[Female avis are getting smaller and smaller? 0.0]

I think female avis actually got a lot taller (and umm...bigger) compared to when I joined in 2013 or 2014.

Mine is still tiny because I'm tiny irl and don't have any desire to be tall.

[Meta Avatars Store]

They know their metaverse thingy isn't going to take off, right?

[Social anxiety...]

10 hours ago, Codex Alpha said:

I guess.. Don't say "Hi" to women in Second Life. Got it.

The beauty of it all is you can send out as many hi messages as you want. The other person can also choose not to reply. Whether they have social anxiety or not doesn't apply...or maybe it does.

It's that simple.

I hope that clears the whole concept up.

[Social anxiety...]

I didn't read the whole thread but I'm going to give my opinion on "hi" messages. I don't reply to them if it's from a stranger and I don't send them. I usually get into the reason I'm messaging the person right away. While "hi" is polite, on SL it will be ignored most of the time.

It's usually guys with cheap and outdated avis that send out "hi" messages. Just lazy in every way.

[So what do you all think to the Premium Plus package?]

$249 and still having to pay for a name change? LOL

[Aggressive helper on New Player Island]

21 hours ago, Creed Hexem said:

So my friend is being overly bombarded by comments about the fact that I have brought them to SL, how suspicious it is and how they should not wait around for me to help them, the list goes on and on for about an hour and I was finally awake to help them get off the island. 

So your friend just stayed on the same sim for an hour lol? Did they attempt to go somewhere else or to block the person? Basic internet common sense applies to SL as well....

[Have you ever had to fake where you lived?]

I live in a big state with a lot of people so I don't feel the need to hide it.

[GACHA MACHINES AND GACHA SALES IN SL - Have they returned?]

Who cares? Gacha is overrated. I thought it was cool when I discovered it but gacha items are always crappy quality. I haven't tried the gacha replacement.

[Groups and deactivating]

1 hour ago, JusJohnny said:

I'm asking this because I'm being told they didn't deactivate :/.  My gut says otherwise.

 

I think she's embarrassed to admit it, so idk if I should bring it up.  I'm glad she's back.  Don't care for the fib though.

Don't bring it up.

[De-rendering issue]

2 minutes ago, Ian Mercury said:

blacklist

I came here to suggest this.

[How do you feel when someone offers unsolicited to give you a "better looking" avatar?]

11 hours ago, NanashiNyx said:

Considering it's always a guy, or a woman wearing Kupra, I tend to laugh

Kupra is certainly something.

[Child Avatars on Combat Sims]

3 minutes ago, ColinMcRay said:

Here is the thing.  I have a SL daughter that likes to be on her little, but we enjoy going to Tulagi and taking out the subs to hunt drone ships.  If there is a TOS against it, then I need to stop her before she gets in trouble.  But if its not, then where is the harm?

That's something you should take up with the sim owner then. If they still say no then that's your answer.

 

You can't really blame them. Child avis are creepy af.

[Child Avatars on Combat Sims]

3 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

At the end of the day, they're misrepresenting the Terms of Service and/or Community Standards (or otherwise perpetuating said misrepresentation) and it needs to stop.

If they do not want any particular type of Avatar, they need to come out and say it. Not hide behind a misrepresentation.

That is my entire point.

It is something I have grown quite tired of giving a pass to or waving away.

To reiterate: No one should be using the Terms of Service or Community Standards as an excuse for disallowing any particular Avatar type from their parcel or region if there is nothing pertaining to such contained within said documents. The only such example pertains to a specific type of adult activity that can be enraged in and content that is used for such. That is the beginning and end of such specifics.

The correct response to being asked why one has been removed from a particular place is "I/we do not allow that here/wish to see that particular type of Avatar here". The incorrect response is pinning it on the above mentioned documents.

And I'm saying the reason doesn't really matter if the sim owner made that decision. It sounds like OP is looking to show a sim owner that the TOS doesn't say that. It won't change anything if that's what they have decided.

[What is rent?]

How is this still going on lol?

