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Op/Ed: Pools Closed …so it goes
Linden Lab really, really sucks at security – if one of the Lindens can be harassed for hours without as so much as a ban, what about the average resident? [Mudkips Acronym recently stepped down from leading the PN - a notorious griefing/invasion gang in Second Life. When I contacted him for comment, Mudkips was [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Escorts OK – If SL Is Like Phone Sex
Simulated prostitution and stripping are legal – Robin Linden by Jessica Holyoke I went to Robin Linden’s office hours today to find out if Escorts or Strippers are on their way out of SL. Many residents feel that with gambling gone, escorting is next to be hit with the banstick. When asked about the reasons [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Reality in the Virtual World
How easily is the fabric of the virtual world is torn? by Inigo Chamerberlin Reading some of the comments to the latest episode of the Ginko saga I saw some comments that made me think about virtuality, reality and our Second Life. It suddenly dawned on me that Ginko was, is if you are an [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: I was wrong
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista "We All Have A WeaknessBut Some Of Ours Are Easier To Identify."–Dig, Incubus Did you ever just have one of those days? Well, as it appears, I’ve had one of those weeks. One of those weeks that, in a slew of insults and nasty things being thrown, someone finally holds [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Civics for the Un-Civil
…Or How to Effectively Protest the Second Life Gambling Ban by Carl Metropolitan Linden Lab announced their new “no gambling” policy on Wednesday, and by Thursday afternoon, it had already provoked significant—but misdirected—protests from a normally quiet section of the Second Life population and the dozens lengthy forum threads. Cheers to the protesters and posters [...]
Full StoryThe Bare Facts: Nudism in Second Life
by Lisae Boucher [After the Herald's recent story on closer scrutiny by Linden Lab of images that might be considered "broadly offensive," we were contracted by Lisae Boucher (mentioned in the article), who asked to weigh in on a related issue: the practice of non-sexual nudism in Second Life. Here, she looks at how the [...]
Full StoryOp-ED: Criminal Gangs Can’t Ask for No “Guilt by Association”
By Prokofy Neva/Op-Ed In Second Life, you can make a group with only 27 cents and one other person. Don’t like the group you’re in, because it’s taken over by a tyrant or filling up with griefers you don’t want to be associated with? Make a new one — and the tools enable you to [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Should We All Spy On Each Other?
Guilt by association creates a world of spies by Jessica Holyoke Reading the articles about the Woodbury situation and the actions and the reactions, makes me look around the real world and second life, sit back and ponder. I do support the underdog, the person who doesn’t have the ability to fight back. In this [...]
Full StoryPhilosophy of Second Life, Part 1: On the Origins of FIC Ideology
(FIC propaganda poster stolen from Flipper’s FIC propaganda repository.)Being Uri, there are moments when I look in the mirror and skeet. You would too! Imagine being a supreme visionary AND an alpha male (although ‘uberstud’ is the politically correct terminology I prefer). But then there are those days when I read my favorite philosopher, P. [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Seven Days in Second Life
by Inigo Chamerberlin It’s not just me, is it? I mean, being a whinger or whatever is one thing. But noticing the current state of affairs at Linden Lab is another. And unavoidable lately. Just this last week is absolutely mind boggling. Last Sunday I got an Email telling me I had no payment information [...]
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