An experiment for new Residents: Community Registration Portals
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 at 1:43 PM by: Everett LindenLinden Lab is conducting an experiment we hope will improve the experience of new Residents. We are working with numerous Resident groups on Community Registration Portals. We chose NMC Virtual Worlds, Big Pond, The L Word, the NBA, SL Netherland, Mainland Brasil, The Azure Islands, STA Travel and Dreamland, among others, because they have already invested in creating distinct welcoming experiences for new Residents. In addition, experimenting with differences between language, culture & localization were all factors in our design.
We expect to run the experiment for four to six weeks, and since each group’s process is unique, we expect to learn a lot. In particular, if these new Residents arrive in Second Life more equipped to participate, engage and contribute to the community, we will actively devise guidelines for broader participation by other Resident groups.
Look for some of our key findings in future blog posts.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:47 PM
You should do Luskwood for furries.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:52 PM
Nifty idea for an experiment. I’m curious as to how the alt factor is going to be taken into consideration?
June 5th, 2007 at 1:55 PM
This is a great idea, but I think you should fix the issues for all the people that have helped you achieve the sucess that allows for this to take place.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:10 PM
I actually don’t understand what the blog post is about? Are you saying that people can create their own ‘orientation islands’ or something?
Although I would have to say I agree with the comments about what happened with passwords.
Broccoli
June 5th, 2007 at 2:15 PM
@ 17 I *think* this means that new sign-ups will be funneled to the above orientation places… but that is just my best guess;-) For the recond all of the places cited are very neat places to send your newbie friends to.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:21 PM
I have to agree, this blog post is really confusing. I think it’s about groups having their own OIs.
It is really awkward seeing these “business as usual” posts when there’s an password elephant in the room. Calling LL is not an option for a lot of people and many of those who have tried are not getting through. I’ve also heard many report of people no being able to reset their password when they are absolutely sure they knew their security answer.
LL is working hard to clear a backlog of support tickets but there is a large perception that they are not providing and acceptable level of customer service. This blog is a good place for them to remind residents how how support is currently being handled. It is simply not being used to it’s full potential.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:22 PM
About a month ago…a friend of mine who is a quadriplegic was almost not able to get out of the area to which he was sent. He said he had to kill a rat to advance? Since he uses voice recognition to move this was almost impossible for him to do! He was finally able to move on after about a week because the rat once finally moved to a spot he had his mouse….
I think it’s great wanting to teach the new members things but there needs to be a way to opt out if needed…
June 5th, 2007 at 2:30 PM
I just don’t have anything to say to you people with password issues. I got mine reset in 3 minutes through the website and was online with no problems.
I agree with nimrod Yaffle up there at post 2, you should include a furry area (like Lusk) in your list. I’d suggest asking people in each subculture what they’d consider THE general audience sim for their group, and add that to the list too. For furries, I can’t think of any non-mature sims besides Lusk, but the atmosphere is friendly and the sim is nice so it’s a good choice.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:43 PM
Unfortunately, I think this blog entry is a bit misplaced. Its aimed at new residents, but really.. How long does it take for the “overwhelming” to wear off enough to even NOTICE there are blog entries linked from the login screen? Thus, the only people who will see this particular entry are those for whom it does not really apply…
So, since I am not so new, I have to wonder what the “experiment” is? The blog entry doesnt really say.
And yes, the surprise password reset was totally lame. We are told about things which dont apply to us, (or shouldnt apply to us. *ahem*) yet this one thing comes out of the blue.
Hey! Maybe the experiment is to see if the newbies will keep coming back after all of these inanities…
June 5th, 2007 at 2:44 PM
I suppose a furry community portal would only be added if one of the furry sims *wanted* to be the guinea pig. They’re probably wise to step back and wait to see what happens with these other portals. — The idea of having new members select/request a community entry instead of a generic entry, might help a lot, especially for non-English-speaking newbies. — If the community portals work in this 1st stage, I foresee a “battle for legitimacy” from other sims wanting to be community portals. “I have a big successful sex sim, can I host the ’sex-minded newbies’ community?” LOL — Sure that sounds silly, but I bring a lot of bondage lifestylers to SL from my bondage sites, and that’s an extremely definitive subculture; how nice it would be if those referrals were all dumped on my doorstep so I could help them… instead of them getting stuck and annoyed at the generic SL entrance. — I read somewhere that SL might place servers in different countries so that sims can be hosted in their relevant country. Combine that with these “community” portals and maybe-maybe we see the beginnings of a way to customize inworld content according to the laws of the member’s source country.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Hmm, I still don;t think this will help new residents realize the need to go through orientation. Unfortunately it will probably just be bypassed like the generic Orientation Island tutorial stuff.
