[Delete me.]

where is the option to delete a post after x days ?

[How long stay a post in this forum.]

Is there a way to delete old posts or discussion after a while. I don't want that my message stay forever on the web. Is there an option to delete after x days. I would like to delete my old message older than one year. 

[Are there more people online during off-peak hours these days?]

As far as I understand there is less player in SL. 

Few hypotheses

* SL is slow and need more and more powerfull computer

* SL is complicated and you need to invest energy (time to learn)

* Sl has always the same graphic that seems to be outdated. 

* People are not friendly anymore. When you are looking for friends. You disturbe people. Most people prefer to stay aloone than helping new people or having simply friends.

* Firestorm does not change. I don't see new features. 

 

This is my conclusion but not the true just my perception.

[Looking for a translator]

I saw a translator in public chat. Someone has feedback and link ?

[looking for home]

I am looking for a place to put a house. Either a land or a plateform.  

I understand that I should calculate how many land impact I need.  I would say 150.  Easy to find skybox but they are all furnished.  Is it possible to have some empty place? How much does that count. I start my research and see all kind of price.

I hear that we must expect around 1L$ per LI is it correct ?

 

[Building best budget male avatar after 3 years break]

Thank you @Josephine Carissa

Long article and to be short onupup Body

 

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/onupup-MALE-FREE-SLUV-BENTO-FITMESH-FULL-AVATAR/13899082

 

I didn't know it I will try it. 

 

[Building best budget male avatar after 3 years break]

Any feedback with Raphael Body https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Christmas-gift-SDRaphael-Body-Mesh-Bom/18713745

 

 

And anythink about ALANTORI | David BENTO Mesh Body *FULLY BOM * Some tryed it?

 

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/ALANTORI-David-BENTO-Mesh-Body-FULLY-BOM/19424915

[Building best budget male avatar after 3 years break]

hello this topics interest me.

 

What is  in 2023 free body and head for male ?  This is for cheap one. Do you have something free like Lucy Body for female.? 

 

Any feedback with OCACIN

 

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Ocacin-MADO-Male-Mesh-Body/12818180

[Firestorm 6.6.8 on Ubuntu 22.04 : No Voice ?]

Firestorm 6.6.3 : no voice. At each version I hope voice will work. 

[skin]

How to manage skin. I notice you have skin for body and skin for head.  But they are not the same color . i have body skin and head skin but I never see a pack with head and body and the same color

Result a big difference at the neck.

 

I see avatar with no lines how do they do

[When do you realize that there's nothing for you in SL?]

 

SL is changing.  I see more and more frequently profile with information " DO NOT TALK" like this one.

if you are not allowed to say 'Hello' how to talk. I always start talking with greating 'Hello'. otherwise It is rude.

 

I think we could add one information in SL

A check box with Chat allowed or chat not allowed. With a green light or red light. With red it is not possible to click IM with red it would be like today.

What do you think of this new feature.

[When do you realize that there's nothing for you in SL?]

talk with people...

[Do you all think that Second Life is less sociable now than before?]

if you go to SL it is for talking with real people not with a bot. Talking with a bot makes me always so unhappy and angry. I stopt always. Because he never understand me. He always makes me upset. I don't know if that word exists. Last time it was with my bank but when I reread what I said.  I think the best think would be to stop. Because I had a specific question and the bot answer general information.  grrrr I hate bot

[Where are all my friends? Come on in and lets get comfy by the fire!]

more than 607 page of this discussion. Are you participating of the longest discussion ? I think the chance is hight

[Do you all think that Second Life is less sociable now than before?]

Secondlife is definitively not friendly for me

I open my account many years ago. When I started playing again, I had to relearn all. I didn't find anybody who helpt me. I think people assume that I am old then I know all.

The most difficult part is not technical part (how to create an avatar) but social. When you talk to people the ratio of answer tend to decrease. (When I start talking with 10 people how many answer I have ).

And when you got an answer, I try to make sentences with verbs etc... and I receive one word. like good or hi or ok

If I don't ask question and say something (not a question) I have no interaction. Usualy I try to make a conversation with the minimum of question. Because I think questions can be aggressives.

I also notice that if I don't start a conversation I don't talk to anybody

What is your ratio of you start a conversation and somebody else. For me it should be 9.5/10

Having conversation is not having a friend. For me friend is someone who talk with you, and help you and have fun with you.

 

I understand that some people is not in front of keyboard but for me they don't play. when I am online I am 100% online. I don't let my avatar and go away. I don't like that for other I usualy don't do that. I think it is rude.

 

I notice that the 'presence' varie.

an other idicator I invent is how long I wait. if it is 5 seconds it is normal but sometime sI wait many minutes to get answer.

 

Then my friendly indicator is :

- time to wait an answer

- answer ration

- who start conversation. More it is you more it is not friendly (9.5/10 for me)

But it is fun to make this statistics. I will update them and tell you the new metrics. What are your indicators to measure friendlyness ?

[IMing randomers]

What is a randomer ? someone you talk and you don't know? I always do that. Otherwise you don't talk to anybody. And playing SL is useless.

[I have no friends.]

