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Some of the people are great - of that I have no doubt. I have met many good people, but then... I do not know if the good people have alternate avatars that run around doing bad things. It is a seed of doubt that has been planted by Linden Lab, no less. Anonymity is fine, but anonymity with no visible repercussions when it comes to negative behavior is not fine.

Anyone in Second Life could be Nicholas Portocarrero's alt. Anyone. I could be Nicholas Portocarrero's alt (and what a cover that would be). I might even be the latest Landbot scammer. I could be anyone, really - and because the negative behaviors are left unattended, it lends doubt to the real people, anonymous or otherwise, within Second Life It has even been said a few times that landbots belong to Linden Lab employees. Is it true? Is it false? No one knows.

Linden Lab has failed at maintaining a community by not taking appropriate actions at times. Worse, they do not acknowledge some things and that leads to new people running into the very same issues. That isn't fair, it isn't right, and it is questionably legal. That we even speak about Law in such circumstance is probably the greatest disappointment... it demonstrates a callous approach to their own product and its impacts. That, too, is OK. It is their product, it is not mine. I have paid for a service, and am I not a fool if I pay for poor service?

So, yes. There are good people here, and my question more often than not is... 'Why?'.

But they are here, I do not know why, so I will watch and listen... perhaps learning something.

Second Life Consultant