Also, kudos on the new support system and all, but waiting almost 2 weeks for a ticket to be completed (in progress STILL since May 25th) seems to give me the feeling you’re just using it as a way to circumvent responsibility.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:56 PM
I think that’s great for new residents, but as some people mentioned, what about the current paying residents. If you keep loading on non-paying users and the lag keeps hitting us, we (paying members) will lose interest and the non-paying members will also lose interest. I suggest you focus on the paying members more, cut down lag and don’t worry about increasing the population so rapidly, since you are having trouble with the current population causing lag.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:01 PM
@26
Luskwood, Rocket City, Northstar Mall and some areas of Furnation (I think) are PG only. You can buy Avatars at all four locations, though the Skymall in Furnation has some very blatantly risque vendors and is NOT a place I’d take virgin eyes.
One issue with bring newbies to Luskwood is the constant greifing that Lusk has withstood from new throwaway alts has made the crowd highly suspicious of brand new people. And few newbie furs arrive with money to buy a 800L AV. I have a couple freebie AVs I give out at those times, just to keep things moving along.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:05 PM
Helping newbies in new ways is definitly needed so this is a great step in the right direction Linden well done!!
Some things I noticed whilst helping a friend through orentation island recently was that some newbies were loosing their huds and had no idea how to put them back up thus not being able to complete the tasks and get to the mainland. Others didn’t really know what to do and thought that they had to go round the entire island (which is probably a good idea anyway) and didn’t know that doing the 4 inner tasks is enough to get them off the island. Just some observations.
In talks with ppl recently it seems alot of people are keen to help newbies. This might be tricky to impliment but how about trying a buddy system where interedted residents sign up to help and have an object of some description that lets them toggle their availability. When a newbie is rezed they’re given the option to be helped by a buddy and if they say yes the next available buddy is notified with a link to the newbies location.
That needs alota polishing up but that’s just a basic idea… keep up the good work guys the newbies need us
June 5th, 2007 at 3:08 PM
I think the point here is to help better define and gather the demographics of new arrivals. That, with the other recent efforts of adding voice, more controlled mature content, support reorganization, and better look-and-feel, will make the environment more attractive to business, and business revenue. This is similar to the route netscape took in its lifecycle.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:20 PM
I think alternatives for new people is really important. I have known many people who would like to join inworld, but find the orientation so disorientating, that they give up. I am so happy that the Lindens are doing something to make entering more accessible.
I have sympathy for the password problem, and recommend for all of us who are out of the USA that they get a Skype account and thus be able to call anywhere for 2.5 US cents per minute. I suppose I sound like an advert. If you like to call, get into VOIP telephony and be free of big international call charges.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Note that through the Registration APIanyone can in principle create their own “portal” to Second Life that will allow you to place avatars registered through it on any place you like on your land. So, yes, all it takes is someone at Lusk to register themselves for joining this programme, and place a “new avatar registration” form on http://www.luskwood.com/ for them to join
A few groups/companies, as Linden Lab reported, seem now to be under direct research by LL to see how effective their own registration and orientation facilities are. I certainly hope to be able to read more on the subject once the results have been published.
Oh, and yes, I was also forced to change my password today, and it took only about 3 minutes as well. I guess I was lucky, or simply did it at a time when the site was not overloaded with requests. It scared me a lot, though — the last time I was forced to change my password on another account (in September 2006) I lost that account forever, since there is no way that phone support picks up a call — and email support, although it was quick enough, will never change your password…
June 5th, 2007 at 3:32 PM
As a 6 week old newbie, I am still struggling to find my way around the world. I visit the same places over and over, or end up in residential areas with nothing but houses to see.
