[Choosing a name]

When I joined in 2006 I was given a list of last names to choose from and so I only had to pick a first name. LL changed the list of last names every so often so when you'd start seeing newer last names you sort of had some idea when they were "born". The worst thing LL did was to let people choose their last names or keep "Resident" in my opinion. I also dislike display names. Some people have a multitude of names they go by and it gets confusing. I call everyone by the name they originally chose because I have display names turned off. 😀 

[Being stalked by Linden Labs?]

Many many many years ago LL sent object looking bots to gather land data so you could always tell what it was and what it was doing. I forgot about that until you posted this. 

[30 seconds for objects to detatch ?]

... and sometimes it doesn't detach at all until you've logged off and then on again. This is nothing new and has been happening for years. In fact, even putting things on takes awhile too. For some reason every hairstyle I own by Tableau Vivant and Taketomi takes a very long time to find its way to my head. So I only wear them when I'm not pressed for time. 

[Is Secondlife american culture ?]

Linden Labs is based in the U.S. but I disagree that most of the people who are in-world are Americans.  I've met people from all over Europe and South America in the past 13 years I've been a resident.  I think as a whole there aren't as many residents who log on as there used to be but it's still pretty diverse based upon those who do log on.  Logging on to SL shouldn't make you feel as though you aren't welcome or "stranger" as you described.  Remind those who are sending you notecards or IM's or banning you that you don't understand or don't speak English well.  We all sometimes forget that while English is universal, not everyone has a need to comprehend it.  There are so many translators available to us that it isn't a huge deal to translate into a language that you do use proficiently.

[Deanonymization because of copyright, whats next?]

It's all really very simple and you should stop wasting everyone's time on something you refuse to solve on your own when you ARE truly the only one who can solve it. 

[What do you think about morphs?]

Sorry, but still creepy and maybe a little weird too. lol 😆  

[What do you think about morphs?]

ALL items from both creators I referenced are 100% top-notch no matter who (or what) is modeling them in their ads.  That wasn't my point, but thank you for sharing the tip about flagging on MP and about trying a demo first.   ☺️

[What do you think about morphs?]

2 hours ago, purrrkitten said:

Do you mean when creators use an outside program to show clothes in an ad instead of on an avi?

A popular clothing creator does that. The clothes still look good in SL, but it def looks better on the morph. I guess that's the point tho.

I mean the difference between these attached pics.  Both are great but the ad with 3 models is an SL avatar.  The other ad with 1 model is NOT a SL avatar but a model from a program like Blender or something similar.  Considering that we, as SL consumers, pay for these goods sold in SL, the creators/designers should also help others in the SL by using a viewer platform to take their pics, using a SL model or any other SL avatar (including themselves) in the pics and by using poses created by other SL creators.  It just more sense to me to keep the SL economy going by doing that.  Just my opinion (which sort of got off the morph topic - sorry).

[What do you think about morphs?]

I think most morphs are creepy looking. If they're used to sell items then it's misleading. I also don't like creators using Blender models in ads. I understand it's quicker and less hassle than using an SL model or avatar but we should support each other and that doesn't happen any longer. 

[Rare skin]

Amazing what you can find if you just search. 🤦‍♀️

[announcement]

What is reapit? 

[What would be worse?]

I don't understand. Why would you choose either one of those just so that your second life sucks worse than your first life? If I had to choose, then I'd really choose to uninstall Second Life if I had to play SL with either of the two scenarios you listed. That's my final offer. 😁

[Looking for a Job]

You can also contact SL magazines such as Eclipse, L'homme, VersuS and many others to work in the sales and marketing field.  They're always looking for people to sell ad space in their magazines.

[Not good enough]

That chart looks glorious but I'm still not buying it.  I'm not complaining, but I just don't buy it based upon what my wait time was back in Nov/Dec '18.   Maybe things are better and I haven't posted a ticket so I can't really argue that fact.  However, I still stand by what I posted earlier about ticket response being only a few hours back a number of years ago.  In my experience, it was not worse then.  Listen, I finally got the (abandoned) land I wanted, so SLife is good for now.  Next time, I'll use live chat so I won't stress myself out. 🤪 

[Not good enough]

I agree with the OP on this too. I'm basing this on how well customer support was years ago when you'd post a ticket. A few hours was all you had to wait back then and now, yes, it's a few weeks. I contacted them a few months ago because a resident placed a house & furnishings on abandoned land next to my parcel. When LL finally contacted me over a week later they explained that Gov. Linden (lol) forgot to turn on the Auto Return on the land. Needless to say, I offered to buy the land but had to wait yet another week for a reply to that. However, in that instance, I met a Linden in-world to complete the purchase and she was so helpful and awesome. I did mention to her the disappointing turnaround in customer service tickets though and she made it seem like it was a temporary thing. Apparently not. I will say that I forgot about live chat and will try that next time. But still, that's no excuse for such a long time to address a ticket. 

