On the other hand, a good portion of his discussion was to reference his experience and background, which was accomplished under his RL moniker – one that is well know enough to be of import both to establish an indication of what’s to come, but perhaps also to bolster confidence in the future of SL(tm).

Frank is a Linden. He’s FJ Linden, and I think he’s a great addition to the community of Lindens, that the practical work he’s here to do will make things in SL better for all of us.

Heck – why did you need an avatar name to reply to this post – just use your real name. And if you INSIST on using your avatar name like some child would, hiding behind anonymity like, well, like you have something to hide, then maybe this isn’t the Grid for you anymore.

In a community that has been based from the beginning on no cross-over to real world identity, you don’t at all find it troubling that the first time of which I’m aware a key Linden staff member isn’t using a “Linden” name?

Hmmm. Maybe what it is is they want to communicate to the rest of the world that they’re adults with names and titles. People with avatar names will become those damn kooky residents with fake personas who were part of that nutty frontier that Mitch referred to who will have to live with all the change to come and I guess decamp to openLife – or maybe you’re the one Philip referred to – the one with too much time on your hands?

And finally, if you’re saying that you don’t even think Ambrose needs to LOG IN to work on infrastructure issues, um…OK. I guess you’re right. It’s just wires, a product, a bunch of connectivity. He needs absolutely no association with the community, to attend office hours to hear people’s concerns or to meet in world with other Linden staffers (which is the main way that Linden meets, of course, seeing as they have offices on 4 continents or whatever it is).

As I said, this is either unintentional or signals a shift: the blog is for real people talking to “real people” not to kooky residents. OR, Linden is starting the shift to being able to choose whether you use your real name, a shift in policy that’s received no resident feedback other than a quick survey at log-in as to whether you’d PAY for it.

Which, if the latter is the case, then I predict the kind of split within the community that was expected when voice was introduced and a further shredding of the SL culture, such as it remains.

Maybe you were looking for an avatar name? I don’t see why he needs that to work on infrastructure issues. Maybe he has an avatar or three but just didn’t bother to mention. Either way, what would it matter to accomplishing his tasks?