[Maturity Changes in the Marketplace]

OK, so I got bored stupid of reading this whole thread by about page 8, but i'm still going to add my own 2 completely valueless cents to the general feeling of  'we got scr**ed again' that's apparent here.

Essentially, my business is selling medieval weapons - now, of course in RL that would be very definitely an 'adult' profession, yet in this fantasy land it barely registers a raised eyebrow.

Lord of the Rings was a 12-rated movie. All my stuff would be appropriate to that,

yet, because of all the different combat meters in SL, it is vital to show which meters your weapons are compatible with.

Enter "Gorean Meter" in any description & suddenly toy swords are 'adult' .

One of my main products had suddenly dropped from healthy sales to zero - I just now discovered that it has been given an adult tag. It's a scripting system for weaponry, it doesn't have any sexual connotation whatsoever, yet now half of SL can't see it.

So, I do what? Remove the tag that tells the customers which meters are supported, or keep it & halve my prospective client-base?

Or start playing with stupid workarounds like "G*rean" in the main description?

This mockery of a system now effectively means I could not even buy my own products, as I utterly refuse to play the age verification game.

I'm 50, & the last time someone asked me my age so I could buy alcohol or cigarettes was 30 years ago.

I'm most certainly not going to do it to buy a toy sword.