I spent a couple of weeks in OI but to be honest, while there are tips on movement, avatar creation, and building etc there is nothing which introduces you to the world itself or what there is to see!
After OI you really do feel like you are on your own! I have visited some less than desireable places and also some beautiful builds - but I want to see more and I dont know where to start.
Search is okay but you have to be pretty specific and the beautiful helpful places dont always come up amonst the clubs and gambling!
I never knew that any of the above places existed, so my suggestion is to have a preloaded Landmark list with a section specifically for newbies. Older players can always delete this if they dont want it.
Or a specific Newbie Teleport location - there are already too many infohub type places whichgenerally all say the same thing and I think just one place would be better.
Anything which helps newbies find their feet in the big world of SL, after the relatively small closeness of OI in my opinion is a good thing.
(P.S. I managed to change my password in about 2 mins after I got the e-mail!)
June 5th, 2007 at 3:38 PM
@ #36 - There is no PG area in Northstar, Northstar Mall or Northstar Polaris Sims. Mature, all of it.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:49 PM
@29
So, since I am not so new, I have to wonder what the “experiment” is? The blog entry doesnt really say.
I’d have to agree. this blog leaves me with more questions than answers. I would consider myself a new resident, but even I dont understand what they are getting at.
I recognise a few company names in that list - is this some kind of partnership? Are they even companies or are they SL groups, since you mention resident groups? The blog is nothing but confusing. You mention registration portals, but no URL to as much as an info page, is it a web based system? What is going on? There is not even a link to further information.
Waste of a blog entry, Lindens, but oh, at least it gives people a place to complain about unrelated support issues, rather than using the support portal.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:01 PM
No surprise. Now, will these areas have the same problems that LL had? Probably. Why? Criteria. Always the criteria.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Okay maybe LL is working hard to fix things, and maybe they aren’t and are happy just to keep pocketing our money. I can tell you what they do need; get somebody in the communications department with some language abilities who can make blog posts understandable.
It’s simple really; Who, Why, What, When and Where.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:02 PM
I’m not sure what to expect with this type of thing, but we had orentation stations before in SL, remember - when teleporting to a sim resulted in only one spot and not point to point teleporting? ^~ sooo is this just 4 steps back, one trip foward?
(offtopic)
SL works for me, therefor since I’m a close minded individual I shall bash you all for voicing your concerns in the only places they offer you a forum for your complains (aka OFFtopic on another post)
/end sarcasm
June 5th, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Ok, so what is the experiment? This blog post tells how you intend to go about the experiment and who is involved, but unless I am missing something, the experiment itself has been left out. What is it you intend to do with these groups?
June 5th, 2007 at 4:08 PM
So what exactly is this post about?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why(ye why?)
When(never?)
How?
Please get someone who has some communication skills asap.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:18 PM
I believe this blog post is about them have creating several new and different orientation islands for newly joining residents. Each island will prob be themed differently. Each new resident will then be randomly sent to one of these islands upon first login and based on a survey they will see which parts of the “themes” are good and bad and create future orientation islands based on those results. Im assuming that’s what it is at least.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:40 PM
First, how to get your password changed. Simple, “forget it” as in click on “I forgot it” and they send you instructions on how to fix it. Probably for the best. The only time I couldn’t log on, it was because I just put up a very large property up for sale for a very large sum, and thus it wouldn’t let me back in to “cash out” until proving I was me with those security questions. I guess there is some up side to that.
Now, ON TOPIC. Search Places for “welcome areas”, half way up the list, and constantly conpeting with The Pond until today is my very large build in the middle of linden village designed especially for new users as an extended welcome area. Noone told me what they were doing, nor asked me to participate. Has anyone ever heard of “call for participations” over “wack our friends and buddies on the shoulder and go, yeya, want a HUGE opportunity–and by the way, that is to make $$$. Many of those sites that are going to get all that traffic are created &/or supported by for-profit contractors or consultancies. Some of them have very close ties to Linden. Many of the sites are not too obscurely tied to trying to rent property to newbies. My sites are entirely non-profit, and do not even allow advertisement. Sites linked to by my “gates” are entirely chosen based on their quality, not my profit or theirs. ANyway, this is my first post. Who knows. Maybe my last. For those of you who have enjoyed “magic gates,” oh well. I’m thinking tonight it’s goodbye and thanks for all the fish.” Tomorrow, I’ll decide whether or not to blow away my region worth of mainland Linden Village Properties for real. -la
June 5th, 2007 at 4:46 PM
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June 5th, 2007 at 4:52 PM
This really needs better explaination, there indeed could be a furry starting area (starting raw into a major info hub, seeing you are the only nonhuman AV could be diconcerting), but then again that is like saying there should be seperate black, white, yellow & green areas. How about a default bot avatar, or medevil AV’s`?
