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    DISAPPOINTMENT IN CHARGING TO USE THE EVENTS CALENDAR

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    1 hour ago, Cinos Field said:

    Here's an idea though, what if adult events are legitimate events, and that rating should be usable too? :P

    Instead it was all just ads. It's not even events. It's just the SL equivalent of "hot single ladies in your local sim! come visit us~" and there's at least fewer now that it costs money.

    The fee is a necessity. The events list might actually be usable to find events now, which means you might actually get traffic from it. Consider the fee an investment in an event listing that people might actually be able to find.

    This.

    Adult events have every right to be in the calendar. If I'm looking for a DJ, or some other event, and I have to scroll through 200 other events that are adult or that I have no interest in, I either search specifically for what I am looking for, or I scroll through. I will never look for something and find only what I am looking for. There are too many events going on and this is a good thing for the health of the grid.

    Events are not spam unless they are either not events, events that have been posted already, or events listed in the wrong category. Charging money will clean the real spam up, except in the wrong category instance. And it will help make the calendar more usable and valuable in time.

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    SL Event Fees are unjust and unfair to Club Owners

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    12 minutes ago, Hitomi Tamatzui said:

    SL Writes on its BLOG:
    We’ve heard many complaints from our Residents about duplicated event listings and spam. To combat this problem, we’re introducing a nominal fee which will help discourage spamming and encourage higher-quality events from committed event hosts. Basic members will be charged L$50 to create an event listing while Premium members will pay L$10. On the heels of this change, we will introduce the ability for Premium members to schedule recurring events.

    That will kill most clubs and activities. As a Club owner, we give live singers the ability to perform for audiences that would otherwise not be able. We advertise each performance on SL Events and no, we don't spam it. We set up 2 notices for each performer- at the time and halfway through the show for those who cannot make it at the start. I don't consider this spam or duplication. It is honest advertising. We already pay for listing the club and pay for the prims it takes to present a good face to the public.

    We have almost 40 entertainers each 2 week period. Charging for what used to be free but limited to 5 notices per 24 hours was hard to keep up but doable. But this fee that the Lindens now require will bankrupt us. Running a Club is a financially losing proposition. WE have to advertise! We pay all those "nominal" fees and the performer fees (or salary) and tips provided do not cover more than 15- 20% of our outlay. Now we have to add even more just to let people know someone is performing? Ridiculous!!!

    If the complaints are to be believed, then it the spam that comes in local and group chat and notices. NOT SL Events. SL Events is a public service for legitimate activities. It is a directory of activities to make SL enjoyable and make people want to participate. Adding fee on top of fee is going to kill off the small and financially shaky establishments like mine. It is not fair when I am trying to provide a service and outlet for singers.

    Drop the fee!!

    A lot of events are repeated unnecessarily. The spam needs cleaned up. I am a little disappointed that the fee was added before recurring events were, but recurring events will help tremendously to reduce cost.

    Just to let you know, events appear during the duration of the event. If I search during halftime, I'll still see your original post. Posting a halftime on the SL events calendar only ensures that the event appears twice, which is unnecessary. 

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    DISAPPOINTMENT IN CHARGING TO USE THE EVENTS CALENDAR

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    2 hours ago, Asadora Summers said:

    Personally, I think it's about time that event listings had a charge, because in order for the ones that use it should pay to advertise, just like content creators do. Content creators pay every time they turn around. DJs, clubs and other type events should as well. 

    In order to 'make money' one does have to invest some money up front and listing an event is simply an investment that has been abused for far too long. 

    In fairness @Asadora Summers, clubs have been paying since the beginning of the grid. Matter of fact, this cost will only increase club costs not even 5% in most cases, perhaps often not even 1%. Its nothing compared to the tier we pay.

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    Tell me about yourself

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    * 39 year old Canadian paraplegic who considers himself uniquely abled, not disabled.

    * A firm believer in God.

    * A country boy at heart. I appreciate most any music, however. Everything from The Chief Eric Church to The G.O.A.T Michael Jackson.

    * More old school than my age suggests I have any right to be. My most prized possession in my music collection is Michael Jackson's album Thriller, purchased just last year on vinyl. Trade ya my digital collection for your vinyl one (provided I like your musical tastes, heh).

    * A lover of people and a hater of nobody, to a fault if you want to think there is such a thing. It might leave me vulnerable, but I prefer vulnerability over anger.

