Longtime SLer Patchouli Woollahra was browsing Tumblr recently when this ad came scrolling across his screen:
Pregnancy roleplay in Second Life is a fairly popular subculture/activity, but also a very divisive one -- many think it's strange, and it's attracted quite a bit of "WTF?!" mockery among gamers on YouTube and other online forums. So it seemed odd that Linden Lab would evidently feature it as a key feature of Second Life.
Linden Lab, however, says they're not:
"These are not ads created by Linden Lab," company media rep Sheri Bryant told me, when I showed her the screen capture. "Someone else is apparently running them."
So if you see such an ad, I'd recommend not clicking it, because it's a potential security risk. And if it's not from Linden Lab, who is paying money to put them up, and why?
Patchouli did some preliminary research, and has some conjectures:
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