Comments on: Virtual Protest Threatens Linden Lab’s Profitability

By: OS sims: numbers and questions « Living in the Modem World

OS sims: numbers and questions « Living in the Modem World — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:29 +0000

[...] with comments published elsewhere by James on the farago following the original hike announcement, I started thinking about sim [...]

By: OS sims; numbers and questions « Living in the Modem World

OS sims; numbers and questions « Living in the Modem World — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:05:38 +0000

[...] with comments published elsewhere by James on the farago following the original hike announcement, I started thinking about sim [...]

By: “M”: BOO! Happy Holloween « Blackthorne inSL™

“M”: BOO! Happy Holloween « Blackthorne inSL™ — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:13:43 +0000

By: My Evil Linden Fanboy Lovefest…? « Blackthorne inSL™

My Evil Linden Fanboy Lovefest…? « Blackthorne inSL™ — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:10:54 +0000

By: MoxZ

MoxZ — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:51:15 +0000

The difference between those who say they’re moving to Canada and those who say they’re moving to a different grid is that to move to Canada, it cost a lot of money, but to move to another grid, we save a lot of money.

Screw you LL! and your little dog too!

By: Linden Lab Revises Rebellion-Causing Price Hike - GigaOM

Linden Lab Revises Rebellion-Causing Price Hike - GigaOM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:09:39 +0000

[...] Lab said it was raising the cost of buying and maintaining much of the virtual land in Second Life, leading to open revolt among many users, the company has significantly revised its pricing policies. Citing enormous [...]

By: Verliert Second Life® User an OpenLife? | Cyberwelten

Verliert Second Life® User an OpenLife? | Cyberwelten — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:54:57 +0000

[...] gigaom.com: Virtual Protest Threatens Linden Lab’s Profitability [...]

By: Will someone at Linden Lab please tell M the truth about openspaces | Your2ndPlace

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:00:28 +0000

[...] for garters too!The trouble with M is that he doesn’t inspire any confidence whatsoever. The first interview I read from M regarding these troubled openspace waters over at Gigacom gave the impression that he [...]

By: Lynna Lebed

Lynna Lebed — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:21:52 +0000

I’m rather shocked about Mark’s statement. He has the stats all wrong! There’s more than just a few of us that are being affected by this price increase. Many of the Estate owners also own these Open space sims. From what the forum writer are saying, they (we) are merely dumping the Open Space sims, but also the Estates and the talk is that these same people are moving to other virtual worlds despite the start up fee losses. Nearly 4000 people (4000 who own numerous Regions)so far have voted against Linden Lab’s increased prices and many more have seriously considered whether staying in Second Life is financially beneficial. Wake up Mark. The clock is ticking and you are affecting much more than just a ‘few’ customers.

By: Massively SL rss - Linden Lab CEO on openspace/void price increases | Second Life Absorption

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:52:22 +0000

[...] Kingdon, Linden Lab’s shiny new CEO, made a statement to Wagner James Au at GigaOm about the announced openspace/void simulator price rises that have so many Second Life users up in [...]

By: Fate Gardens Flowers and Trees » Blog Archive » Openspace Redux

Fate Gardens Flowers and Trees » Blog Archive » Openspace Redux — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:21:51 +0000

[...] least we have the new CEO’s assurance that We made this change to ensure an optimal Second Life experience for all Residents.” We [...]

By: ColeMarie Soleil

ColeMarie Soleil — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:48:15 +0000

I <3 Canada

By: MarkTwain White

MarkTwain White — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:48:11 +0000

Thank you for your report on the SL Regressive Tax on Open Space Sims.

We welcome you to view the live video of a large very photogenic PROTEST event in the original open space sims (the type of sims that will likely go away if Linden Lab’s announced policy stands).

Tomorrow morning at 10AM Pacific there will be a large PROTEST REGATTA starting from the four open space sims which were the first such sims created in Second Life (Santa Barbara,Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Santa Catalina sims).

Surrounding Hollywood sim and Starboards Yacht Club these sims will host a PROTEST REGATTA which will be webcast live on the SLCN.TV network (http://slcn.tv). Boats from various SL communities (such as the very popular sailing and pirate role-playing communities) will participate.

The race course will take the protesting fleet through more than 20 open space sims, each of whose very existence is threated by the Linden Lab policy announcement.

By: Linden Lab CEO on openspace/void price increases | SpaceChannel.TV | Blog

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:51:26 +0000

[...] models, Economy, Opinion, Second Life, Virtual worldsMark Kingdon, Linden Lab’s shiny new CEO, made a statement to Wagner James Au at GigaOm about the announced openspace/void simulator price rises that have so many Second Life users up in [...]

By: Lara Croft y porno. Un buen viernes | POWERPYMES

Lara Croft y porno. Un buen viernes | POWERPYMES — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:33:41 +0000

[...] por las nuevas reglas y cuotas muchos ciudadanos de Second Life han optado por protestar e incluso autoinmolarse frente a las oficinas administrativas de Linden Lab’s. Me quedo mejor con las bodas de papel. [...]

By: Maggie Darwin

Maggie Darwin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:15:14 +0000

Ordinal–

“Increasing prices will make people who wish to continue paying reduce usage?”

Of course not. It will make people who do not wish to pay more reduce usage. OpenSpaces sims may not be an insignificant fraction of the land area. But they may well be an insignificant fraction of Linden research’s profit.

Especially if they are not actually–on the whole–profitable.