In some ways having all the Australians, Dutch & Brazilians may help those not fluent in multiple languages, but also divides the communities from each other too. Perhaps there should be a choice of starting points offered to new players with some descriptions whilst still offering some generic mixed starting points too. In some sense the timezones often align players with their own nationalitty anyways.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:01 PM
oh and btw while my earlier post ‘awaits moderation’ i’m sure there are many of us, like me, who are utterly willing and available to help new residents and would even offer to be ‘official’ helpers out there….. this post to my mind sums up why i gasp for breath while our dear monkeys apparently cannot be asked to post a little note on some major concerns (oh like the minor issue of passwords). *sigh
June 5th, 2007 at 5:03 PM
The idea is thoughtful about have a entry point for New Members going in. But I probably would of asked in open forum for Volunteer Groups or Business’s to help with the incoming new members and not do it behind closed doors and just announce it.
It just seems on the surface that Linden is playing favorites with the Big Boys and aren’t allowing others that are willing to help. I joined and like this so much I decided to try and make a difference in this Second World.
I opened a Mall, Looks just like the one in your home town. I wanted it to be a Family type atmosphere and where people can come and hang out, away from all the other bad stuff. But do you think Linden or the so called newspapers would come alone and see what I accomplished. NO.
No matter what, I’m going to continue on bringing a friendly spot for all to come and enjoy themselves. I have had nothing but utmost praise for what I did. I can’t keep opening stores fast enough as they get rented.
But go ahead Linden, have the big boys bring the newbies in.. and you know where their going to stay. At the places you told them to go. It doesn’t sound fair to me. But you know whats best.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:10 PM
I guess I am lost to..so you handpicked a few big name multiple island/sim owners to direct tons of traffic too? WOW that is really great–what about the other 7000 PlUS island owners who would have LOVED to been contacted or considered in this so called “experiment”?
Now I understand allowing new folks to chose a language based sim–I myself & my employees all use Babbler to direct those folks that arrive on our islands to them..we pass out landmarks, have freebies available, ect ect–as most all islands do to get traffic..but wow it would have been great for Linden Labs to send thousands of people our way–but I guess 6 islands isn’t enough to be considered when picking “partners”…what a great oppurtunity for those picked to sell these newbies land, clothing, ect.
I don’t believe it is a fair way to distribute new people nor do I believe it to be helpful to anyone but the sim owners picked…it is however a GREAT way for the big guys to keep getting bigger while us “small” folks keeping doing the right thing to get by..thanks for the “new system”.
I have to wonder how this system will be “used” in the future–why did you not consider impletmenting a system that allows each new person to chose 2 criteria–their language spoken & PG or mature rating–then allow them to be spread throughout every island thus distributing traffic fairly? Then perhaps allowing each sim owner to be able to add their sims to the list & include interesting facts about their sims. At least give us ALL-no matter how many islands/sims we own–a fair chance to get, keep, & help new folks.
I agree that there needs to be a way to distribute new people better–what I don’t agree with is yet more free publicity & traffic to the giant sim owners while the rest of us are left to HOPE that the search system works or that the Land Sales Pages are functioning or the top spots not being used up by the giant sim owners running their full sim for sale scam.
But I guess since we have not been able to teleport reliably for weeks-none of it really matters-as why stay in a “game” that you can’t ever leave the first island you get sent to??
June 5th, 2007 at 5:18 PM
Please check out the Orientation Island from Great America Networks Conferencing. It is easy to follow and will have you fully functional in SL within 2 hours. 3 hours if take the “building” offshoot.
Just search for Orientation and go to GANC1 Orientation Island.
