Frankie Antonioni

Here is what I would do. 1. Locate the servers in the Cayman Islands, and the HQ in Bermuda. Next bring back gambling. With the servers in the Cayman Islands, and HQ in Bermuda, they don't need to obey gambling laws. May have to accept some other payment. Such as Bitcoin. 2. If the above is not possible, then shut down the Lindex. Let third parties buy, and sell the L$. They can sell it on ebay, or exchange the L$ for another online world's currency. After shutting down the Lindex, bring back gambling. Tell the government that the L$ is not worth anything. Say they are like bottle caps. LL should look at both options. And see which one is feasible.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post. I'm trying to set up an ad server. And I want to set up a website, for the ad server to communicate to. The server will be showing a different ad every 30 seconds, and repeat every 60 minutes. I signed up at heroku. After signing up, I went to my page. The page says create a new app. I don't want to create an app, I want to build a web page. I set the language as PHP. Another thing. It says I have 512 MB of RAM. But I don't know how much bandwidth I get. I got the free version. But I don't know if that would be enough. Another place I signed up was 000webhost. They offer 10 GB of bandwidth. I'm not sure yet which one offers a better deal. I have somebody else making the server. So if anybody on here uses heroku, 000webhost, or another hosting website for in world servers, let me know.

I don't think that LL should make the movie. I would suggest something like product placement. In the movie You've Got Mail, you see AOL on the computer screen. AOL became well known because of that. The movie came out in 1998. It was made in 1997. Most people didn't go on the internet then. I didn't get the internet until May 1999. Somebody reading this, might know a Hollywood writer. They could contact the writer, and suggest the story.

I looked the movie up on wikiepedia. That movie is not like the one I described. This would be a romantic comedy, starring younger actors. The movie should show different parts of SL. Such as marinas, malls, beaches, islands, and mountains. It might show clubs, but not concentrate on clubs.

Let me tell you guys about two companies. One was Marx Toys, and the other one is Mattel. Back in the early 60s, Marx Toys made about $50 million a year. Mattel made about $12 million a year. In 1978, Marx Toys went out of business. While Marx Toys made more money than Mattel, Mattel used a larger part of its budget for advertising. Marx Toys did advertise, but not to the extent as Mattel. Today, Mattel is a large company. SL has been around for 16 years, but few people have heard of SL. Everybody has heard of Facebook, or Twitter. They are always in the news. So, LL needs to find ways to advertise, and get the company in the news. They should also try to get SL in movies. Here is a movie idea. A man, and woman hate each other in RL. But they meet up in SL, and fall in love. We need younger actors to play the couple. So Tom Hanks, and Meg Ryan are out. Need somebody in their 30s. The movie would need a good title. During the movie, scenes would be filmed in SL. I suggest showing marinas in SL. Boat racing in SL. And pirate battles in SL. Other battles would also be shown, along with the inside of clubs.

LL needs to advertise on radio, and on TV. I have seen some ads on the internet, but not much. So, LL needs to advertise more, but that will cost money. The only way for LL to advertise in a big way, is to make cuts else where. They need around $3,000,000.00 a year. Not as big amount as some companies, but still big enough to make an impact. They should also find some famous celebrities to endorse SL. How about Drew Carey? Carey was featured in the Sims game. He could be shown SL, and perhaps try SL out. LL could offer one year of free premium to game show contestants. They could even win an island, and pay no tier for one year.

I hate the Linden Viewer. I use the Singularity viewer. I have used Firestorm, but not as good as Singularity. I hate the black buttons. I prefer blue. It looks just like the classic Linden Viewer. I only used Firestorm to put stuff up on the market place.

I would replace 80 LL employees that work in California, with about 200 workers in India. Lets say the wage for each worker in India is paid $5,000.00 a year. Thats about $1,000,000.00 a year total. So LL would save $3,000,000.00 a year. Now they have increased the work force by 120 workers. Some of these could be the new G team. In 2010, LL had about 350 employees. Today they have about 245 employees. That is not enough workers. They need more workers. But that would cost more money if they don't layoff workers from the highest income areas. California is expensive to operate in. You have high taxes, and lots of regulations. So moving out of California, and moving to a no state income tax state, would save LL more money. Next, they need to advertise. They advertise on the internet. But not on TV, or radio. A lot of people have never heard of SL. They need to also try to get companies to come to SL. Companies did come about 12 years ago, but most of those have left. What companies could do is offer free money. Coke could set up an island. Go there, click on a machine, and enter Coke codes from bottle caps. Then get 5 L$. Nike, and other companies could do the same. But they might offer 50 L$, to 200 L$. Every company that has a presence in SL, would then place codes on their products. Cereal could place the codes inside their boxes. Try to bring back gambling, if possible. One way is to relocate the company head quarters, and servers to the Cayman Islands, or to Costa Rico. Have different levels of premium. Right now you can have only 10 pictures in your picts. Want more? Then you have to pay a higher fee. Want more than 70 groups? Then you have to pay a higher fee. Want to own mainland, but don't want live support, or stipend? Then you pay a lower fee. So If I was CEO of LL, I would do all the above.

