Comments on: Spreading the Love at Linden Lab: Eeeeewwwww… http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Rod Humble: Current SL Players Key to Growth | The Alphaville Herald http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-70423 Rod Humble: Current SL Players Key to Growth | The Alphaville Herald Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:33:52 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-70423 [...] that this CEO might fit in better than ex-CEOs "chainsaw" M Linden and Philip "Love Machine" [...] [...] that this CEO might fit in better than ex-CEOs "chainsaw" M Linden and Philip "Love Machine" [...]

]]> By: Philip Linden’s LoveMachine Sprays Hates All Over Second Life Viewers | The Alphaville Herald http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-61027 Philip Linden’s LoveMachine Sprays Hates All Over Second Life Viewers | The Alphaville Herald Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:28:34 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-61027 [...] Philip was bragging about the Love Machine employee evaluation process at Linden Lab as far back as 2006. Perhaps obsessive gaming of the Lab’s love rating system distracted Second Life staff from [...] [...] Philip was bragging about the Love Machine employee evaluation process at Linden Lab as far back as 2006. Perhaps obsessive gaming of the Lab’s love rating system distracted Second Life staff from [...]

]]> By: Justizin Austinmer http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42609 Justizin Austinmer Tue, 16 May 2006 14:39:48 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42609 I'm thinking the Love Machine and TaskZilla would be more effective if users had the ability to vote. This type of inherent community involvement in everything LL do is likely to force itself to the surface as they move toward Open-Source. It's good to have an idea of what LL employees feel is important, easy to implement, etc.. This information is rather useless if it can't be weighed against user/resident demand, and a good system should be able to split reports to show overall rankings and resident / employee specific rankings. Some infrastructure needs will have very low ratings from residents, but be very important, and LL need tools to help make these sort of decisions. Further, linking infrastructure improvements to high or otherwise ranked user / resident requested improvements can help people to understand why certain decisions are made. I’m thinking the Love Machine and TaskZilla would be more effective if users had the ability to vote. This type of inherent community involvement in everything LL do is likely to force itself to the surface as they move toward Open-Source. It’s good to have an idea of what LL employees feel is important, easy to implement, etc.. This information is rather useless if it can’t be weighed against user/resident demand, and a good system should be able to split reports to show overall rankings and resident / employee specific rankings.

Some infrastructure needs will have very low ratings from residents, but be very important, and LL need tools to help make these sort of decisions. Further, linking infrastructure improvements to high or otherwise ranked user / resident requested improvements can help people to understand why certain decisions are made.

]]> By: Seth Kanahoe http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42608 Seth Kanahoe Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:17:24 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42608 Actually, I was speaking slightly tongue-in-cheek, which is to say - truth, garnished with exaggeration spriggs, sprinkled liberally with habanero rhetoric and peppery metaphor-delight, topped off with a dash of salty sarcasm. Grilled over a low flame. Hard on the tongue, easy on the cheek. Which may may make a difference as to whether the cook is perceived to be wearing a hat made of white cloth - or tinfoil.... Actually, I was speaking slightly tongue-in-cheek, which is to say – truth, garnished with exaggeration spriggs, sprinkled liberally with habanero rhetoric and peppery metaphor-delight, topped off with a dash of salty sarcasm. Grilled over a low flame. Hard on the tongue, easy on the cheek.

Which may may make a difference as to whether the cook is perceived to be wearing a hat made of white cloth – or tinfoil….

]]> By: Zsa Zsa http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42607 Zsa Zsa Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:49:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42607 Is this the complaint box? Is this the complaint box?

