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KittyCat Caldwell – Post 6 Grrrrl

[Note from Justine- Much to my amusement, KittyCat's wait on the Post 6 list was long enough to have erased any memory she might have had of Post 6, The Herald or that she had ever signed up for anything. Once I reacquainted her with this fine paper, I guess she figured she'd waited on [...]

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IBM Sending Nasty Break-up Note to SL?

Spurned corporate lover Philip Linden watches IBM ad, thinks: “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”? What’s it do?Business – its innovation – its all the rage – I have my own islandMaking any money on your island?Virtual money or actual money?The point of innovation is to make actual money My avatar doesn’t know how to do that Ouch.

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Intellectual Property Party With FlipperPA Peregrine!

Lawyers, content creators spend night together – discussing DMCA takedown notices by Jessica Holyoke Firday night party at the Peregrine pay-per-view salon Friday night, FlipperPA Peregrine hosted an event to discuss in-world intellectual property protection with attorney Extinct Darwin. In real life, Extinct Darwin is Frank Taney from Buchannon, Ingersoll & Rooney – the firm [...]

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Pixel Clothes, Virtual Fashion Summit, IMVU, and HiPiHi

The Celebrity Trollop interview by Pixeleen Mistral, fashionable reporter IMVU fashionista Recently, Celebrity Trollop took time from her busy schedule for an interview about the pixel clothes scene in SL, IMVU, HiPiHi and elsewhere. Celebrity also mentioned what promises to be a very interesting event – The Virtual Fashion Summit – a conference for virtual [...]

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Why Griefing = Drama: Broken Immersion

A virtual “world” creates an environment where griefers can do the most damage by Mudkips Acronym [I recently invited the founder and retired leader of the notorious PN invasion/griefing group to write an expanded version of his recent thesis on the serious business of griefing. Here is his response - the Editrix] “Griefing” takes many [...]

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Ad Farmers Face Game-God Induced Drought!

Resident urged to conserve ads as abuse reports fly!!!Visual Spam cleanup – or ban on unreasonably land value increases? by Jessica Holyoke fewer roadside attractions? Jack Linden announced a new ban on Ad Farms this past week. While advertising is still allowed, it will be an abuse reportable offense when “it crosses the line into [...]

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First Meta and Meta Card

Pay reward points instead of interest? by Jessica Holyoke Prior to the banking ban being put into place I had an opportunity to sit down with JP Mougin and Tyra Fierrens, co-founders of First Meta and Meta Card, the first in-world Credit Card. They came up with the underlying idea behind First Meta a few [...]

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Sexy Avies’ Reunion – Post 6 Grrrrls & Guys!!!

[Justine Babii has totally outdone herself this time - with the ultimate photoshoot of the sexiest avatars in the known metaverse. I don't even want to think about the lag that these models endured to create these historic pictures - I just know it was totally worth it! - the Editrix] click image to enlarge [...]

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LL Borks Shields – Just Another Phase?

Breaking user-created content to protect users by Siobhan McCallen, metaverse weapons expert Darling Brody – creator of the Quantum Core – and phase shield fan Okay, here you are, ready to test your first weapon, the Zingblatt XXX-4J Super-Defenestrator with Tint Control. But you don’t really want to build it in your little 512, surrounded [...]

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BCX Withstands Fraud Attack

BCX CEO claims Spinchief Akina, iblack Afarensis, chyk2u Arado, and Petrucci Jonson are thieves – thanks Linden Lab for assistance by Jessica Holyoke Travis Ristow Travis Ristow, CEO of BCX Holdings (traded on the International Stock Exchange) send the letter below to BCX account holders and shareholders today. In the letter, Mr. Ristow alleges that [...]

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