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June 9th, 2008
The Archives
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06.09.08New Land Store a Beautiful ThingLinden announced that the new Land Store is now live. And it's a beautiful thing. Although....one small thing, I wish the map was a bit larger. Congratulations to the team - there may have been some fits and starts, but the interface is a vast improvement over what was there before, it's user friendly, and as far as I know it works. All other comments are policy issues not design or usability ones. Kudos.
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06.09.08Clever Zebra Cleverly Publishing Sim Visitor Profiles to the WebEdit: Since posting this, Clever Zebra CEO 57 Miles sent me a clarification that neither Clever Zebra nor, he believed, Mechanized Life were aware that the data was being posted openly. He expected the matter to be resolved within 24-48 hours. As I said when I originally posted this, I wasn't picking on Clever Zebra - their feed just happened to be the one I picked up. While I still have a problem with visitor data being collected without a public notice, I'm confident that the publishing of this data in a 'publicly available' format was never the intention of ...
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06.09.08Griefer Prison Still Active in SL?According to The National, a newspaper from the Arab Emirates, griefers in Second Life are being imprisoned in a corn field: As in real life, Second Life also has its seedy side. Virtual prostitutes abound and virtual love affairs between avatars have reportedly led to some real-life marriages ending. There have also been allegations of illegal gambling. Criminal avatars known as “griefers” have reportedly been banished to a bizarre online prison dubbed “The Corn Field”, an eerily moonlit cornfield with a tractor, a black-and-white TV set and no way out. This picks up on a story last published, best I can tell, ...
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06.09.08Linden Considering New Avatar and Other GuidelinesThe controversy over the forthcoming Second Life birthday celebrations was driven partly by pressure to avoid being shut down, according to Tateru Nino at Massively: Linden Lab feels that its provision of land for the fifth anniversary event, their sponsorship, constitutes implicit endorsement of the groups that will be attending and using that land.... So, yes. Linden Lab does face a threat here, and quite a severe one. It does run the risk of being shut down by politicians greasing for the family-friendly vote. As a bonus, it is an election year. Are you worried yet? Linden Lab certainly is! No Child Left ...
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