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John

Agree strongly. Purpose anchors people, whether in RL or SL.

Iggy 1.0

LL has failed us badly over the years with bland and rather predictable marketing of places.After EDU folk largely left SL, I found Pirates Destiny by accident; the naval battles made me stay. I support creators by buying ships.

So, on the splash screen, show some cool sailing with top graphics. Furries and humans having a nerf-ball fight or entering a funhouse? C’mon, LL.

The roleplaying at PD is light, but the fun of sailing enormous. While that experience is gamelike, LL, do not turn the grid into a game. But hire some marketing folk who know your world as residents.

Haridsam

Iggy, I think showing some cool sailing is a great idea -- I love sailing too, and there's a real active sailing community (I need to visit Pirates's Destiny!). I think the splash screen needs to rotate way more often, at least once a week. And definitely, at least have a focus group of residents to critique marketing ideas...the gravelly, action-movie voiceover on the recent effort is so off target it's laughable, unless LL is really targeting adolescent males... ;-)

--Hari

Luther Weymann

I am friends with a very successful Realtor who owns a sizeable real estate office with many Realtors. Her life in her mid-50s is very busy with her company and her family. But on weekends, she has been a DJ at two of SL's oldest and most popular clubs for two hours on Saturday and two hours on Sunday for over a decade. She loves it; it engages her in SL, and she has always been scheduled US time early morning, around 5 AM PST, and never misses. It certainly is not about the Linden tips; it's about the escape and enjoyment of chatting with dancers and playing music. Besides this DJ time, even though she had the same house in SL on the mainland for a decade, she's never in SL.

HectorC2

SL needs to hit new users with a dopamine hit within 5 minutes of their 1st logging in to retain them!

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