Timo Daehlie Fights Ad Farmers with Creativity

What exactly is the ad zoo?

Timo- The Ad Zoo was a wasted 1024m2 lot with some loose 16m2s inside of it transformed into a kind of Zoo... Instead of animals people can read/learn here more about a selection of top-advertisers (virtual animals) : who they are, how to block them and where to find some help/assistance. If people want to see what kind of people are spoiling SL this Zoo is certainly the place to be.

What gave you the idea?

Timo- I create The Ad Zoo after Torus Frog cut a 1024m2 into 2 odd shaped pieces (spirals) and some loose 16sm2's. I was able to get one of the odd shaped ones he offered for a low price. At first I planned to block some future advertisers on the other part of the land. The other parcel was captured by Voomland bots and after negotiating with them they were very friendly and set it for sale to me at a low rate. Then still i had to deal with 4 pieces of 16m2 inside the 1024. I felt like i had to do something creative with this land. I met some residents from the sim and felt somehow sorry for them. So i decided to keep this land just to block the advertisers in a creative way. Because the land was chopped by a Frog and the center piece was bought by a Panda it wasn't so hard to come up with the idea of creating a Zoo.Farms enough already :(. Further ideas came up while I was and still am working on it.

What is your stand on ad lots, and cutting parcels into ad lots on the mainland?

Timo-To be honest .. If people advertise in a friendly and creative way and keep it sl-related on their own 512m2+ land then I don't have any problem with it, but the advertising as it is seen in SL has nothing to do with advertising at all, its all about disturbing residents and forcing people to buy you out at extreme rates with ugly non creative spinning signs. You cant tell me that a 16m2 with a white tower directing you to a site with 3 baseball cards for sale on it is worth 2000 linden.

How will the ad zoo help the ad lot problem in SL?

Timo-If it will help i cant say, only hope. I don't think those advertisers will be quiting their activities, you need to have brains for that.. But besides its one saved parcel at least, i hope this motivates people to block them in a more creative way and not buy them out. By giving some personal assistance/help too its the least I can do help out the problem. But i think more people will start to get creative like this. For myself it also gives me a better feeling then just reselling it for some lousy 50 linden profits.

Whats are the upcoming plans or features planned for the ad zoo?

Timo- I just started so I hope to finish it this week, a lot of texture work to be done . But all along ambient zoo sounds , pictures & note cards with funny descriptions about those "advertisers",, examples how to block them and some promotion for the Arbor Project i think I've gotten a good basis to start with. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. I also want to put down a donation box on the land ... not to make profits or cover the tier, but from donations i will purchase land and donate it to arbor project.

Will there be more zoo's?

Timo- I ll keep continuing to fight advertisers in a creative way. I really liked the idea of a zoo myself but if I will make more of them it will loose the element of creativity so i will come up with new things.

Where can the zoo be found in world for people interested in visiting?

Timo- The first Ad Zoo was raised in Zap Cannon ... a region heavily wasted by advertisers (Zap Cannon 3/ 219/ 97)

Anything else you'd like to share?

Timo- One minute with Umnik in the box ring ;)