I think you should. I have heard people say that.

I'm not totally against a price increase. But to go from $72.00, or $99.00, is a bit much. That is more than 30%. I would suggest $75.00, or perhaps $78.00. Then later on increase it to $80.00. Let's find other ways that LL can make more money. Such as a land transaction fee. Or a higher fee if you want to belong to more groups. Want more than 70 groups? Then you will have to pay $15.00 more. How about a higher fee if you want more picts in your profile? If you stop paying the higher, then you lose the picts at the bottom. But lets have something else also. I have noticed that profiles say no payment info, or payment info used. Lets have these in our profile. Basic, No Payment on File. Basic, Payment info Used. Premium. If LL were to adopt my suggestion to have minor premium, then you would see "Minor Premium". There used to be Payment on file. But that is gone.

He doesn't have a store. People pay him to do scripting work. I don't think he has sold any L$ on the Lindex.

If that is the case, then LL should lower premium, or have minor premium. A lot of people can't pay for premium. I know a guy that lives in Venezuela, and is basic. No payment on file. He is a scriptor. He is not on much, and he can't afford premium. I don't think he has a store.

It might be a good idea to do away with ban lines. If a person is banned from a place, that is one thing. But to say that only group members can inter a parcel, not a good idea. Especially if it is a large parcel. In some sims, it is hard to fly around, with out hitting a ban line. Do away with those, and flying would be easier. Don't want anybody flying over your land, then get an island.

Before there was a Lindex, there was a Gaming Open Market. Or GOM. They bought, and sold L$, PEDs, There bucks, Simoleons, and Star Wars currency. This was back in 2004, and 2005. I wasn't in SL then, but I did read about it. LL wanted to buy out GOM, but they wouldn't sell. So LL created the Lindex.

Not that part. This was made a few years ago. You could join a group that had several thousand members, and enter a person's name in the group search, and it would show their name. That was changed because of unwanted TP offers.

I was talking about when you join a group. Used to, when you joined a group, you could see every member. And you could search for a member, and see when they were on last.

Does LL accept cash gift cards? If so, I might buy those.

While I can see a need for some price increase, I do think that a price increase of 30%, or more is too high. I can see a price increase to $75.00, or $77.00. They need to look at other ways of making money. They also need to do something about abandoned land. There's still lots of abandoned land. I heard that it is about 25%. Let's try to get that to 5%, or less.

I heard that the reason they made it so you can't see members in groups, that had over 5,000 members, was that some people were offering unwanted TPs. This was a few years back. A person, or persons from a club, were looking up people in groups, and were offering unwanted TPs. Abuse report, after abuse reports were sent. So LL removed the ability to see members, that had more than 5,000 members. The exception is the moderators, and the group owners.

I don't hide any of my groups. I do wish LL would allow group members the ability to see who is in a group. LL changed that because some people were offering unwanted TP. But I stopped unwanted TPs with a message in my profile. No longer do I get unwanted TPs.

But you can't get minor premium for alts. Only one per person. As for the 512 sq. meters, there would be no group bonus for verified basic. And you will have to be verified. This would need to be done by SSN, or some other ID number.

Premium members can own 1024 sq. meters of land. Verified basic members will own 512 sq. meters. And there are limits to that ownership. Like deeding the land to a group. The land won't be for free. They will have to buy the land. And if the person is not on for 6 months, then he will lose the land. There would also be a minor premium. They can own 1024 sq. meters, but they get no stipend, or live support. Many of the verified basics might go for minor premium, once they have owned 512 sq. meters. And 512 sq. meters is not much. 1024 sq. meters is much better. The amount that LL pays in stipend each week, is about $60.00 a year. So subtract that amount from your bill, and you get $12.00. Now it could be a little bit higher. Say $22.00, to $24.00 a year. But we need somebody from LL to look into this, and see if it would make them more money.

