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You'll be told quick enough, when the International Flagging Festival starts on February 1st we will all find that our pictures are scrutinised pixel by pixel for the tiniest hints of nipple colour or threads of pubic whatever. Bootsy's observations about slut wear are very true. As with all censorship in life it comes with a huge dollops of hypocracy and confusion. Good luck with the listings Yuriko I feel you have been very unfairly clobbered. ^L^

LOL - you have the word 'sexy' in your keyword and the rather well endowed lady pumping iron is smoking a cigarette which would automatically place in the moderate category at least ^L^

The three category rating is a farce, What other internet site do you know that has such a system? Mature (Adult) & PG are very effectively used everywhere else no problems easy to define. However the Labbies and Labettes have decided that we all need micro managing. And thus have redefined the age old methods of categorizing what is adult and what is juvenile - Hence their need to use 3 words on the Maturity button now where as just 1 was all it needed before. That's 'going' forward as Brooke said in her meeting. The moderate category is a farce both in world and in the market place. As for references to kids and children that folks keep making - there are at present no children allowed on the grid. All this upheaval is being put in place for a few 16 and 17 year olds. Now where I come from 16 year olds can get married and start having a family and can have wine with their meal in a restaurant and 17 year olds can join the army and die for their country. Hardly kids I'd say. So my guess and theory is the 3 tier category is actually spearheading a move towards allowing real kids onto the grid or at least prepare SL for a buyout by someone who would like to have real kids on the grid. ^L^

More work more grief less advanced communication as usual. The Adult content train wreck continues a pace *sigh* Will the brainiac who replaced 'Mature' with the 'Moderate' label please own up and step forward for his/her just rewards. ^L^

A little info on who the Lab have gone to bed with... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/glam-media-to-acquire-adportal-innovative-silicon-valley-media-technology-startup-99117264.html ^L^

Al good points Sassy - And like you I'm not averse to a company making a decent buck from their website real estate. As for costs, I quoted the rate card price rather than the discount price for beta testing. We certainly couldn't look forward to a permanent 0.25 for mature and the disparity between the PG cost and Mature is almost breath taking. So I'd rather be realistic and calculate with the 0.78 figure right from start. Unless they tell us how long the discount period will last. I'd like to see more stats up front, not just industry standards. They have access to the metrics and most media suppliers will happily boast what we can expect. Come to think of it most media suppliers will be prepared to negotiate discounts for regular clients. But wait this service is not coming from SL it's a plug in from a company called Glam Adapt which means they are probably taking the lions share of the income. It also explains why we can't sign up with our SL name and are required to give our RL details all over again. I'd happily bet my last L$ that that Glam Adapt told the Lab they were in no way prepared to accept L$ as a payment method. Good luck to anyone who jumps into this pond - they either have a brand large enough to carry the costs, or more money than sense. In pricipal I like the idea but for sure it is not geared towards the small or medium sized SL business at the moment and I doubt it ever will be. ^L^

Usablity - Not very good - Could do with some clearer instructions and help pages. Payment - Why don't you accept Lindens? I feel this kind of sums it all up.... On checking the help page: Information about how and when to make payments is described in Sections 4 and 5 of the Advertiser Agreement. Click the "advertiser agreement link' and what do we get?.... Oops! You found a page that doesn't existPlease click your browser's "back" button and try again. And @ 0.70 cents per thousand for mature banner versus 0.20 for PG ? The words Rip and Off come to mind or would you trust a second hand Glam Adapt used ad salesman? ^L^

You can keep it Jack - Viewer 2 is still a big pile of kack! Move on to viewer 3! ^L^