    This song pretty much sums me up

     

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    Identifying an alt

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    Posted · Edited by Adam Spark

    On 10/6/2019 at 3:45 AM, JUSTUS Palianta said:

    if someone is stalking me with numerous alts i think its fine to work out who there alts are.

    i had a nice tidy list of alts to give linden labs with my report.

    honestly i wont let you guys bully me and make me leave the forum for answering a question.

    this is a question and answer forum if you want to jump on people because you think only your answer is correct that is your karma helping people is mine.

    who knows what situation the original poster is going through, shame on all of you really.

    Disagreement is not bullying.

    This is a discussion forum. Not a Q&A forum. There is another place called Answers for strictly Q&A.

    I'm sorry you've been bullied and stalked and hope you get the help you need with that. But seriously, you are not getting that bullying here. :)

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    Identifying an alt

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    On 10/1/2019 at 6:32 PM, usedcars said:

    If there is no profile but a dozen groups.

    Not everyone fills out their profile. Its far from a requirement. Many alts fill out profile (some even using their profile to reveal their alt status).

    Alt accounts are not bad. Some of their operators are. But so are some operators of single accounts.

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    DISAPPOINTMENT IN CHARGING TO USE THE EVENTS CALENDAR

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    14 hours ago, Tarina Sewell said:

    As far as I understand you need to own rights to the songs you play. Many are gong along downloading music without a care about it. Playing it and requesting money for it. Because I can not tell who is legit and who is not, I will just not attend.  that is the ethical of it. Just like I will not buy mesh and items stolen or used improperly in SL. 

    Its up to the venue, or in this case Linden Lab, to maintain license. It is not up to the DJ.

    "When a DJ plays live at a venue and mixes a collection of tracks, the venue usually pays the licensing fees for the songs that the DJ’s play, 99% of the time, to a Performing Rights Organisation (PRO for short). In the U.S., this is an organisation like ASCAP or BMI (in my country, Australia, it’s called APRA AMCOS).

    This means that DJs don’t have to worry about breaching copyright by playing other people’s tracks, because the venue covers you."

    https://djtechtools.com/2017/06/05/basics-dj-copyright-laws/

    Is just like the gambling that was shut down. Nobody went after the operators of the virtual casinos until Linden Lab had no choice but to block their operation.

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    DISAPPOINTMENT IN CHARGING TO USE THE EVENTS CALENDAR

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    8 hours ago, Tarina Sewell said:

    Due to ethical considerations I do not attend DJ events where they ask for money.  RARE to see me at such an event I should say. 

    Where they ask for money themselves? Or where the venues ask to tip them?

    If its the former, I tend to avoid anyone who asks for money themselves. Being a DJ has nothing to do with the ethics of that to me. If its the latter, that should happen. DJs should not be treated any differently than anyone else trying to do the job they were hired for and that they enjoy doing.

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    DISAPPOINTMENT IN CHARGING TO USE THE EVENTS CALENDAR

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    3 hours ago, Damian Mills said:

    OK Bridget.  I'm in Muddy's pretty much every single night.  I'm curious what sorts of events you would post to the event calendar?  I've never looked and can't imagine why I would.  I go to Muddy's because it's a great music club.  I don't need to know that there's a DJ there.... there is ALWAYS a DJ there.  Nor do I need to know what DJ is there.  If I am a fan of a particular DJ I'll be in their group so I'll know where they are.  If I'm not, then it's "just another DJ" to me.

    If you post other events there... real events.... I would never know because just as everyone says, the events calendar is something approximating useless.  The only value I get out of it is live music and even then it's a pain.  I should think it'd work in your favor to have your actual events be actually usable to people.  You seem to think otherwise.  Can you clarify what sort of "events" you are talking about and how you expect me, a Muddy's customer, to take advantage of those listings?

    Not everybody has the group room to follow their favorite DJs. You may not need the info, but that doesn't mean or even come close to suggesting that nobody does.

    Singers get posted and nobody bats an eye. DJs are trying to attract an audience and equally deserve the advertising any event gets.

    Should clubs only post a full lineup? Maybe. We can debate how to structure the events. But any time a club owner puts somebody on stage for people to hear its long been referred to and accepted as an event.

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    Linden Lab is slowly skimming USD off the top of your cash outs.

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    Just now, Levidian said:

    If you buy something from the store for $100 that is taxed at a 10% rate, is that a $10 tax or an $11 tax?  Linden says it's an $11 tax.

    I also said, in my original post, that is how it was done now, and that it's an incorrect way.

    Is it possible that the rest of the money charged is actually a paypal transaction fee? They have processing fees of their own. So actually, you should be losing more than 5% without any cheating

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