While I am premium, I also say thanks. I sent you a private message.

I'm talking about the ability to own land on the mainland. There would be no premium, or tier to pay. But there would be a land transaction fee. It would be 25% for 512 sq. meters. This would make the price of land to go up. While land barons would be somewhat hurt, they can raise the price of the land that they are selling. And demand for land would be high. So land barons would make even more money from selling land. And LL would also be making more money.

Hey Grumpity Linden, I made a post today in another thread I started. I'm not sure if you saw it. But here it is. = Ok, so LL has said that they are going to raise premium, and other fees. But I think there is a better way. It would also help get rid of some of the abandoned land. In the sim where my store is at, there is about 43,000 sq. meters of abandoned land. Even with the increase in the amount of land that premium members can own, there is still a lot of abandoned land around. So below are some solutions that LL can adopt. LET VERIFIED BASIC ACCOUNTS OWN 512 SQ METERS OF LAND. Ok, if a person has a basic, but verified account, then they can own 512 sq. meters of land. They will get no stipend, and no live support. The only way for them to deed the land to a group, is if they own the group. And only one parcel of land can be deeded to the group. If they are offline for 6 moths, or more, then they lose the land. So if the person is going to be offline for a long period of time, then they should sell the land. They also can't buy land on the auctions.Also can't buy land from LL. LETS HAVE MINOR PREMIUM. SO lets have minor premium. Minor premium would cost about $1.75 a month, or about $12.00 a year. They will be able to own 1024 sq. meters of land, but will get no stipend, or live support. They can deed the land to a group, and it wouldn't have to be a group that they own. They could even deed it to a rental. Unlike VB, there is no time limit for how long they can be offline. They could be offline for several years. As long as they pay minor premium, then they can keep the land. Premium Members. LL is talking about raising premium. If they are going to do that, then why not let premium members own 1536 sq. meters of land. If you guys are going to raise the price of premium, then how about letting people own more land. This will mean that more land gets sold, and less abandoned land. LAND TRANSACTION FEES. Now this might make some people mad. But I think there should be land transactions fees. When you sell a parcel of land, a percentage of the sales would go to LL. The fee would be smaller for larger parcels, than smaller parcels. Here is how it would look. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/128 Region 25 Percent 512 m2 1/64 Region 1,024 m2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/32 Region 20 Percent 2,048 m2 1/16 Region 4,096 m2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 1/8 Region 15 Percent 8,192 m2 1/4 Region 16,384 m2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/2 Region 10 Percent 32,768 m2 Entire Region 65,536 m2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you sell a 512 sq. meter parcel of land for 10,000 L$, then you would make 7,500 L$, and LL makes 2,500 L$. There would be no transaction fees on auctions, or on estates. With more people being able to own land, this will make land prices go up. The higher the price, the more LL makes. Now you can sell land for 0L$. But you will have to sell it to a certain person. Say to a friend. You just couldn't put sell for 0 L$, and have no name entered into the field. Now, I have just mentioned land, but what about the L$ amount that premium members get each month.S SHOULD MORE LINDENS BE GIVE OUT EACH WEEK? Well if LL were to give out more L$ each week, that would make prices go up. Kind of like Germany after WW I. But there might be another way. Let people be able to pay premium, and tier to LL, with L$. Lets say 25,000 L$ a year. That is $100.00 a year. If LL is going to stick with the new $99.00 for premium, then let the premium members pay with L$. There would be no cash out. Premium members might have to pay more if they pay with L$. There is also an added bonus. Fewer L$ in circulation. Now the L$ has more buying power. LL could increase the stipend to 500 L$ a week, but a lot of that would be going back to LL. LETS HAVE TWO EVENTS. Lets have two events, instead of one. One of the events is for spam. It is ok to spam the events for spam. There would be a 5 L$ fee for each spam. You can send up to 10 spams a day. Each time it would cost 5 L$. The posting in the spam events would stay up for 7 days. Spam Events would look like the regular events. I did a search today in events, for the word money. There were 5 listings, and 4 of those were from the same person. If you spam in the regular events, then you will be find 20 L$ for each spam. I would like for some one at LL to look at what I posted. Would LL make more money? If so, how much more would they make? I don't know how to set up a poll on here. But how many would go for the minor premium if it was offered? For those that are verified basic, how many of you be wiling to buy land? The land would be 512 sq. meters. How many basic members would like to try minor premium? The post that Grumpity Linden made is now 29, or more pages. So everybody might want to start posting here.