There’s an interesting new service out there for owners of land that have griefing problems - Banlink. It is sort of a group ban list that can be shared between other groups. It’s probably a good idea, but there are the usual concerns about who is banning who and if you get banned from one place, you might find yourself banned from a lot of places.

It is interesting that you can lookup your avatars’ “rap sheet” on the site. Some places on the grid are already using Banlink. Even the griefers do not seem to be happy about it, which is probably a good thing. My only concern is how you might appeal any sort of banning that might happen. The grid is pretty large now and it gives griefers lots of targets to work on before they get banned from SL (if ever). The positive part of it is that griefers may not be able to escape generating a rap sheet that other land owners can use.

Rumor has it that since ratings have been removed that Banlink or some sort of API for it to use will be intergrated into the Second Life client in the near future.