JudiLynn India

No, we didn't try returning items rezzed on the same parcel. I was demonstrating to him that your neighbor can return an item to your inventory if it is encroaching on their property, ie. tree limbs hanging over the property line. And I actually did wonder if the set group had anything to do with it failing last night. We did not set our separate parcels to different groups. I knew I wasn't imaging all the returns I've made on different parcels. I did a return as recent as about 6 months ago. So something had to be different. Of course we can't return Linden property. lol Wouldn't THAT be chaos!

In earlier years, it was always impossible to return a neighbor's prim that overhung your land if the root was on their land. However several years ago, I discovered it was suddenly possible. In one of many instances, I returned a friend's tree to his inventory when some of the branches were overhanging my parcel. He said I couldn't, but I did. I have also done so with others (for legitimate reason). But tonight, my friend and I rented neighboring parcels and I had him place a tree near my parcel with overhanging branches - same as before - but I was NOT able to return it. He also linked two prims and kept the root on his land and I was unable to return that either. Have I been hallucinating everytime I've done a return or did the SL programming change again? *I returned a tree from a griefing neighbor just last year. Any insight?

Interesting question from 2015. In preferences, you can set up auto responses. So if I block someone and they try to message me, they get the message I've created. Of course, that depends on me setting up a messaage. I've only had one person block me and I got the generic autoresponse saying I was blocked because they have it enabled. Otherwise, I'd have gotten no notification.

When you rented the sim, you did so at the "introductory" price, to get you in the door. After that, the owner will raise the rent to what it actually is. They are in the land business to make a profit, so it would make no sense for them to rent land to you for less than they owe to LL each month. It will always be cheaper to get a full estate sim from LL or have one transferred to you from another resident. Your landlord owns the sim you're renting, so you don't have the power to take it from them unless they want to transfer it to you.

I have a debate going with a friend. What type of math is everyone doing? As of today, L$650 = $4.19USD. $4.19 x 52 = $217.88USD. This is what you'd be getting back by the end of the year, assuming the exchange rate doesn't change much. But my friend is doing the math based on linden dollars, which comes out far different. BTW - L$2600 = $12.28USD, not $11.00.

You get most of it back. What's the issue?

No, I wasn't hacked and there is no one logging in to my account. Missyrideout hit the nail on the head. There is a JIRA about the bug. Thanks!

This is a weird one for me. For the second time in the past week, I've logged on - to my homestead - and gotten the message "<avatar name>' has been added to the block list. It's the same person both times. They have nothing on my sim. I have no idea who they are. Never met them. Is my avatar living a life of her own when I'm offline? As far as I know, no one has hacked my account. That's the only weird thing I've seen. Is there something I don't know about? I took this person off my block list the first time it happened. But logged in today to see it happen again. Any ideas?

I put a ticket in to LL about it. It turns out, it was an inventory bug. They had me download and install the newest version of the SL Browser. Logging in, clearing the caceh and letting inventory load, ran the script that fixed the bug. Then I logged back into my Firestorm browser and everything is working fine. All landmarks are opening and the map is showing.

Recently, I've noticed that I can no longer "Show on Map" for many of my landmarks. (Either my own or received from others). Before I go places, I often like to show it on the map to see how many people are there. But I can't anymore. Some landmarks still let me, but most don't - even ones that used to. Also, I can't bring up About Landmark for them. The Landmark window will just say "Loading ...". Am I the only one having this new problem?

Yep. There is a certain eccentric "artist" in SL who's been banned from all over the grid, suspended numerous times by LL and must have at least 50 alts by now.

My sentiments exactly. As I mentioned, I read that a long time ago (on the forum). I, personally, have lost count of how many alts I've had over the years. And they've been for totally legit reasons. I'm not a griefer or up to no-good. They have mostly been for testing as I build or set up new galleries. Whenever I need to test how another resident will interact with something, I've created an alt. Most have been deactivated. I'm sure the staff has better things to do, but if they take notice of a certain account, they apparently make note of it.

I did read a long time ago, that if you get up to about 10 alts, LL takes notice as that could indicate a user is into griefing.

Oh, the point I forgot to make was that Sansar is not a replacement for SL. It's an entirely different kind of site and experience. Most SLers don't seem to be interested in it. I have an account there and love it but it doesn't replace SL. It doesn't work like SL. You go there to "experience" what talented 3D creators have put together. It's awesome. But no, it has nothing to do with SL.

Hi Raa21 and welcome to SL! Though your first social places may be inactive right now, probably due to the Halloween season, it can also be that your friends have branched out and discovered all the other places there are to discover and enjoy in SL. SL is a large place with lots to see and do. It is not dying. I've been there for 10 years and still enjoy seeing what newcomers dream up to build and create. Please don't leave SL thinking it's dying just because things have changed where you've been hanging out. Start to TP around and see what else is out there. People come and go, let go of land and move to another place. People also change avatars. Your friends may have left SL - they just opened new accounts. As you become more accustomed to Second Life, you'll start to realize all of your options. If you like, I can share with you inworld some places to visit. Are you into art or music? Would you like to meet inworld?