Comments on: Op/Ed: SL- What Went Wrong & How Do We Fix It?

By: A Difficult Year for Second Life | First Thoughts

A Difficult Year for Second Life | First Thoughts — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:33:41 +0000

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By: Click Here

Click Here — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:28:51 +0000

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The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius

By: Deltango Vale

Deltango Vale — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:19:53 +0000

I do NOT oppose free accounts. I oppose anonymous accounts.

By: pixeleen mistral

pixeleen mistral — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:09:04 +0000

@youve been framed (a.k.a. ‘tardstar sockpuppet) – you missed that miss vale also posted the piece in the comments on the secondlife.com blog. zomg!

i thought the opinions expressed deserved wider distribution, contacted miss vale and after receiving her permission published her work here.

shocking, isn’t it?

By: youve been framed

youve been framed — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:46:04 +0000

Haha. That’s so funny. Not only did Miss Vale post this story on Reuters in the comments, it came out a whole month earlier as an analysis (albeit edited) in The AvaStar, Issue 58 – go check… http://www.the-avastar.com/epaper/archive/2008/TheAvaStar_Issue58.pdf

Miss Vale sold you guys right up the stream…

By: Archie Lukas

Archie Lukas — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:22:03 +0000

Its about CASH

More people now, than 2006 = CASH

Child roleplay =legal action = reduced CASH

EU sues Lindens for VAT = reduced CASH

in-world banks=fraud=legal action = reduced CASH

age verification = less legal action = less CASH

so as a private company – lindens desire raw CASH, lots of it and constantly expanding CASH deposits – thats the nature of capitalism and the American Way.

Sooooooooooo …… What the hell did you (really) expect them to do?

Archie
(Brit)

By: Penance Sautereau

Penance Sautereau — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:29:18 +0000

I guess RazrCut didn’t like the “Free Cod3c” tee I made. Oh well.

*goes back to cannibalizing Stage 6 before it closes*

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:02:07 +0000

I started in Secondlife as a freebie account and went hunting for 1 thing in world. Star trek. I have beomce a highly respected memeber within the group I am in. if they booted all free accounts then they would screw the pooch on a group with over 500 members. just a reminder what you think is a smart idea is not always the best idea and remember we dont own this we either pay for we have the free accounts. also lets do something about this gay data corruption problem tired of having to roll a sim back 6 times in 4hrs because stuff that only I can return vanishes when I am out of world.

By: Seraph Nephilim

Seraph Nephilim — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:13:35 +0000

Ari,

The article is correct. On June 6, 2006, SL was opened to unverified registrations, aka “freebie accounts”. I have no idea where you are getting the idea it was in September of 2006.

For reference:
“The validation-free version of Second Life registration started on June 6.” (Abuse Levees Holding LL blog post: http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/06/15/abuse-levees-holding/ )

Unfortunately, there’s no official announcement in the blog as I don’t believe that was the primary form of communication at the time. And I *do not* feel up to searching the forums right now….

—-
Why Bother,

Unfortunately, I agree. I believe LL has burned up a lot (all?) of their good will and the only reason many people are hanging around is that there is currently no viable alternative, especially on multiple platforms. OpenSL is improving, however, as well as other alternatives and once they are viable, I fear the bleeding will begin. I know I stay around because of the people, not because of the platform. When they go, I go. And some have already left, tired of all the BS.

By: Corona

Corona — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:40:26 +0000

Why bother

easy – because something better will come along

whether that is owned by LL or another compnay is down to LL getting their act together

but if they really want to expand to become the new internet

then gambling will be part of SL
because it is part of the current internet