Zoya McDonnagh

lemme try this again LOL /waves Hi Neighbor! I was wondering what you were doing next door. I didn't know you could put a business in a residential area.

ignore this post, immadork that didn't quote correctly

When I first entered SL, it was almost 13 years ago. At that time, there were griefers and squatters everywhere. Back then, a lot of people held little respect for other people's things, even in a virtual world. I got really tired of returning home or logging on to people on my land messing up my scripted things. To be building and have someone just waltz right on through my build and steal a copy. Or griefers prim bombing. I also had a serious stalker (RL ex that monitored me in RL, SL and MMORPGs). When I had a private plot or island, I have used orbs. Usually to keep an eye on my building platform in the sky and my residence/personal space because water sports are fun! Closing land down to private or group only just became a habit of convenience in the old linden homes where your land was the shape of your house and the less lag/scripts the better. No one had a valid reason to step into your home uninvited. When I got my new linden home, I just set the privacy to group only out of habit while I was decorating and sorting the black hole that is my inventory. Was I upset today while I was decorating and watched my settings change? Yes. I thought that it was a bug at first. A google search brought me here. I can see both sides. While I like my privacy when I want it, I have also never really liked how ban lines go all the way up. Especially after the ceiling in SL was raised. It was just something I used out of convenience in the old linden homes. I will probably just put up tracking to see if anyone is repeatedly entering my house or backyard. Not really concerned about neighbors or people driving their cars around catching the corner. Hopefully the griefers and squatters of the past are no longer here. Currently, my biggest issue is the hedges. They stop too soon. If one were to want to do a fence or continue the hedge around (because I feel really weird with my dogs in an open backyard, okay? lol) it can't be done unless you hang a copy over the property line to line up with the ones the Moles landscaped with. Other than that small issue, I am really liking the new homes/community.