Sometimes you have people in your friendlist

But when you try to talk. It stop after the and you (without ? questionmark)

Then it is monolog.  then I realise that maybe I am muted or the other completly ignore me.

Real question  : how to be creative funny and not been boring ?

 

My answer : been boring is the best door to talk. Boring conversation is what most expect. If you try something new. It leads to silence.

 

[Unlocked collar? What that means?]

I didn't know it was rude I expect it was friendly or welcomed. Like a green like Anybody want to play with me?

[Unlocked collar? What that means?]

What is the  hidden rules of collar

 

I am trying to understand how all this works. I find collar open. I understand that anybody can clic on it an try to learn how it works.

Is it rude to play with collar of stranger?

[Couldn't We Be More Friendly?]

2 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

Drama is also an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances...life is drama.

Do you have a source? The first definition is easily understandable. The second seems complicated.  or or or

[Couldn't We Be More Friendly?]

8 hours ago, Nick0678 said:

It's best for you to find people speaking in your own language, will make everything easier.

(*Ιn regards to the word "Drama /Δράμα" i happen to be greek so i understand it's ancient greek meaning as well as it's modern greek/universal usage very well,  the thing with words and languages is that they always adapt to the current needs/habbiits of people.)

 

Drama comes from the greek and that means : to do or to act.  When we role play we do drama.

[Couldn't We Be More Friendly?]

19 hours ago, Nick0678 said:

Well.. we do chat using English over here, aren't we..

 

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.^[

We do not use english in RL this is one reason why communication in SL in not as RL but not the only one.

I give you an example of misunderstanding : do not laught

When I see the word 'inworld' I understant in real life. But actually I know it means In the game second life. I need to translate from sl english to normal english then from normal english  to my language.

If you only translate one level you misunderstood.

Misunderstanding is everywhere here And it leads to frustration and so many opposite feeling. You can hut per accident and you don't understand why this people is hurt.

Assume always that what you say is understood only when you have feed back. According to the response you know if it is understood or not.

Now this is a good situation when communication is possible. Sometimes it is brocken because unfriended or blocked.

 

I give you one advice. If you are not sure what you say is understood. Just repeat with different words. in my native language we say 'reformulate' it does not cost so much and sometimes it save drama

Thank makes me thinking of an other example with the word Drama

In SL it means problem or (I even don't understood the real definitiion of SL drama) I think it is a problem of communication something like that.

For me I sometimes take the definition of wikipedia: It is theater. then I understand Role play. now can you imagine replacing the word drama everywhere instead or RP and reverse. Do it today it is fun. And it help a little to understand how some people misunderstand each other.

[Make friends : 2 ways to start]

On 2/5/2022 at 7:03 PM, Ren Toxx said:

My way is very simple:

1) Be yourself, do your own thing.

Be yourself ? I understand : be just natural. For me it does not work. When I am myself it is hard to talk. I should do as other people expect for a conversation. If you don't respect what other people expect (you are not yourself in this case)  it is fine. It doing RP. You play a role of someone else.  If you understand the code the entry key where is the door it is wonderfull.

[Make friends : 2 ways to start]

18 hours ago, Nick0678 said:

It's very easy to make online friends

It is easy for you maybe but not for all.

You say just talk to people ok but talking with people is not easy. They are not online busy and have many things to do. You cannot even talk with someone. How can you make friends without talking ?

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I think one of the reasons people think it's hard to make friends in SL is they have unreasonable expectations

Probably yes. Expectation are very hight. Sometimes I read profile and some people say : I don't want to talk to - empty profile - non mesh - and that criteria and this and that .... With a list of selective criteria. Expectation could be hight.

Personaly I friendly people with an ugly avatar than opposite. Why because the ugly avatar can be improved. But nice avatar not nice: no hope.!!!

My criteria is just simple : not too long silence. Conversation  logic. Sometimes I feel I start talking and... It is strange ... long minutes before a reply with non sens. Obviously the other was busy and write something randomly. Sometimes people speak with one word. I make effort to do real sentense without mistake and I receive yes no ok. But I imagine it is hard to type for some people.

I was once in helper island when new people arrived.  I heard someone reaction "it is strange that people don't answer" A new people wanted to try to talk and nobody answer.

 

[Couldn't We Be More Friendly?]

I realize one thing this morning.

Communication is SL is not the same as RL.  when I read as in RL ... in SL ... This is wrong at least for me.

My experience : I am very natural and react as I react in RL. Always honest (straigh or direct)  I prefer a joke sometimes than serious  too In my culture people are very kind and sweet.  But withour revealing my cultural backgroud I must say that it is the most complicated ununderstandable and contracditory culture. compare to others who seam more simple to understand... I have my own way of communication because it is me. I like to feel the other and make confortable. We are all different. The same sentence could be understood differently according to people. then I try to be clear as much as possible.

But in SL it is not the same. It is like an other country with special unspoken rules. I see that somewhere. And I don't know the rules or all. When I try to do my best I can break the rules. And been blocked for example.

Communication on SL should be learned. You can learn by experience (mistake) or maybe it is obvious for others.

I realise that if I cannot communicate with other on SL it is because I didn't know how to do it.  It is very simple. SL is a culture in itself. Probably influenced by american or english culture.