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Controversy and anger over the new xStreetSL freebies policies continues, which you can see in this comment thread from yesterday. Ciaran Laval of Your 2nd Place has a pretty good post wondering how much user feedback was actually sought before the Lindens' implemented it. What other SL blog posts are worth reading?
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PC/Mac readers recommend for SL:
Classic New World Notes stories:
All About My Avatar: The story behind amazing strange avatars (2007)
Fighting the Front: When fascists open an HQ in Second Life, chaos and exploding pigs ensue (2007)
Copying a Controversy: Copyright concerns come to the Metaverse via... the CopyBot! (2006)
The Penguin & the Zookeeper: Just another unlikely friendship formed in The Metaverse (2006)
Guarding Darfur: Virtual super heroes rally to protect a real world activist site (2006)
The Skin You're In: How virtual world avatar options expose real world racism (2006)
Making Love: When virtual sex gets real (2005)
Watching the Detectives: How to honeytrap a cheater in the Metaverse (2005)
Man on Man and Woman on Woman: Just another gender-bending avatar love story, with a twist (2005)
War of the Jessie Wall: Battle over virtual borders -- and real war in Iraq (2003)
Home for the Homeless: Creating a virtual mansion despite the most challenging circumstances (2003)
Dame Ordinal posted the link to the new policy just after it came out. She has promised a longer post on the subject, and I will be most anxious to hear what she has to say.
http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/
(for those that need it)
Posted by: Fogwoman Gray | Friday, November 20, 2009 at 02:50 PM
Yep. When Ordinal speaks, I listen.
The 10L fee per item per month for non-freebies pretty much shuts down most smaller merchants, unless they sell in-world.
Posted by: Ignatius Onomatopoeia | Friday, November 20, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Linden Lab to raise Xstreet fees, loses vendors, products
by Tateru Nino Nov 20th 2009 at 5:00PM
http://www.massively.com/2009/11/20/linden-lab-to-raise-xstreet-fees-loses-vendors-products/
Quote: " Linden Lab indicates that the move was espoused by vendors and customers during three Commerce office hours sessions, which is interesting, because from going through the transcripts, the discussions give the appearance that the changes to Xstreet were pre-arranged."
Posted by: JeanRicard Broek | Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Here is my take:
http://theburbclave.net/wordpress/2009/11/21/vacation-time/
I don't know how insightful it is, but it is my honest opinion.
Posted by: Nexus Burbclave | Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:10 PM
http://eloheliot.blogspot.com/2009/11/fast-free-and-easy.html
Posted by: AnnOtooleInSL | Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 03:47 AM
The long post from Ordinal Malaprop that Miss Fogwoman Gray annouced is out :
http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2009/11/21/mercantile-insanity-longer-version#comments
Nice and well done.
Posted by: DD Ra | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 06:36 AM
Also of note this nice machinima on the subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0xidPbveOw
Posted by: DD Ra | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 06:38 AM
Arrehn Oberlander posted is exellent "Analysis of why the XStreetSL Roadmap Doesn't Get It." to start a new thread on Second Life Blogs:
https://blogs.secondlife.com/thread/5095
Posted by: DD Ra | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 07:37 AM