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I honestly wish I did, Milly. Would have probably spared the Lindens more likely than not the trouble to come in here.. three times in a row. But then again, I proceeded to roast the BBB over an open fire fervently in a deleted post made mostly out of frustration than anything else so... yeah.

I couldn't put this into better words myself. So letting a major community sit here and bully a competitor to one of their products off the grid, and having their associates gaslight her and all who either suffered her same fate or stand behind her, is okay to just let happen, Love? Not even regarding the fact they have a working relationship with LL? If I were head of Product Operations and I saw Feorie's video, I'd be ordering the event postponed and the BBB, B5APC come forth with Feorie and other concerned parties to bring evidence to the table and sort this mess out. That is all I want, is some accountability and for the bad actors to be shown the door. If the BBB would disavow the actions of those who did wrong against Feorie et al, I would have *NO* problem with them. None at all. Sure, there would be bitterness from the fact it happened at all, but I would let time heal that wound and decide whether I would want to engage with them down the line. Life may not be fair, but it sure as hell is not an excuse to tolerate injustice.

Yes, I do. No, I don't think Black Mirror is an excuse to reject CBI/BCIs.

Neuralink Implant? No. Full Dive VR kit? I'll sign up for the beta.

Prior to Harley's moderation actions, Feorie had brought up a response that essentially boils down to a sizable chunk of those in the Committee have ties to the BBB User Group. Out of respect of Harley and Dyna's wishes that I respect the peace, I am going to stress this as politely as I can - The BBB User Group is an invite-only group, to my knowledge. What is to say those members in the committee aren't complicit, or at least, have a conflict of interest?

The BBB has some nerve to rear their heads after Feorie's allegations. As someone who was witness to her original video, I cannot stress this enough - regardless of your opinion on me, this event should be boycotted - along with any initiatives by or in coordination with the BBB. Not until we get answers from the lab about what happened between BBB and Forever Tourist.

This would be great. A graphical representation would help sort that facet of the problem out much more clearly.

Okay, let me rephrase it: Landowners do, and should have ultimate authority, outside of reasons outlined in the Community Standards and TOS, over what goes on within their parcels. The only exception that can chill this kind of concern over aggressive ARs is to implement something similar to CDA Section 230 where liability on the landowner for TOS violations that they are unaware or not engaging in does not leave them liable to punitive action. Then the land owners don't have an incentive to be so overly aggressive.

As much as I dislike some places with more.. aggressive policies, such as a motel out on Satori that has a stringent no furries rule that worried me as a bit.. intolerant, the reality is that SL has always favored the rights of landowners and their authority for the most part, to restrict and control their land at their discretion - and rightfully so.

Then it should be investigated by the Lab on the merits of what is in the picks and any potential chat logs and region logs in the areas their agent was in as far back as the 30-day retention period allows. Edit: "Oooh, but that takes too long Nodoka!" Ctrl+F is your friend. If I can find my lewd activities by searching the word ***** in any of my chat logs and find it quickly, then the lab can search for keywords and investigate from there.

Which is my primary problem. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck, whack it off Agni, end of. My problem is mother*****ers love to conflate things when they shouldn't. That is the crux of my point, conflation - people close to the line but not pushing it are getting hit when they shouldn't. If you look like a loli and you're doing the dirty, you're gonna get *****canned - I won't pity you. But at what point do we draw the line between someone who is 18, and someone who is 17, which, need I remind people - is the magic number here, not whatever your country goes by, since LL is a US corporation. Age by height or other factors alone is insufficient, and the style of an avatar muddies the waters if they're not realistic. Shutting out legitimate, wellmeaning users who have had NO intentions whatsoever of engaging in *****, is again, no different from that head-in-ass take that Extra Credits did years ago. People are not ageplayers solely because they boink in anime or kemono avatars, nor are women shorter than 5' 5" automatically *****ing children. Full stop. End of. Take that bigoted ***** out back where it belongs and canoe it like it deserves.

problem with the former is.. I don't know anyone who uses the classifieds. In my 10 years of being on SL, I can't remember using it outside of possibly a curiosity in my first days.

