We Didn't Start the Flame War

We Didn't Start the Flame War



I found this reading a not-too-interesting article about a dude and his discovery of internet memes a few years too late:
The Culture of the Internet
Pogue’s Posts - NYTimes.com

Doubledown's Suggestion on how Mature content should be handled on the Grid

As mentioned before, Linden Lab has announced that mature content (content that is of a lewd sexual nature mostly) will no longer be on allowed on the mainland. Plenty of residents responded with questions: What does that mean? What is going to happen? Where can I park my dildos?
Along with that comes theories as to why Linden Lab would make this major world shift.

I have a suggestion on how to solve the problem without moving anyone (assuming the actual problem is that some people do not want to accidentally run into graphic adult content.)

On all account preferences, we each would have a main account check box that says something like "I agree that by checking this box all lands marked 'mature' will be open and available to me. I understand this means I may unintentionally see things of a graphic nature"
This would be a main account default. If you check the box, you are agreeing that every and all content in world is of their creator's accord, and I want SL to be wide open to me.

Now, if that main account mature preferences is not checked, then the user would see a YES or NO option in mid teleport to a mature sim. When the person would try to teleport to mature land, the person would receive a message "You are about to enter a mature area of Second Life. Click YES to proceed or click NO to return to your previous location." This would prevent anyone from somehow unintentionally coincidentally TPing into a mature themed area.

Let's say the person isn't teleporting over, and they are flying through: a blue box would appear with the same message "You are entering a mature area. You must agree that you are aware that mature uncensored content may be present. Click YES to stay or NO return to your home."

In my opinion, this solves the problem, if the problem is that there are not enough controls to avoid unwanted adult content in any users SL experience. But is that the problem? Linden Lab wants to move every and all mature content off the mainland. Why? If a user wants to control whether they run into adult content or not, it seems my method above would solve the problem.

I do see that it is a good ability to have (especially for business and for education) a preventive measure so you, your clients, your students, will not run into graphic content. However, uprooting a whole society and segregating them to the outskirts of Second Life seems to be the most irrational drastic of all the possibilities available.

Doubledown Tandino

P.S. Who are all these crazy educators that are constantly running into this nasty mature content? How is it that unavoidable? I am in Second Life full time daily and I don't run into anything mature except when MATURE is marked on the land.

P.P.S. I do not believe moving all mature content off the mainland will even solve the problem. When I am inworld, I almost never see where I am on the world map. Up until yesterday, I didn't even know if the land that I've been renting for months was mainland or islands.

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content - From the Linden Lab-Second Life Community Blog

UPCOMING CHANGES FOR ADULT CONTENT

From its beginning, Second Life has been an open place where Residents can explore a wide variety of creative pursuits. This has resulted in a vast amount of amazing content inworld, and has helped make Second Life the exceptional place it is. It is very important to Linden Lab that we support and preserve this creativity and openness as our community continues to grow, and as the range of uses for Second Life widens.

At the same time, we must ensure that all Residents can enjoy the virtual world. In particular, it has become clear that some Residents are interested in pursuing certain “Adult” activities in Second Life that others would rather not casually encounter. To address this, over the next few months, we will need to implement some changes around Adult content to ultimately give all Residents more control over their Second Life experiences. We believe we can implement a better system than we have now for managing this content -- one that is respectful of everyone’s personal preferences, yet does not detract from the creativity and passion that define Second Life.

The system we build will have three main features, which we will describe in great detail over the next few months. First, it will provide a way to geographically separate Adult content and activities to a part of the “mainland” designed to accommodate these activities (Estate owners with Adult content on their land will be required to flag their content; they will not be required to move). Second, it will filter search results, so that those who do not wish to see “Adult” results will not. Third, it will require that those who access or see “Adult” content (whether on land or in search) have had their accounts verified – such as by a payment or age verification method.

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Forum Discussions:

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Motivations and Goals

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Definitions

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Account Verification for Accessing Adult Content

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Filtering Adult Content in Search and Classifieds

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Geographical Separation of Adult Content

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Dusan Writer's Take: Welcome to SLAMsterdam: Second Life Creates Silos of Sin, Goal is to be More Real

Tateru Nino on Massively - Linden Lab changes course for Second Life's mature content

Wagner James on New World Notes Amsterdammed: Linden Lab to Segregate "Adult" Content in Second Life to Red Light Continent (Real Life ID Required)

Virtual World News Linden Separating Adult Content From Rest Of Second Life

Crap Mariner on What is this Crap The Wages of Cyn

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(pictured above is a picture used in the LL blogs. It is pointless. As you can see, no adult content going on there. Why did they choose to use that picture? Is that what some land looks like once all the sex is cleaned up and moved out?)

