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@ Saxon. Linden Lab has shown again and again that it thinks it doesn't need the services of its residents. Yet where would SL be if tomorrow there were no events listed on the events listings and no user created content for sale and all freebie user content stopped being available? How many would log on, or come back. Somedays I think we should try to organize a virtual strike action of that nature.
Beloved Lindens Oskar and Yoz Let Go From Linden Lab
The popular Linden Lab staffer known as Oskar Linden recently confirmed on the Second Life Universe forum widespread SL community rumors that he was fired from the company, for "quite vague" reasons, he says. This comes a month or so after my friend Yoz Linden also reported leaving the comnpan...
I don't think it is the culture of entitlement so much that is grinding me down as some of the other things you mention. I feel that even more SL residents think of SL as a "game" and so nothing is "real" or worthy of respect. The level of civility seems to be declining. Why is this happening? My top two guesses are 1) a distinct change in the tone and content of SL marketing towards a lighter-weight, social media focus, and 2)the leaking of educators & non-profits out of SL who were civilizing influences and produced intellectually stimulating content-- discussions and lecture series -- that attracted and retained a more educated and thoughtful group of residents.
Ophelia's Gaze: SL Fashionista Entitlement is Bad for the Economy, Bad for Creators, and Bad Karma for Everyone
Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion I was recently shopping in a well-known SL boutique, when two fashionistas walked in. They were only looking for freebies, which they loudly announced in public chat: "Why is the blue version of this shirt free," one of them dema...
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