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He didn't like our facial expressions in this one but I did so 🤷‍♀️

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I've been busy working on pictures for the scrapbook and finally finished the spread I was doing. This is a random snap I took in between things. Next up is the final maternity shoot . Really excited to take that on. 📸

Because SL wouldn't be the same without friends ... ❤️

For a while, I've been looking for ways to share memories without disrupting my current storyline. Storytelling is a big aspect of my SL and I would love for you all to see some of the memories that have led me here. I was flirting with the idea of a blog until a friend of mine suggested a virtual scrapbook. Thank you Momo for giving me a nudge in the right direction. I'm hoping people will be able to use this topic to post their scrapbook spreads, if they so wish. Some extra details ... I used Canva to create my scrapbook and if you want to join in, you can use that too. Alternatively, you can also use any software that allows you to organize pictures or edit them. You don't have to stick to any set topic in your scrapbook you are free to choose your topics. Tay xx

I'm unsure if you mean how am I making it or where I am posting it. I'm putting it together using Canva and I'm posting it as an album on Flickr. I'm also considering making a topic in the arts section for people to post their scrapbooks if others want to join in.

I've been looking for more creative outlets and ended up settling on a virtual scrapbook. This project has been really helping me come out of a creative slump. My next spread will feature some of my SL friends and I had the idea to take photobooth-style pictures with them to add to the scrapbook. Before I take pictures with others I tend to take test pictures to see if the idea translates well. Here are my tests shots for this little project.

My 1 cent, If I can afford to put 50 smackaroons into SL that's not going to suddenly change because the Linden value looks different. I will simply change my spending habits to fit the set budget. I'm not suddenly going to have more than 50 smackaroons to spend just because the exchange rate changed. If anything I will be buying from fewer people because my money won't stretch as far as it used to. The profitable stores on SL all have something in common. They produce a product/service that people want and value. They sell their product/service at a price people are willing to pay. If you are on SL and aspire to make a living you need to make sure you are selling something that holds value for others. People spend money on what they value. If you are not profitable in this economy your business will not suddenly become more profitable when people have less money to spend. If anything small businesses will suffer more because I would rather put money in something that has market credibility than risk it trying something new that I'm unsure of. This feeling is only exacerbated by having fewer Lindens for my money. Business and Charity are not synonymous. No one deserves money just because they opened a store on SL. No one deserves money just because they spent hours on end learning a new skill set. No one deserves money just because they put effort into something. Effort does not equate to achievement. Just because you value your own product doesn't mean everyone else is forced to value it in the same way. If your business is not profitable, it doesn't mean your business isn't valuable. It means that your business isn't valuable to others, therefore they are not willing to exchange something they value ( their hard-earned smackaroons), for your product. I'm really hoping some of the comments I read are a joke.

Pensive..

Work done on the twin's nursery. The giraffe will be leaving as it doesn't match the sky/clouds theme.

I love this fringe so much

What does moving money out of SL have to do with the OP's original question ? I am responding to the OP's original question of whether having PIOF is an effective age verifier. No one here is talking about moving money out of SL. Having PIOF does not tell LL anything about the age of the account holder unless they are in the US. SL is not restricted to the US alone. As it currently stands children outside of the US could have PIOF , so NO it is NOT an effective age verifier for all of SL users. What part of my response are you not getting?

You are incorrect. If a minor from somewhere in the world has their bank account they can use it on Second Life and thus have payment information on file. Their method of payment is accepted. This is irrespective of the fact that the rest of the world does not need to follow the same requirements when obtaining a payment method. So yes the US has these checks but other countries do not , and do not need to have these same checks in order to have their payment method on file. A child in the UK or any other country could use their bank account as a payment method.

I am in the UK. Taking into account that there are SL users all over the world I would say it's not an effective verification system.