]]> By: One Song http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42606 One Song Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:46:25 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42606 Like I said eons ago to a large number of people, SL is merely Philip Linden's play box. His world, his imagination. All the players are merely his puppets. Sorry if it sounds harsh but its the truth. And Prokofy is completely right, the sooner you realise that the sooner you will stop fighting it and trying to make it better. My only advice is use that postitive energy and spend your valuable time and contribute to an open soruce or such version of a metaverse where you may actually get to vote on and take part the laws and policies of such place. Like I said eons ago to a large number of people, SL is merely Philip Linden’s play box. His world, his imagination. All the players are merely his puppets. Sorry if it sounds harsh but its the truth. And Prokofy is completely right, the sooner you realise that the sooner you will stop fighting it and trying to make it better.
My only advice is use that postitive energy and spend your valuable time and contribute to an open soruce or such version of a metaverse where you may actually get to vote on and take part the laws and policies of such place.

]]> By: Cocoanut http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42605 Cocoanut Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:06:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42605 Excellent post, Seth. coco Excellent post, Seth.

coco

]]> By: Tequila J http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42604 Tequila J Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:18:45 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42604 Hell... im in a cult O_o , with all this love, is king phillip like rajnesh-osho? Sai baba? LOL. Oh NOES! HHOS Hell… im in a cult O_o , with all this love, is king phillip like rajnesh-osho? Sai baba? LOL.
Oh NOES! HHOS

]]> By: Prokofy Neva http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42603 Prokofy Neva Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:51:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42603 Yes, it's a cult. Once you get that, then you stop fighting it. But hey, don't drink the Kool-Aid! Yes, Second Life is like the sacred Mormon site near Palmyra NY, the Hill Cumorrah, where Joseph Smith, the group's founder, was given the Book of Mormon by the angel Moroni. The embattled stuff becomes especially visible when coming from the loyal fanboyz who are FIC or Linden Acolyte. Yes, isn't it interesting that when Seth says exactly the same things I do and did, it's the Sage of Second Life, but when I say it, I have a tinfoil hat on my head. It's a shame that minds like Seth Kanahoe and Buster Peel are no longer around SL. Yes, it’s a cult. Once you get that, then you stop fighting it. But hey, don’t drink the Kool-Aid!

Yes, Second Life is like the sacred Mormon site near Palmyra NY, the Hill Cumorrah, where Joseph Smith, the group’s founder, was given the Book of Mormon by the angel Moroni.

The embattled stuff becomes especially visible when coming from the loyal fanboyz who are FIC or Linden Acolyte.

Yes, isn’t it interesting that when Seth says exactly the same things I do and did, it’s the Sage of Second Life, but when I say it, I have a tinfoil hat on my head.

It’s a shame that minds like Seth Kanahoe and Buster Peel are no longer around SL.

]]> By: Seth Kanahoe http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/03/spreading_the_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-42602 Seth Kanahoe Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:42:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2011#comment-42602 And here I was thinking of coming back to SL. This kind of management explains a lot of things that I used to wonder about. It explains why LL's perspective seems so incestuous and embattled. And why their creative impulses are often linear and reminiscent of committee-think. And why critical analysis and interpretation of the product or the policy isn't taken as dialogue, but as something more personal. And why the response is usually indirect, subtle, and sometimes nasty. LL is not a business, then. It's a cult with a corporate structure that demands a certain kind of group loyalty from "officers" and "consumers" alike. Like Mormonism, maybe. Ah, well - Mormonism is a very profitable and successful enterprise. Maybe Philip is on to something. I believe I'll wait a bit longer.... And here I was thinking of coming back to SL. This kind of management explains a lot of things that I used to wonder about. It explains why LL’s perspective seems so incestuous and embattled. And why their creative impulses are often linear and reminiscent of committee-think. And why critical analysis and interpretation of the product or the policy isn’t taken as dialogue, but as something more personal. And why the response is usually indirect, subtle, and sometimes nasty. LL is not a business, then. It’s a cult with a corporate structure that demands a certain kind of group loyalty from “officers” and “consumers” alike. Like Mormonism, maybe. Ah, well – Mormonism is a very profitable and successful enterprise. Maybe Philip is on to something. I believe I’ll wait a bit longer….

]]>