Thanx, and IM me if need any assistance at all.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:27 PM
ok guys.. this is how I read the “experiment.” Maybe it will help?
The places they cited like NMC etc ALREADY have their own orientation programs in place. They have been functioning some time as newbie friendly places and have programs to help new comers prepare for SL.
Linden chose these already established programs for their diversity and the fact that they have already been established. They want to see what makes them successful and what works in what culture (ie setting not necessarily geographic culture) because they have doubts about their own Help and Orientation Island setups.
Then, they will take what they find and try to apply it to their own programs (or, for all I know, get rid of their own and sift everyone through one of the other communities). They are appeasing those who got overlooked and who will cry “foul” because they did not get picked by saying that following the “pilot study” with the current groups, they will open the idea up to include other sims.
Companies can host communities.. it is in the function in SL not the purchaser.. The sad thing is, in some ways, companies have money and a means of recruiting reliable help to structure good programs. The rest of us have to rely on ever-changing situations. The good thing is.. there are some groups out there that do function well and do assist.
So the questions about who, what, where etc really are answered in the blog entry. It is just that it is a pilot study and is for information gathering and I would bet more of a descriptive statistics type project, not what some expect in an “experiment.”
If I am reading this right.. it is an investigation to develope research questions which will then lead to an experiment in seeing if the techniques of others can be applied to Linden new resident programs.
This is my interpretation only. I am definitely not a Linden.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:33 PM
I am one of those this thread was set up for. I have one second life that works, the other I created via my ISP Bigpond will not login. The reason for the second Second life was that my isp would not count usage on the monthly bill and also have an island (Sydney Australia with its own rep to greet you on arrival)
I’m still trying to get there.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:40 PM
All Due repect you saying your adding world of cultures so one can pick which they want? Wait! Isnt Sl about about that in the first place?
So to be correct your having groups of people live in envor social groups? Why is LLABs running this experimental groups? And what gives them the rights to run human social groups? I am not really sure about this.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:53 PM
LL what about teens? do you care about us? We have the power to kill are grid oready. and u guys dont do jack about it. or even do events for us. other then that dumb Globle Kids thing. come on do something fun. or just open more sandbox’s and Combat sims with buyable land.!!!! but have fun MG.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:16 PM
This is great news!
Alot of ppl i have met (i speak 3 languages)
feel alone or lost when they go to the regular welcome area (besides the massive lag that will make them not log into sl)
This is great for people that speak other languages
Now stop making new things and start fixing old things….
June 5th, 2007 at 6:17 PM
@ 57
Are you nuts?
LL is trying to make people from other countries more confortable.
Imagine if you did not speak english, you came into SL and came in a place where nobody speaks your language, your lost, confused and there is nobody to help you.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:25 PM
Come on LL !
I know this all “sounds” great, friendly & helpful. But the truth of the matter is that you have chosen yet again to help the Biggest Players in the Land Market without any regard for the rest of us.
Similar to what you have done with My favorite Land Baron “EF” By not stopping His use of bots.
My proposal, (though it will mean NOTHING here as I do not believe you have any particular interest in listing to people who do not bring you the big dollar monthly profits) Would be to allow any sim owner with at least say 3-5 sims, who ALREADY provides these “help” services to newbies to share in the process.
You know as well as I do, that first impressions mean a lot, both in RL & SL. Once You have taken the time to REALLY help a new person learn the ropes, they are pretty loyal, because there is a bond built more on friendship then anything else.
You also know that having said this, These newbies are MORE likely to purchase goods and services from someone they trust. Thus making it beneficial to HELP.
By choosing folks Like Dreamland & Azure you are giving them an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE in a market that is already tough. It worries me that you have no concern for the countless other people who are doing business in sl. I for a fact know that we pay OVER 2,000 a month in tier on our sims alone, and I also know you make a boatload from L$ exchange based strictly on business we create here in sl, so WHY DONT WE MATTER?
Ok, Thats the end of my First EVER Post & Rant.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:35 PM
at 60
are you alittle out of it? There is a differance between meeting people from diff cultures and running social experiment. In groups setting under control simuations? This is basic envor soical studies…… Think about it……….Its not as simple one might to appear to be..
I myself have meet many many inworld people from around the world. But controlled settings? this is worry sum….