I've demoed the Waterhorse and it was nice but what ultimately drew me to Teegle was the large community and support. Teegle has a wide range of horses, so you have a lot of options. It has a lot of creators that make for the horses so you can get extra things like a custom coat pattern or different mane styles etc. Teegle has a Google calendar where every day seems to have at least 3 horse-related events. It has a bunch of active stables on SL and a large community. I would recommend considering what you want the horse for, demoing the different horses, and attending some of events. For a lot of the events you don't need to own a horse as they have horse rezzers there. I currently own two horses from Teegle, Miss Marple my Irish cob, and Poirot my Andalusian.

My answer is no. For any method of verification to be effective it needs to provide LL with the proof that the account belongs to an adult. Children can have a bank card, so PIOF is not effective because it tells LL that the person has a payment method but it doesn't give them an age. I got my first bank card at 11 and my parents didn't supervise my use of it or my internet usage because I was a 'responsible , good kid'. Having PIOF as an age verification method would keep adults from adult spaces and would also not necessarily keep children out of adult spaces.

So for actual improvements : - A clear reporting feature that allows reporting this sort of issue both in world and on marketplace. - People who are trained in some way to sift through these reports and actually ENFORCE the policies. - A clear concise way for residents to report. - Something not many have brought up was the part where the article talked about projects taken on by LL. I wish there was more resident involvement in projects, where residents can give feedback and have the feedback be taken on board. Certain projects could have really been better ** coughs ** senra. That's all that comes to mind atm.

Yes and yes. I think this should probably go with fixing the entire mp for both users and store owners and having the report system in a way where there is a particular category ppl can check when they are reporting an item that infringes this type of thing.

Surprisingly most of the stuff I came across on Flickr centered around little boys who looked like pre teens.

I have personally never gone out looking for tos breakers but in my time in SL I've met numerous ppl who described their SL spouse cheating on them with their SL child I am distantly involved in the family rp community and this kind of stuff is not new. I've even previously come across images of avi s portraying CA on flickr. These images are created here on SL. If you ever received messages from child avis and had a read through their profile, a lot of them explain exactly what they're into in their picks.. I even briefly worked at an SL daycare where a particular little boy avi , would consistently 'troll '.His form of trolling would usually involve doing inappropriate things with unsuspecting daycare staff. There's a note-card with a list of all of his known accounts shared among sim owners because despite him having done this numerous times over the span of years, and having been reported numerous times, he still uses his accounts to go to new sims and 'troll'. If LL policies were properly enforced, sim owners wouldn't need to send notecards among themselves. I think a lot of people have seen things here and there, but the ones who have probably seen the most are the rp sim owners/ community staff or management and people who have some sort of contact with child avis in general.

You are correct. In real life 5'7 in some places is above adult female average, however we are speaking about SL. On SL 5'7 is considered a shorter height because a lot of the populations makes their avatars much taller than irl.

A short adult is different to someone portraying a child. A young looking avi is different to someone portraying a child. My avi sits at 1.72 m / 5'7 inches but I am not portraying a child. Someone portraying a child is usually constituted by a collection of attributes and features, not one or two attributes.

I'm personally against the inappropriate portrayal of children irrespective of who is behind the avi and their age. I believe some countries even have laws that prohibit this stuff. To my surprise, it seems that a lot of people are very comfortable with this as long as the person behind the avi is an adult. Irrespective of our individual opinions on this topic, Linden Labs does have and has had a stance on this. They already had policies that covered this topic. This sort of stuff has been against LL policies. So why do these things still happen? As someone who has been on SL for quite some time, I have seen these things taking place and heard stories from others. People have tried to report things on mp, and things occurring inworld, to no avail. As a community, we have coexisted with this for a long time. So the bigger question is, what is going to be fixed within the current dynamics that will result in change ? Updating policies is a good start, but it means nothing if the policies are not enforced. How are we fixing the reporting pipeline? The reason why the original article held some weight for a lot of people isn't solely because of all the name-dropping. It's because some of the points in the article held some element of truth that people were already familiar with. Some parts of the article brought up different concerns that residents have been having for quite some time and LL has not addressed. During these last couple of weeks where LL has been silent about this, I'm at least glad that a lot of Second Life's store owners took it upon themselves to do some of the much-needed legwork to ensure that LL own policies are followed.