Monogram Virtua Convention Center Hosts Second Bi-Annual Erotica Expo in Second Life - October 17th - 19th, 2008

Monogram Virtua Convention Center Hosts
Second Bi-Annual Erotica Expo in Second Life

October 17th - 19th, 2008

Inside Second Life, Monogram Virtua is proud to sponsor its second bi-annual Erotica Expo in the Virtual World. Hundreds of Erotica collectors from both the cyber and real worlds are set to arrive in Second Life October 17th – 19th to see both the erotic, sensual, sexual and exotic in cyberworld art and novelties. The Erotica Expo II opens at 11AM Pacific Time, October 17th, at the convention center on Monogram Tria ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monogram%20Tria/146/127/23 ) where Monogram Virtua co-founder Harold Harold Whaley (SL name Hdub Shepherd), and VP Sales & Marketing Andrea McCloud (SL name Anakalia Catteneo) will be in attendance. A limited number of press passes will be available.

Artwork, clothing, magazine publications and various gadgets created by Second Life residents will be displayed in the convention center's courtyard. Various well known Second Life DJs will be providing entertainment over the course of the three day event including a special live performance by Virtual World musician, Bosco Constantine on Sat., Oct. 18th at 7 pm PDT. A special guest appearance by Anjelica Lauren, adult film star, will be making a guest appearance on Friday, October 17th at 12 pm PDT and will be mingling amongst the guests.

This is Monogram Virtua’s thirteenth virtual event in a series of aficionado based cyber world shows designed to bring the members of various Second Life communities together. Monogram Virtua’s co-founders, mainstream filmmaker Randall K. Rubin and music enthusiast/cutting edge technology expert Harold Whaley came up with idea for a series of virtual events after the phenomenal success of the movie premiere of JIMMY AND JUDY, a mainstream theatrical feature film directed and produced by Rubin, drove huge levels of cyber traffic to Monogram Prime, the company’s flagship island. While in the cyberworld, Monogram Virtua organized into their group of Second Life contacts a long list of enthusiasts from widely varied communities. The Second Life Erotica Expo II is designed to bring erotica collectors from inside and outside Second Life together.

About Featured Guest

Anjelica Lauren started appearing in adult films in 2005 and has starred in over 150 movies. Anjelica started out in the adult industry as a dancer at a gentleman’s club and was discovered by a patron who thought she could make it as an adult film actress. Anjelica worked as a dancer and a hairdresser before deciding to make the move to adult film. Anjelica’s other interests include boxing, singing, dancing, and running.

Live Music Lineup:

Oct 17th
12 - 1 pm: Cataplexia Numbers
4 - 5 pm: Doubledown Tandino

8 - 8 pm: Derrial Nightfire

Oct 18th
12 - 1 pm: Anjelica Lauren guest appearance
2 - 3 pm: Hush Law
4 - 5 pm Shon Larsson
7 - 8 pm - Bosco Constantine

Oct 19th
12 - 1 pm: Doubledown Tandno
3 - 4 pm: Flynn Karu

About Monogram Virtua

Monogram Virtua is a Metaverse Entertainment Company that specializes in the explosively emerging world of 3D Cyber Virtual interactive sites such as Second Life and Entropia Universe. The Company was founded by filmmaker Randall K. Rubin and cutting edge digital entertainment technology expert Harold Whaley to capitalize on the rapidly expanding untapped market of virtual interactivity for marketing and business. Monogram Virtua’s business centers around providing artists, entertainers, and entertainment and technology business partners with a portal into a vast digital virtual community, teaming with people, entertainment, experiences, and commercial opportunities. Virtual Worlds currently support millions of US dollars in the daily convertible currency transactions. Monogram Virtua specializes in providing customized services for businesses interested in taking advantage of this exciting new space. Monogram Virtua: “Real World Business for the Virtual World.”

For additional information, go to www.monogramvirtua.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR INTERVIEW REQUESTS CONTACT:
Andrea McCloud
anakalia@monogramvirtua.com