June 5th, 2007 at 6:56 PM
All of this is confusing to me, I am a paying member of SL and work hard to develop traffic to my place. As I understand this, all I need to have is Lindens approval to shuffle newcomers through my place to increase traffic flow. Linden already directly competes for traffic in the skiing category and has shuffled me through thier sim as a “nearby location” when TP’s aren’t working properly-currently . as I understand the reports 80,000 paying customers are supporting the rest of the residents of SL- almost 7 million. I think rather than have a giveaway in traffic numbers to Lindens favorites, linden should concentrate on the actual problems that occur with SL itself, I have been unable to access textures, crashing occurs frequently, building is impossible during peak times, and entire sims have disapeared for hours at a time.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think these issues need to be addressed before Linden makes decisions to artificially support traffic numbers for different groups. Some of us try to do well here, lately I have been discouraged with the way Linden has been “adjusting” things to accomodate the “world community”.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:00 PM
[...] gotten a ton of messages today asking me what, exactly, a community registration portal is, here’s the deal. Various non-Linden groups in Second Life have their own orientation [...]
June 5th, 2007 at 11:24 PM
So if XYZ “invested heavily” and are “selected” for the experiment the new residents will be “funneled” to the location of XYZ where they will promptly be indoctrinated into the XYZ world of merchandising opportunities and land sales. So new residents will likely have the opportunity to purchase from XYZ before they are exposed to the better and more diverse global SL community.
If it can be abused for profit then there will be abuse for profit.
The proper way would have been to exclude any entity that had a for profit nexus in SL. All of the orientation centers should have been licensed as educational/non-profit land ownership thus eliminating the possibility of abuse of new residents for the express purpose of funneling new resident lindens into an elite group of for profit entities.
Perhaps we will see SL renamed XYZland in the near future where only XYZ is allowed to do business. Much like kaneva, which btw is doomed to failure because of the inability of private people to engage in for profit business. (not to mention its just plain stupid in general)
June 5th, 2007 at 11:48 PM
I agree with Ann, who has made an excellent contribution here. There is need for such ‘experiment, but wouldn’t it make sense to tap into the wonderful librarians and other educationalists on SL?
“All of the orientation centers should have been licensed as educational/non-profit land ownership thus eliminating the possibility of abuse of new residents…”
June 6th, 2007 at 1:49 AM
Special treatment for some customers above others is what this experiment amounts to. Each of the “participating” resident groups mentioned stands to enjoy monetary gain as a result of this experiment, and unfair advantage over other resident entrepreneurs. This is fair exactly how?
June 6th, 2007 at 2:13 AM
How about including Info Island on the list? We are the number one place anyone can come to get free information, whether SL or RL-related. We welcome newbies all the time and are a first stop for many, especially educators arriving in SL. Plus we have links to many international projects such as the French and Italian libraries. Many of our staff are bilingual. We also have links to themed communities such as Caledon.
P.S. If your comment is not related to the post in question, please mark it with OT at the top. Thanks.
June 6th, 2007 at 2:20 AM
Lol #61 “On topic… If BigPond is any guide the results will be disastrous. Most of their residents are nothing more that sightseeers clogging the grid or have no clue or desire to leave their island.”
The reason that would be is that they are probably BigPond customers, and therefore they would not have enough Data Allowance to actually go INTO SL. Plus they also would not have much of a clue of computers or internet (hence why they are BigPond customers)
What an insult to Aussies, that the portal for coming into SL will now be BigPond the most restrictive and worst ISP in the country.
June 6th, 2007 at 2:36 AM
I’d like to know what the ‘qualifying terms’ are. Over at Stratics, if you’d like to give us a free island, we’d be more than happy to build a nice ‘welcome area’ with lots of useful information to help new residents settle in - but we can’t staff it 24 hours unless you’d like to employ a couple of people full time to do that.
If you’d like to let me know when our free island is ready, we’ll get right on it, thanks.
Broccoli
June 6th, 2007 at 3:53 AM
What contest is this? What am I registering for? If I register, how will I find out if I won anything? Is this going to put me on a gazillion SL mailing lists? I am already getting tons from the measly 25 groups I am in. Maybe I need to get an SL Post Office box to put all the junk mail in?