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    Mastering the LindeX

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    @JaylinbridgesWhat I am wondering is: I hear that it's sort of a "matter of time" and how long I am willing to wait, but if I put a limit sell at 239 L$/US$ I will still have to hope that the 240 (or above) disappears at some point, because the best sell rate will always take precedence for a market buyer, over my "queue" at 239. Did I get this wrong? Does the "waiting list" matter more than a better rate?

    Mastering the LindeX

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    Thank you everyone for the insight! Since I have you here, I would like to hear your opinion: looking at the rates right now,

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    and assuming I was to try the limit sell, is it likely that an order lower than that huuuuuge chunk at 239/1US$ would ever get sold? I did a small market sell and I'm happy about it, but I would like to give the limit sell a try at some point, since I'm in no rush of cashing out!

    Mastering the LindeX

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    8 minutes ago, Finite said:

    So if you bought say $10 worth of lindens and profited $12 only the net $2 is could be processed to paypal.

    That makes sense, and I had no idea (maybe because I never considered doing it) - so thank you for mentioning @Finite! but by reading old threads, I am wondering if this regulation has been introduced only recently? I think I recall people saying that buying/selling Ls for a profit isn't worth the work or the wait - and even some speculating about traders dumping millions of Ls to influence the rates? unless I completely misunderstood, which is not that unlikely XD

    Mastering the LindeX

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    12 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said:

    L$ that you receive directly from Linden Lab for certain promotions ( a rare restriction)

    Ooo I've never heard of those promotions, probably because I became a Premium only just recently - I will look it up! and TY for the link, and the clarification :)

    Mastering the LindeX

    in General Discussion Forum

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    After years, I finally decided to venture into the (for me) mysterious practice of cashing out. I have zero knowledge in economics/stock markets, and although I think I somehow managed to get the very basics of LindeX down, I am finding the whole thing pretty fascinating and would like to learn more about it. Can anyone point out/recommend readings that provide more insight...? blogs, websites, even articles if they exist! Google hasn't helped so far :/ TIA!

    What would YOU do if you were Linden Lab?

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    3 minutes ago, Prokofy Neva said:

    I'm not getting the animosity to old accounts. The evidently cost the Lindens nothing to keep on their servers -- there can't be more than a few dozen thousands at most. If any of them might be a customer who would return, why not?

    More to the point, if there are people with premium accounts and LAND which evidently they must have paid ahead a year or more, they have zero reason to purge them. I have to say I'm mystified by two 512s near my rentals, both of which have ugly builds with spinning crap, both of which were claimed in 2007, both of whose owners are no longer in the people list, but who are not considered "abandoned". I've filed tickets FOR YEARS about these lots and have been told each time that they are not abandoned. Huh? You mean there are people who paid $72 x 2 or 5 even to keep a premium account in SL? REALLY??? Who never log on? Even if you factor in the former "free 512," that could only be kept if you kept the payments on the premium.

    No, these are not "Charter Accounts" -- those early adapters who got 4096 free for life. I know some of these, and for the most part, even if they don't log on, their parcels are nice, not filled with junk.

    So what's up? The Lindens gave away free premium accounts? They keep billing a credit card on file and the people never notice and stop it? They're dead? All a mystery...

     

    I have no idea why they keep them. Maybe in hope they would return, at some point? But if so, why not risk to lose them to help the actual active base of users with lag and related issues? Also, I was referring to very old, outdated, forever inactive accounts... definitely not premium or land owners, for as little active as they can be; call them the casual alt, created and left to die there, not online for 5+ years, maybe even 10. Always giving a 90 days prior notice via email, like someone else had suggested. Anyone coming back straight from 2004, or 2006, would have to start from scratch anyway, toss the whole of their inventory and learn everything anew. So why not? I am no LL employee so I don't know the actual implications of this, or even the advantages, but I would gladly hear about those from a Linden. It's just food for thought, and it seems feasible with the due precautions.

    What would YOU do if you were Linden Lab?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    2 minutes ago, DarkRavenWolfie said:

    unless those old accounts really clog up whatever database they may have, it sounds a bit pointless

    Well for starters, the amount of offlines would fall, if those accounts are part of x groups, besides relieving said groups from unnecessary lag, as I mentioned before. It may sound like just a drop in the ocean, but we can't determine that if we don't know the volume of actual inactive accounts... it might actually make up for the group allowance being kept at 42, for non-premium users?

    What would YOU do if you were Linden Lab?

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    9 minutes ago, CoffeeDujour said:

    Purging accounts would not do anything, aside from make people who decide to spin up SL after a long break upset that their account is gone.

     

    After you have been away for so many years, I think the only deterrent would be having to start from scratch with styling, and adjusting to the new features. Might as well make a new account, if you really want to play. I know I wouldn't feel entitled to be pissed if I were to be away for 5+ years and my account to be purged PRIOR a fair warning

    What would YOU do if you were Linden Lab?

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    4 hours ago, ZairaSangh said:

    My Mom and I were just discussing this - and some of the ideas/suggestions we bounced off each other included but were not limited to:

     

    Purging old accounts that are taking up server space.  People that have not touched SL in ten years are probably not coming back. And even if they do, nothing in their inventories would be relevant - so you send an email to the email address on file and give them to the end of the year to log into their account if they want to keep it.  If not - purge.  Same goes for land/parcels that have not been touched.  Tons of "abandoned land" just sitting - taking up server space.  

     

    Offer tiered Premium subscriptions.  Something like a $5/mo option where you only get the perks of getting into events easier - some people definitely have it ONLY for this.  It would include no parcel, no extra groups, and no stipend.  Then go from there.  Next step up gets more groups, small stipend, land/house.  Next up gets even more groups, bigger stipend, etc.  

     

    ASK the community what they would like to see as options.  "We need to raise the prices for the first time in x amount of years - here are some options we came up with.  We can either take away THAT and give you THIS..or..."  INVOLVE the people that are playing!  WE are the ones this affects!

     

    I wholeartedly agree with all of this, it's exactly what I was going to suggest, and it's something I've thinking about long before these ooooh amazing news LL has brought us yesterday.

    With enough time for a response, purging very old and unused accounts seems pretty fair and it would drastically reduce the load on servers - until switch to the cloud is completed - and maybe help with groups' lag, ultimately. How many people created alts for just one specific reason, or for the fun of it, just to forget about them the next day? Which brings me to the next point.

    Limit the number of alts per account (or email) to what, 3? Maybe 5? I have often heard of people having up to what, 30 alts, and you can imagine the reasons behind this being plain malicious. Of course, this would only apply to new Premium users. Old ones would keep theirs, until first point applies.

    Last, YES, YES, YES PLEASE: offer tiered (if not à la carte) Premium subscriptions!

    That's my take... for now lol

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