Arielle Popstar

Yes I tried to empathize too and found it not to difficult to do. I suspect quite a few long term members of SL have something they hold dear inworld that they feel is non negotiable and that they would rather leave if it is the only option. What is yours? Would a restriction on your posting ability in these forums make you find it difficult and hard to follow that rule?

And it is really simple that people can object to new rules in spite of having to Ok the boiler plate ToS. It is so far still a free country.

sure one can be banned if AR'ed on the suspicion one is under 18. It's happened. It is one reason why we should be very interested in Governance following through with reviews for all bannings.

That's good, so you realize this goes much farther then 8 year old avatars.

So what? Any avatar in SL should be 18+ in RL including the ones who go about as an under 10 avatar. Their RL age has no bearing on whether they can be banned.

Check Reddit, I believe I already posted the link in a thread you were involved with if you haven't run across it yourself there.

This isn't just about those who identify as child avatars but also those who are perceived as mid to late teen or even early 20"s. We all potentially get thrown under the bus.

Some of the clubs I attend are on adult land. I'm not a child avatar but the look i tend towards can be seen as somewhat straddling the line. So not everyone is happy with the restrictions in spite of not identifying as under 18.

Looks like it to me especially with the reports of people being banned.

It's been strongly implied if not outright stated by at least 2 of the child hating brigade. Maybe you missed it.

If it is a burden, it is a punishment. LL protecting itself should be done internally from the sounds of certain published documents, not by restricting a subset of avatars of where they can go or how they should be dressed.

Joke, sarcasm?

I wonder if she'll remember saying it in the morning

And what do you base that on? There have been reports of femboys being banned and one club I visit on occasion, quite a few less then normal.

Pretty much But now even more so.

I don't think it is the intent that one must ALWAYS wear it even if they are not in a child suit.

I'm not a creator by any stretch but I really don't see that adding a modesty area to the relevant parts would be that difficult on a modifiable skin. Put it PS or Gimp, make a layer with the modesty area, save, upload and wear.

So it is said but I think that remains to be seen. Likely that land owners would continue using height as the first determining factor when scoping out a new avatar coming in.

Not as far as I know. I have looked at other avatars to see what they were wearing but the BoM layers were not listed. Maybe a CB viewer could but I've not tried that.

As per LL's policy, a modesty layer cannot be removed. Covered yes, but not removed.

People keep saying that but it is clear that there are many situations where it is not easily determined and Governance has to look at other factors to determine the intent of the avatar.

Maybe you could get a job on the Governance team so they would not have to review cases where there were dubious rulings?

The sky certainly has lowered for all which explains why SL can't retain new users if their life depended on it, which it does in the long term. This new ruling will not do anything to increase the retention rate as it is just leaving everyone in the dark about what constitutes underaged avatars. I doubt it as Opensim is a case of the blind being led by the blind and populated by former Second lifers who still think they are governed by the SL ToS. There'd be too much imported drama is there was a big influx of SL immigrants.

Individually and in some cases Groups, SL has ended for thousands. For those who remain, hanging on is an exercise in white knuckling.

Until about 2016, 2017, Imvu had the better avatars but Imvu is much clearer about what is and isn't allowed and goes to the point of coding their viewers so that a none age verified account, is not even able to see adult content.