This morning was not so different than others at first, woke up, grabbed coffee, plugged into Second Life. My partner Delena Paine contacts me in total disbelief “XstreetSL is now part of Second Life!” she said. I looked in my email, there was a notice proclaiming the same, a merger, and they got OnRez too. DREAD AND FEAR filled me as I wondered what might happen to the exchange rates and sent out a shocked twitter from CatNight to the world.
I really can not believe it and its hard to say if this will be good or bad. I see now that my faith in Linden Labs has truly dropped over time and I do not like it one bit. It’s no secret the Lindens are happy to suspend account’s for saying the wrong things in forums they control. I always loved XStreet’s forums now I fear that my freedom of speech there is a condemned thing. I’m tired of the tip-toeing around every word I say just in case I tick someone off at LL.
Sometimes people just need to be frustrated and get things off thier chest. Condemning rants and utter rudeness I get, but even a frustrated statement such as “Grr I hate Lindens.” can get your butt in trouble on the normal forums.
I’m a huge fan of Second Life, meeting Phillip Rosedale was one of the highlights of my year at SLCC last year. So I hate this sinking feeling I am now getting about the direction and purpose of Second Life’s management and interference in good systems like XSL.
I do not blame them for selling, I hope they all made good money because the whole team at xstreet deserves it 100%.
I just hope it did not kill the future for the rest of us.
Cathereine Night & AlleyCat Studios 