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Paying For Free SL Love
How Linden Lab profits from adult verification by Jessica Holyoke The Internet and Virtual Worlds have tried to monetize pornography in different ways. Red Light Center, and other pornography web sites charge a monthly fee to access the naughty parts. IMVU has made the same types of overtures. In the past, I've seen one time [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: But What About The Children?
by Jessica Holyoke In the U.S., the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the re-hearing of a man who was convicted for e-mailing child sexual fantasies that he had. Dwight Whorely is currently serving 20 years in prison for 74 counts of child pornography and obscenity, including 20 counts of obscenity involving writing about his [...]
Full StoryLab Moles Dig Up Second Life Adult Mainland
Empty adult storefronts just as boring as PG/mature mainland by Jessica Holyoke Mixed messages from LL: a safe hub on the new Adults-only continent Today I had a chance to travel to Zindra, the new adults-only continent, and plumbed new depths of dullness for what was supposed to be a continent of sex and [...]
Full StoryLL to Players: Stop Gaming Search Results With Camping!!!
Low-skill entry-level jobs threatened by policy change – "model" bots left untouched by Jessica Holyoke Camping for L$s may soon be banned in Second Life – a move that will prevent entry level players from being paid to park their avatars in place for hours at a time to skew the Search results. Yesterday, Jack [...]
Full StoryEye of the Beholder
by Jessica Holyoke Perception is reality. Its a phrase I learned when I held a supervisory position for a large multi-national before I went to law school. For some readers, this might be a surprise because my work experience would make me older than it would seem by my avatar and my previous statements. Most [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Looking in the Mirror
by Jessica Holyoke I had a break up last week with someone on SL and I found myself with a great deal of time on my hands. Until I find my next new thing, possibly having Jimbo's love child, I decided to make use of my gym tax and go take yoga. I used to [...]
Full Story1st Quarter Second Life Economic Results In: QPC holding steady for now
by Jessica Holyoke After weeks of waiting, Linden Lab recently finally released the numbers needed for the Herald's Economic Department to report Quarter 1's Quarterly Profit per Capita for SL (QPC). Or at least, most of them. For as long as the Herald has been publishing the QPC, it has been based on an average [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Asking for it
by Jessica Holyoke A friend of mine used to joke that you can't rape the willing. It was a silly statement that is fundamentally true. You can't rape the willing. The act and crime involves a lack of consent for sex. That consent can be either taken by force, induced chemically or statutorily unable to be [...]
Full StoryQuarter 4 Results – Lowest QPC on Record
Growth rates slow, spending lags residents logged in – bots to blame? by Jessica Holyoke Linden Lab has released the economic statistics for the last quarter of 2008, while also claiming the advent of new land offerings – OpenSpace, Homestead and Full sims – are a response to the demands of the majority of the [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Finding Real People in Second Life
by Jessica Holyoke A complaint I have heard from the 'Get A Life' crowd is that the people you meet on Second Life aren't real. Because you may never have seen a photo or know their name, they don't count. I once mentioned to a close friend of mine the snow storm another friend of mine [...]
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