and constructive disagreement are welcome, but name-calling and airing of grievances are not appropriate in our discussion areas. We will also not tolerate any post that encourages others to violate any policy of Linden Lab

Lurking in plain sight, just sitting in the audience and taking in the show with everybody else. 🐭

Not quite yet, but it is time for the occasional reminder that it's important to stay on topic. In this case, consider what might fit the definition of a "pet peeve". 🙂

Thank you, Prok, and thank you on @Ancient Mole's behalf too. I have been pleased and only mildly surprised by how well those elevators have worked out. I have been testing them frequently during SLB to see how they are holding up during busy times. As far as I can see, they have negligible impact on the region's performance. I suspect -- but can't prove -- that the elevators add less load on the servers than teleporting the same number of avatars between the upper and lower levels. They were fun to script.

A reminder to one and all ... The forums are not a proper place for airing personal grievances. Please do your best to keep discussions constructive.

There. LL just did something. This is a legitimate topic, but I think the discussion has wandered into the weeds.

The thread wandered off topic rather dramatically for a while so we've done some careful pruning. Please do what you can to stay on track and, as always, remember that if you have a personal disagreement with someone else, don't bring it to the forums. Thanks.

Happy Monday! A friendly reminder to all participants .... This thread has been lively but has been careening off course for the past few hours. Please remember to try and stay on topic. If you have a personal disagreement, do not post about it on the Second Life community pages. As a final caution, you may always report actions that seem to violate the Community Standards. Please remember, however, that the standards also prohibit Frivolous or malicious use of the abuse report feature

OK, gang. It's finally time to move on. The conversation has been wandering for a while, so it's hard to follow the topic any more.

It's time for a friendly reminder .... The OP's original statement set the framework for a discussion about "The problem of how to have a civil society online". Somewhere in the past couple of pages, the conversation veered way off topic. Let's try to yank it back again.

Hey, gang! Things are starting to get a bit personal. Before you hit the button to make your next post, please ask whether you are about to make a worthy contribution to the thread. If you're tossing angry words or overreacting to a personal comment, count to ten and then back away from the button. Discussion is fine. Personal argument and inflammatory language are not.