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    Amanda Linden

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    " It is not too late for Rod to turn the ship around. Critical mass is still a bit of a distance away. However, as CEO, he has to inspire and if need be, manipulate the LL staff to change course."

     

    I agree, it's not too late.  But...Rod?  DO SOMETHING!!

    What are the Linden crew THINKING???  HONESTLY!  "Log in to Facebook to see what your friends are doing..." on the Second Life HOME PAGE??  If you want more residents (customers, whateveryacallem), you DON'T send them to a competing platform! Even if it's a "strategic partner" platform!! "Find friends in Second Life.." makes a whole lot more sense, doesn't it?  And inside SL, "Invite your friends to join you in Second Life."

    Residents want to get the news about Second Life, IN Second Life.  Prospective residents can go to Facebook and get hooked from there, fine, but the really good stuff should be found only inside SL.

    Is that concept just a wee bit too deep for the Linden Lab to grasp?

    Amanda Linden

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    Mercury got it right on the nail's head.  And "social" does not mean "facebook", "twitter" or the like.  It means making connections with other people.  That's why the removal of the community gateways is such a crying shame.  The welcome islands SL set up are fine - but cold, impersonal.  The Help Island, okay.  Mentors determined to make that all-important first-person connection with new residents have found their way there to try to provide that initial personal contact, but all these new people see is the welcome/help island environment which is so separated from the rest of SL that it's hard for them to see they are really INSIDE of SL at that point. 

    The Community Gateways at least gave new residents the sense that they were entering a new world, meeting people, and learning exciting and fun things they can experience and - then "What? Me?? I can go there? Do things? CREATE THINGS? How?  Ohhh....neat...wow..." and get them engaged, and ... IN.

    Terrence Linden

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    How would that be a good thing?

    I don't see banning Adult content as being the solution, nor do I see bringing under-18ers as a good idea; SL was intended to be an adult environment, created by and for adults.  However, LL in its infinite wisdom has decided to bring the teens onto the main grid.  And if they follow through, so be it, but they better be prepared for consequences if they do not put the appropriate protections into place.

    Adults are adults and can decide for themselves if they want to see G, PG, mature or adult content in whatever form they choose, and they can elect to avoid or block such content for themselves.  They DON'T get to decide what content other adults can access.

    However, adults DO have the responsibility of looking out for the vulnerable, under-18 crowd and therein lies the problem - how can we (and LL) ensure that the under-18 crowd never gets access to mature or adult content as long as they are under 18?

    There have been some suggestions made here, and hopefully someone at LL has been reading the comments here, if not posting any comments of their own. And maybe they will show some transparency or at least share the thought/decision processes that led to the decision to bring the teens onto the main grid.  Wishful thinking? Probably.

    But threats and rants are not the answer.  Figuring out what WE can do to mitigate any potential problems, is part of the answer.  Pleading with LL to see reason may be another part of it - but if it's a done deal, they might not be able to reverse their decision.

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