And even if it was Roleplay, it's despicable. Governance if anything, needs to stamp out intolerance and harassment.

You guys want dick pics so much, here's one for you.

If adult content's not allowed in a profile, then good god, LL sucks the ***** out of a cow's ass at enforcing it. No offense, of course - I for one welcome negligence in that regard.

I have to second Sparkle's statement. As much as I find the pursuit of fictional CSAM (as someone who is a CSA survivor) wholly detrimental to the pursuit of actual child abuse by taking focus away from actual, physical crimes that ruin lives - I respect and agree with *why* the lab bans CSAM-related activity in any capacity, fictional or otherwise, in SL. It is a PR nightmare, and something no one can change. The last thing I need, that *WE* need, is to be labeled a bunch of kiddy diddlers. My sole, primary concern in the aspect, is the same that many residents have aired, is the fact that Governance has historically used a thermonuclear response to such things, rather than any meaningful precision. A femboy on looks alone should not be iusta de causa to ban them - even more so, if in the case of one of my friends who was banned, and then unbanned after he made it abundantly clear that not only did his package look nothing like a minors, he never acted like one and would take the Lab to court over it if they didn't reverse this head-in-ass decision. Gender Non-conforming and stylized avatars such as Anime avatars have been overwhelmingly targeted for ***** bans, most of the time - to the chagrin of a certain Evanescence cover band-looking comedian's hot and racist takes on the matter that make it look like an epidemic (I've blocked you and this is the last time I'm going to humor you with anything, so don't bother answering me) - it is unjustified. The lab needs to tighten their enforcement of ***** and make it much harder for them to just throw someone out based on something that damning. End of. If these groups, who had the idea of CSAM activity *never* cross their mind, cannot express themselves freely, it will be a slippery slope after this, I'm certain of it.

OpenSim pales in comparison - infrastructure is haphazard, even with the Hypergrid, features are lacking behind SL to some degree, content in OS' ecosystem is lackluster compared to SL, usercount is worse than SL, and the fact a Web3 platform is trying to use it doesn't do anything more than sour it further, at least to me. Wake me when these problems are gone.

That's the mentality to have, but it's not all dark and gloom. Our world is a vast, beautiful place, diverse in mindsets, ideals, desires and appearances, with creativity brimming from the seams. Even as much as I have frustration with some of my fellow residents, we all are part of a greater tapestry forged in chaos. We'll come out of this. We've been through worse.

I used mine to buy a time machine to go back in time and short Ginko Financial stock.

And probably won't return because of both the fact it is heatedly debated, and in some jurisdictions, it is outright illegal (Singapore, for example) as regional laws ban the possession of state identification by non-state entities or not by the individuals who are issued them.

Linden Lab servers do not reside in Denmark. Linden Lab is not beholden to the laws of Denmark regarding data retention. The only laws they are beholden to in that regard are those codified in the United States Code and California Civil Code as a corporation incorporated in San Francisco, California.

It won't. Amazon has more likely than not a pre-existing contractual agreement for services, as opposed to say, a small scale 'pay-as-you-go' plan used by small businesses, primarily due to the demand and needs of LL's operations. There are probably provisions in the contract that either prohibit early termination without hefty penalties on either side. That and beforehand, the Lab probably would be taken aside by Amazon and asked why AP is going on. LL can easily just point to the TOS, and Amazon just goes about its' day. The Lab has not, does not, and will not allow such material. Just because it occurs, does not mean it is allowed. Were that the case, nothing bad would ever happen in Second Life - or online. Ever. The reality about governing things, and for once i'm playing in Governance's court, imagine that - is that you can't expect them to catch everything. We always think of the people who break the rules when they happen, and not - if governance does something. More oft than not they do.. even if they are zealous in that matter.

I'm only sick of a certain person who I've since blocked, but Outside of wanting to discuss how to sort out bans from here on like I spoke about with Coffea earlier, I've not much else to say until the Lab comes forth with their findings - hence why the past few posts have been me more or less taking the piss. We've been at this for 48 hours now and it's been beaten like a dead horse. Let's call it how it is, and just close the thread and wait for the results - then we can reopen discussion.

THANK YOU.

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