Theresa Tennyson

So, you don't care for the Ivory Tower of Primitives, then. Because its maker will never, ever log in again.

That's basically a textbook definition of, "Not working okay."

Yes, although the Japanese do it with more style. ("Undead Girl Murder Farce" - the head in the bird cage? She's the detective.)

Unpopular Opinion: It would be kewl if we could go all TV-detective-reveal when we figure out what accounts are each others' alts.

That would allow someone to block you and say anything they like about you without your knowing about it.

Opinion: It's entirely possible for two people debating opposite sides of a question to both be wrong.

There's asserting a (presumably pre-existing) difference, and there's making up a difference off the top of one's head to suit one's purposes. The latter is Humpty Dumpty in "Through the Looking Glass," and that didn't end well.

Theresa Tennyson whispers, "Humblebragging..."

It would seem to me, then, that the "creator" would be more likely to put out a tip jar, as it would be an invitation to a visitor to help support them in a way other than, or in addition to, buying products. Years ago there was a region built by a Japanese person who sold clever little things that were generally $L10 and whose region was largely scenic. I would consider them to be a "creator" by your definition. They had a tip jar - I was given L$500 as a gift that I was thought unnecessary and contributed it to that person's region because I wanted to. On the other hand, why would a "merchant" want people to pay a tip jar instead of spending the same amount on product? It wouldn't contribute to sales rankings; nor would it put their product in front of a wider audience. Waste of space.

Would you care to explain your reasoning, particularly in light of this post?

In my opinion, it's interesting when an account's posts sound like those of a disgruntled merchant but the account that's doing the posting shows no evidence of having a store.

Yep.

Opinions are worthless. Of course, this one is too...

My understanding is that the vast majority of income is from land, and that conversion fees, marketplace commission, etc. were increased to allow land prices to be lowered (which they have been.)

Because a big part of the financial framework of Second Life is built on the idea that "land" is finite and has value, and that "money" has the potential to have real-world value. I'm not saying that the idea that everyone gets some variety of private space that they could buy things for is a bad idea, especially if it's not something that would require a server running a simulation, but it would mess with carefully balanced financial calculations.

Only with antique scripted items or if someone has deliberately set their viewer to show the "Resident" last name that is automatically hidden in the default settings of both the LL viewer and Firestorm. If that last one is what you're worried about, it's probably possible for someone to write a viewer that turns any last name into a five-digit number, because that's all it is.

Explain to us how one would go about IM-ing a pub or other business without IM-ing a resident.

Not passive-aggressive enough for me. For occasions where using it would be appropriate, I prefer, "Imagine that...", drawn out to a luxurious length.

Make a display name.

She might have whined constantly.

I think they're hoping to achieve "remaining in business."

The Kowloon sim had an eye shop with pans of eyes lying around. Be careful of what you wish for.

Okay, here goes - I have male alts that I often use as "actors" portraying a variety of roles - some current, some historical. In order to do this they need appropriate hair. Through my historical research, I've discovered that over time and around the world most men don't/didn't wear hairstyles that look like a small animal pelt balanced on top of their head combined with near-shaven hair over the rest of their heads. This means that 97% of current male hair on offer in Second Life is inappropriate for my purposes, except for the characters who I've decided would be wearing bad toupees.

They could spam messages, landmarks, run phishing scams, etc.