Project Open Letter - Round 2

by Veyron — published on August 9th, 2007

I see that Second Life is once again, venting copious amounts of smoke. But gosh darn it, we got this wonderful voice stuff that seems to be greeted with all the excitement of a fruit cake at Christmastime. Oh, let’s not forget, we’re about to get a new First Look viewer with Windlight…. Oooh look! Pretty colors… look at the fires coming out of the grid now….

Let’s not forget the gambling ban. Yeah, and you’re really gambling rezzing an object these days, that’s for sure. I almost tremble at the thought of rezzing a no-copy object these days. I’ve had at least 6 items go “poof” on me - gone for good. I can’t really go back to the vendors and ask for another copy. Some of these items I bought months and months ago.

I can see that memories are short at Linden Labs. We have been given lip service to what should be a reliable service. It’s by no means anywhere near reliable. Is the answer we need to pay? Something? Would that help? A smack upside the head? Emails to the Linden Lab’s board of directors? What is it going to take?

This is what always slays me, you have a fairly large core group of committed users (i.e. customers) who are more than willing to pay - yes - probably pay - for a fun and reliable experience (because we’re addicts really and we’re not getting our fix) and we’re being given the finger (you know - the universal middle finger…)

I see that Project Open Letter has stirred again. Okay - I think it’s time to find the torches, get them lit, grab the pitch forks, and as Henry the V said, “Once more into the breach….”

-Veyron

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  1. dandellion Kimban says:
    August 9th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

    I know how you feel, but I don’t know what we can do. I listed all the ways people are doing for political protest in RL. But none of them work in SL. This is new world and it is significantly different from the meatspace. This one asks for new means. But, imagination will prevail, I hope.

  2. vint falken says:
    August 10th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Amongst others, continued work and interest in Open Grid?

    Anyway, I’d pay for a decent support system for starters. =d

    (PS. How many letters can you put in a captcha picture?!!)

  3. Lillie says:
    August 11th, 2007 at 8:14 am

    Any money paid to LL is like depositing money in a Gingko ATM…

    It goes in, and goes someplace, we know not where.

  4. Veyron Supercharge says:
    August 13th, 2007 at 5:05 am

    Vint, Google controls the captcha…. I think if you’re logged in with a Google/Blogger account, it doesn’t hit you with one.

  5. dandellion Kimban says:
    August 13th, 2007 at 11:28 am

    Oh yes, it hits you all the same….
    just watch me typing rnzck in the field below.

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