‘Cause if I am, and you really do dislike them, then all I can say is “Holy shit” – we may actually share one opinion, something I would never have thought possible.

I guess there is a truly rising tide of expectations with this revolutionary product.

I’m kinda tired of SL residents acting like simple minded children.

“That’s not good enough! Fix it NOW!! NOW NOW NOW!!!”

This is like complaining that you have to get up to change the channel because you bought a TV without a remote.

If you don’t like the product and service LL is providing then go elsewhere or shut the f@(k up!

Between the chip on most SL residents’ shoulders and LL making it harder for non-paying people to make money to have a little fun and stick around I feel like SL’s social structure has deteriorated considerably. Were it not for the few people I’m friends with in there that DON’T have this attitude and the ability to build then I’d be elsewhere, too.

I’m not defending LL because I feel there are many areas in which they could be running their business differently (in world AND in office) but considering all the fun I’ve had in SL I can’t justify being a crying moron when things don’t work JUST right for me.

Plus if you look at the actual transcript you see how many people just didn’t pay attention and asked the same questions over and over again! No wonder Lindens are scarce in world! I wouldn’t show up if I had a bunch of needy, socially retarded children harass me for answers that are clearly provided elsewhere all the time.

And yes there is plenty of info in that jira thing, the wiki AND the forums that explain as much as the powers that be in LL are willing to give at the moment.

Fucks sake, LL. New texture created prims. Woo. whooptie fuckin’ doo. I honestly would love that except given your current database issues we’re not going to be capable of even rezzing the god-damned things.

admit it. You’ve fucked up, royally. now, rather than continue in this fucking tailspin, fuck new features. Stop devoting development time and manpower to new hiny things, and make sure the grid is stable enough to actually function, because all the neat toys in the world won’t stop people from leaving when they’re incapable of even logging in.

I say this, of course, as I sit here unable to log in.
Hrm. *Glances around for better options* when they do arrive, ya’ll are fucked. Pure and simple. Nostalgia won’t be enough to keep you afloat.

I’m really tired of LL treating us like we are simple minded children. Giving us answers which amount to “because I said so,” just doesn’t cut it. Not only did they say they aren’t going to change how things work, but that their new shiny will be “transformative.”

TownHalls have never been anything other then a PR lovefest. Filled with censored questions and answers that actually don’t answer a thing. The difference with this one was that it was assumed to be hard hitting answers to public dissent. Really all it came down to was misdirection. The response to all questions were either: “read my blog post, look up that bug on the jira, trust us, be patient, and/or talking about something completly different”

Every single problem is never LL’s fault.
Inventory loss? Pfft the TOS says you create content at your own risk.
Scalability? Oh poor LL doesn’t have the man power to fix all the bugs that spurng up after their massive advertising pushes to get as many people into SL as possible.
No new features before stability? Business as usual. 31% of the devs will continue to work on new shiny features to distract you from the bugs while it breaks 2 things that used to work.
Broken updates? It’s your own fault for not spending enough time on the beta grid.
New version of Havok? 2003-2005 we are working on Havok2. 2005 We are unable to intigrate Havok2 into SL without breaking it. Then out of basically no where: 2007 we are currently testing havok4.
Support answers to broken functions – It’s your computer and/or connection.
Broken communication to a Linden for help? Check the wiki, knowledge base, call and sit on hold for hours, email support who will not respond, go to the 1 hour “office hours.”

Nothing has changed because of POL. I knew it wouldn’t which is why I never signed it. While many of us complain about the current unworkable state of SL, LL’s treatment of its customers and the absurd townhalls it’s because we want SL to succeed. It’s why we stick around year after year and watch with horror as it crumbles into the disaster that is sure to come if things stay as they are.

I will leave you with my favourite townhall misdirection. Winter 2005 there was a huge buzz about a looming competitor, the question was asked, and Philip’s response was: bring on the competition. Our development team is so great and large we’ll be able to out update them. Summer or fall 2006: The beginning of our current nightmare of stability issues, Philip’s response: we don’t have enough developers, if anyone want’s a job please apply!

The Linden’s first question to take from the blog, re: Superhero Status on Cory, was a clear indicator of how seriously they take their jobs, and the other question I noticed (re: Sandbox monitors) is a clear indicator of how immature and stupid SL users can be.

No wonder there’s a conflict.

After reading this (and thanks for posting it unedited) it looks like my time was destined to be wasted either way.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…. their answer is that nothing’s going to be fixed, but hey! Soon we can complain about it to each other using Voice. hoo-eee!

I couldn’t get there, inbetween crashes I had to listen in via the closed caption group – when it worked.

Lewis

This meeting can be summed up in the words “Sorry Charlie”.