Comments on: Resident Protests Grow: Lively Crowd Pleads for Life http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dreamer2032 http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-23415 dreamer2032 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:56:48 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-23415 Hello Livelyzens, My name is dreamer2032, and I am a ninth grader at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia. I am part of the Digiteen Dream Team, which is a group of fellow students that have banded together to stop Google from deleting Lively. We love Lively! We used it to teach the seventh graders at our school about digital citizenship, and it was a huge success. They loved it! We have written blogs, made a Lively protest room, and even made a song about the reason that Google should keep Lively. Lively has done so much for our class, and we will not let it be deleted without a fight. We support you in all your attempts to save Lively. Keep Alively! Hello Livelyzens,
My name is dreamer2032, and I am a ninth grader at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia. I am part of the Digiteen Dream Team, which is a group of fellow students that have banded together to stop Google from deleting Lively. We love Lively! We used it to teach the seventh graders at our school about digital citizenship, and it was a huge success. They loved it! We have written blogs, made a Lively protest room, and even made a song about the reason that Google should keep Lively. Lively has done so much for our class, and we will not let it be deleted without a fight. We support you in all your attempts to save Lively. Keep Alively!

]]> By: McCabe Maxsted http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22461 McCabe Maxsted Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:45:41 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22461 I really hope they at least opensource it once it's shut down. Let those who still care continue to carry the torch. I really hope they at least opensource it once it’s shut down. Let those who still care continue to carry the torch.

]]> By: Tao Takashi http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22431 Tao Takashi Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:05:35 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22431 "... after all, shouldn’t they have a say in what happens to it?" Do we have in SL? ;-) (ok, at least we might have OpenSim but that might not replace SL completely. And that's maybe also not just in case of a shutdown but in general in the day to day operations and governance) Google is also an open source contributor.. why not contribue Lively? :-) “… after all, shouldn’t they have a say in what happens to it?”

Do we have in SL? ;-)
(ok, at least we might have OpenSim but that might not replace SL completely. And that’s maybe also not just in case of a shutdown but in general in the day to day operations and governance)

Google is also an open source contributor.. why not contribue Lively? :-)

]]> By: Sigmund Leominster http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22371 Sigmund Leominster Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:24:19 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22371 @Vint: "Can't we just send them an invitation to SL?" Oh my Lord no! Do we really want "those people" flooding our land and taking our camping jobs? I've been to Lively and I've seen "their type." Why, they even LOOK odd, with their pointy heads and skinny bodies. They just don't look normal. And will they bring any money or good with them? No! Lively had none of these so all they will do is gobble up our freebies, beg for Lindens, and harass our womenfolk. It's time to take a stand against these foreigners looking to change the very fabric of our society with their "strange beliefs" and "bizarre practices. Why, they don't even know how to fly! I, for one, say "No!" to the wholesale dilution of our virtual purity. I say "No!" to the excessive burden on our already fragile economy. And I say "No!" to End of Civilization As We Know It!! Anyone with me? @Vint: “Can’t we just send them an invitation to SL?”

Oh my Lord no! Do we really want “those people” flooding our land and taking our camping jobs? I’ve been to Lively and I’ve seen “their type.” Why, they even LOOK odd, with their pointy heads and skinny bodies. They just don’t look normal.

And will they bring any money or good with them? No! Lively had none of these so all they will do is gobble up our freebies, beg for Lindens, and harass our womenfolk.

It’s time to take a stand against these foreigners looking to change the very fabric of our society with their “strange beliefs” and “bizarre practices. Why, they don’t even know how to fly!

I, for one, say “No!” to the wholesale dilution of our virtual purity. I say “No!” to the excessive burden on our already fragile economy. And I say “No!” to End of Civilization As We Know It!!

Anyone with me?

]]> By: Ser http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22266 Ser Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:29:41 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22266 Perhaps the Livelyzens can check out Just Leap In, at http://www.justleapin.com. To me it seemed a lot like Lively, but better looking. Actual Lively users may disagree, though.. Perhaps the Livelyzens can check out Just Leap In, at http://www.justleapin.com. To me it seemed a lot like Lively, but better looking. Actual Lively users may disagree, though..

]]> By: Doreen Garrigus http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22261 Doreen Garrigus Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:24:27 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22261 I would love to see the residents raise the money to buy Lively, and then form a co-op to run the thing. The first user-operated virtual world... I would love to see the residents raise the money to buy Lively, and then form a co-op to run the thing. The first user-operated virtual world…

]]> By: kripken http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22252 kripken Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:28:34 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22252 >> So, power to the Livelyzens. Maybe instead of shuttering Lively, Google can be persuaded to sell it off: it’s a world made by its residents, after all, shouldn’t they have a say in what happens to it? How about combining both of those thoughts: Sell it off to those residents themselves. Or maybe just charge a monthly usage fee. But of course that won't happen. Virtual world servers cost money, almost certainly more than the residents want to pay. So what they're really doing is asking Google to keep footing the bill. >> So, power to the Livelyzens. Maybe instead of shuttering Lively, Google can be persuaded to sell it off: it’s a world made by its residents, after all, shouldn’t they have a say in what happens to it?

How about combining both of those thoughts: Sell it off to those residents themselves. Or maybe just charge a monthly usage fee.

But of course that won’t happen. Virtual world servers cost money, almost certainly more than the residents want to pay. So what they’re really doing is asking Google to keep footing the bill.

]]> By: Vint Falken http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/11/27/resident-protests-grow-lively-crowd-pleads-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22212 Vint Falken Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:38:42 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1059#comment-22212 Can't we just all send them an invitation to SL? Can’t we just all send them an invitation to SL?

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