[Child Avatars on Combat Sims]

1 hour ago, Solar Legion said:

If they are using the ToS or CS as an excuse, they need to drop the pretense/act and simply state that they do not allow/want/like it.

It doesn't matter at the end of the day. If the sim owner doesn't want child avis there then that's that.

[Child Avatars on Combat Sims]

If the sim owner is telling you they're not allowed on their sim, you won't win this. It doesn't matter if the reason is a lie or not.

[How do you feel when someone offers unsolicited to give you a "better looking" avatar?]

1 hour ago, Sam1 Bellisserian said:

This happened to me once. A guy I met at a venue that I saw for about a week wanted me to get the same skin/shape his "friend" had that goes to the same venue but is female. Apparently they live a block away from each other in RL, yada yada.  He even went so far as to have the girl contact me and send me her shape and skin.  After doing a bit of investigating I came to the conclusion that the girl was actually his alt or more so the guy was her alt. When I asked him if he was really her he freaked out, called me some nasty names and never logged in again. I'm guessing I was probably right.  BTW, her skin/shape looked awful and I never had any intention of changing my looks and would never change my looks for anyone but me.  The most I do is ask their favorite color and I might incorporate that in a clothing item I might wear on a date but that's as far as I'll go.  

 

She wanted a twin?

[And the Theme for SLB 19 is . . . Steampunk????]

Sounds like it's supposed to be more of a themed event than an SL showcase.

[How do you feel when someone offers unsolicited to give you a "better looking" avatar?]

This hasn't happened to me in a while but it would depend on my relationship with the person and their intentions. Though at this point I am very happy with my avi and wouldn't really care about any negative opinions.

Actually now that I think about it I have gotten a couple of messages from randoms telling me they think my avi is too skinny lol.

I don't offer unsolicited advice unless you count sending a quick message if I see someone who forgot to alpha something out or some obvious mishap like that. I consider that more of a "you have lipstick on your teeth" situation than unsolicited advice. 

[Do you find it harder to talk to "perfect" avis?]

2 minutes ago, Sam1 Bellisserian said:

Why would you post a topic and then just say you aren't going to read the responses. That's baffling to me.

Truthfully, ADHD. I couldn't even if I wanted to. 

[Do you find it harder to talk to "perfect" avis?]

3 hours ago, Vanity Fair said:

I seem to remember somebody talking about what they called "meshism"—a form of avatar discrimination where you prefer to interact with modern, mesh-body avatars over the classic, standard avatars (which I always thought was an absolutely stupid way to make decisions about who you wanted to talk to). I'm someone who also chooses who to talk to by what's in their profile.A well-written, engaging, and grammatically correct profile will always draw me in more than what your avatar looks like.

 

I refuse to interact with anyone who refuses to put effort into their avi. If they're walking around in an ugly system avi and their profile shows they've been on sl for 5 years, they're not getting a reply from me. If they're a noob needing help then that's different.

[Do you find it harder to talk to "perfect" avis?]

Oh. I see this blew up. I'm not going to read 3 pages.

[What is rent?]

3 minutes ago, Benka Ravenhurst said:

That is not true because when you buy land you have to click on a LL TOS understanding agreement, both on mainland AND in Private estates; It's right there in black and white ink. Somebody has to own the land regardless, but just because an estate owner is the default owner when land is abandoned does not mean that they are ALWAYS the land owner.

Again, the purpose of the post is to distinguish between renting a parcel and buying a parcel. Parcels of land can be rented on both the mainland AND on a private estate, but they can also be purchased. You do not need to click on that LL purchase agreement when you rent land, but you do when you buy it.

Are you talking about the 1 linden you have to pay to "buy" it so you can get full rights to the parcel before you go and pay the weekly rent?

[What is rent?]

What inspired this?

[Do you find it harder to talk to "perfect" avis?]

36 minutes ago, Orwar said:

if an avatar looks like an abomination, and a failed attempt of creating the likeness of a human being, and I'm pressed for an opinion on their appearance; I will tell them that I find them to be an abomination, and a failed attempt of creating the likeness of a human being. 

Oh you're ruthless lol