[Netflix challenge]

The Kominsky Method, Making A Murderer, Cheers, Frasier, Star Trek, Twilight Zone, many documentaries on musical groups like the Eagles and the Doors, also my personal favorite is a fascinating documentary about the Roosevelt's (Teddy, Franklin & Eleanor) that I've watched 3 times so far. 

[Voice or Text?]

Mainly text chat since I feel that voice is a bit more personal and I don't want to get too personal with most people in SL.  When I used to runway model in SL, though, I wished more people would use voice to give us instructions as it would have saved many hours in rehearsals.  I guess it depends on what you're doing.  Regular chit chat = text.  Work related issues = voice.

[I don't understand this game]

A suggestion would be to watch some of these videos from The Drax Files which include interviews with people who've done things and created things etc. in SL. It'll give you some insight into the possibilities that exist and await you. Here's a link. 

 

[Whats the best sl viewer?]

6 hours ago, DemeraraGirl said:

It's an option in the snapshot preview window to freeze the screen/world, that way it's possible to change the angle of the camera before take the snapshot.

In the GIF below, I used Black Dragon viewer. I checked the Freeze World box twice just to show how everything stops moving when it's marked. After that I moved the camera as usual by pressing CTRL+ALT+ mouse left-click. You can see that not just my avatar stopped, but clouds, water, everything around her.

 

And once the world is completely stationary, before take the snapshot, it's possible to change not only the angle, but windlight, DOF, etc.
It's very useful to capture movements, like a party with lots of avatars dancing, where you freeze the world on a certain move and then go to find a perfect angle for a snapshot. Here's a YouTube video about it:

 

In other viewers, the Freeze Frame option seems to never worked well. It's still possible to change the angle after freezing the screen, but it's more complicated to work in my opinion.

Do you recall the windlight you used when you recorded your GIF? 

[Windlight Firestorm Question]

20 hours ago, BlueBerry Jenkins said:

Right now when I have everything maxed out on firestorm and want to take a pic the shadows move with camera instead of it just perm being where I want it. Is there a setting where shadows dont move with the camera and can stay where I originally wanted it? It sorta sucks when you find a good angle and all the sudden the shadows are gone cause in reality there shouldnt be any shadows there cause where the sun is located. But this is second life and it would make a good pic lol... 

I know exactly what you're describing and I feel for you cuz I've been there too. But once you move the angle of the cam, you're going to have to adjust the wind light too unfortunately. 

[What are some of your pet peeves?]

20 hours ago, AyelaNewLife said:

Having spent the afternoon sorting through most of the free group gifts given out over Christmas, along with a large pile of free poses from the Pose Fair, I have this to say:

When the revolution comes, creators that don't include unpack scripts in their boxes will be the first to the gulag.

Thank you for summing up my sentiments exactly. Lol

[Whats the best sl viewer?]

10 hours ago, BilliJo Aldrin said:

A lot of long time SL users will say that SL 1.2x was the best LL viewer ever and that when SL 2.0 came out LL totally messed it up big time, and never recovered. It's as if the official viewer was designed to frustrate noobs and drive them away.

 

I tried very hard to use and like the 2.0 viewer and just couldn't. That's exactly why I switched to Firestorm. 

[Whats the best sl viewer?]

9 hours ago, chibiusa Ling said:

If you want the ultimate authentic v1 experience use the cool viewer

Is that even updated anymore? 

[What do people think of your voice (if you do)?]

No one actually says it but you can hear the relief in THEIR voices that I am really a female. 

[Whats the best sl viewer?]

I personally love Firestorm. It may not be The best but the support for it is undeniably very good. I don't think I've ever had a question or issue that wasn't solved by someone in the in-world support group quickly.  I've been using it for years with no major issues, even with updates and they have some nice features that the original viewer doesn't have. Get a few ideas for viewers and check them all out to see which one you like the best as you may find another you like better.