lurarose

Yes I am aware of this. It seems to be just a 2nd middle man though. Which to me seems unnecessary. Why is Tilia even a thing? Why is Second Life or Linden Labs not capable of handling this as it has in the past 16 years? People are confused and unhappy about this.

This whole Tilia thing to me seems like unnecessary regulatory overhead and additional layers of bureaucracy and regulations that have not been necessary for the entire 16 years of Second Life's online presence, but are now suddenly relevant because.... reasons? My greatest fear is that this beautiful Virtual World may soon no longer be as great as it once was... To my Knowledge as things have always been before: "Linden Labs or LL" is a parent company. It has a subsidiary called "Second Life or SL." In the future this relationship will change to: Linden Labs or LL" is a parent company. It has a subsidiary called "Second Life or SL.", also now there is a 2nd subsidiary known as "Tilia" In short where 2 companies were needed now a 3rd is now necessary for no good reason as far as I can see. Why can't either of the first two companies handle this process, and why must a 3rd company be brought into the mix? Why add a 2nd virtual currency known as "tokens" or whatever they are doing? What was wrong with good old fashioned USD & L$? Will the Lindex currency exchange now have a 2nd virtual currency known as the token? People ALREADY have premium accounts, and payment info on file, and pay taxes on their virtual earnings, and all that jazz. Why are they now being so duplicitous and redundant adding more red tape? People like things simple when it comes to this sort of thing. Imagine if you wanted to make a youtube account. Then you gotta give sign up for both google, and some 2nd new company also owned by google and give them a photo ID and your Social Security Number or a Passport... That's just not cool. With all the scams, and the hacking, and data leaks that go on online... People don't want to take additional risks and not get additional rewards in compensation for the inconvenience. The fact they even do this dreadfully unpopular thing and then offer nothing of benefit with it is poor management. imagine it like this. Imagine second life is a pizza shop in real life. We will call it Lindominos Pizza... You just want a pizza... So you get on the phone with your local Lindominos Pizza shop. One Large Pizza please... The Pizza shop employee on the other end says, "Sure thing, now I'm just going to need to get your Social Security number, and bank info." Um... Okay... I just want a pizza, but whatever.... So you give them this information reluctantly complying. After you fill that information out, they redirect you to the Lindominos Box company. Pizza is required to be in a box. So you gotta deal with the box company too... You just want a pizza.... You just want a pizza... Okay so you deal with this box company now too... Turns out the box company owns the pizza company, ya whatever big hassle... You like the pizza though. Then you order pizza from this place for years and years and years... You are use to the way it is. Way too much overhead as it is... Whatever though, you love that pizza! Then one day you get a newsletter from the Lindominos Pizza company. Turns out the Lindominos Box company wants you to sign up with the Lindominos Dough company as well. You can't have the pizza without the Dough... They do this all the while not offering some sort of free pizza coupon or anything in compensation. You a happy customer? I think not!