We Are A Harsh Viper's Nest

[Free]

 

[GradyE]

SLU/VV1 is a large and lively community, that in internet terms is older than dirt. There would be something deeply wrong going on if there weren't moments that members might find regretful.

I think it wasn't until I hit forums that I started to learn how to internet.

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

What do you have against delicious foods??????!!!!!

 

[Free]

What do you have against delicious foods??????!!!!!

Go ahead. I dare you to eat those yoga pants.

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

Go ahead. I dare you to eat those yoga pants.

I could use more fiber in my diet!!!

 

[Free]

I could use more fiber in my diet!!!

Maybe. Not sure about lycra, though.

 

[GradyE]

*more gavel banging*

 

[Kara Spengler]

@NyteWytch directed me to a thread in the Second Life forums about SLU closing, and I have to admit I'm amused to read how terribly mean we all are apparently.

SLUniverse is Closing

Well, consider myself and a few others used to be top posters over there. When we found out that people could just report anyone and have it have inworld consequences without even an ll investigation we quickly realized being a top poster there was just making us bigger targets.

Which meant SLU and a few other sites suddenly got influxes of people when we decided where would be our new homes. I do not care to ever post on the official forums again if I have to hope nobody there takes offense/is having a bad day/just wants to make things annoying for me.

Which is probably why the official forums seem 'nice'. Everyone is walking on eggshells.

 

[Kara Spengler]

I am skimming the forum. Looks like the giggles beach people (the ones responsible for my title) got a mention in a post as being vindicated now. Umm, the official forum loves pedos now? ok ....

 

[Kara Spengler]

and US-centric

we are sooooo

US-centric

I was huh at that one. I am *in* the us and am hardly us-centric.

 

[Kara Spengler]

That's how it is on most forums I've ever been on. Also one of the reasons I loved SLU so much. I can't think of any instance where Cris was unfair.

Yeah, whenever I go on other forums I regularly get posts yanked for being off-topic. Usually they are just where the conversation was at the moment but did not strictly go to the OP. That is what I call over-moderation, I like it here, conversations are allowed to evolve.

The only off-topic would be if you have 100 posts saying one thing and randomly someone posts something not even related to anything else that was said. Even then the post should not be pulled (especially on the first offense) but the poster warned.

 

[Kara Spengler]

My favorite comment on the LL forum (sorry, not going to go find it) was how re-branded sites fail and VV1 would probably soon fade away.

I dunno, looks pretty lively here to me. It feels like we all started a conga line and danced our way over to the new house without missing a beat. We even picked up a lot of MIA members along the way.

@Cristiano, you catch lightning in a bottle every single time. That's pretty amazing and you should be very proud of what you've created. Once could be a fluke, a matter of just being the first one in the right place at the right time. Three times means you're just that damn good at this.

My train of thought pretty much was "oh, people are there now so it would be pointless to continue the conversation on the old site". From the looks of things it seems most people decided that at about the same time.

 

[RyanSchultz]

I must admit that there is something special about SLU/VV1. Whatever it is, it keeps me coming back for more... kudos to Cristiano!

 

[Rose Karuna]

I have a new sig just for this thread.

 

[Kara Spengler]

I must admit that there is something special about SLU/VV1. Whatever it is, it keeps me coming back for more... kudos to Cristiano!

Yes, I post here more than in all other non-work places combined.

 

[Blaise Glendevon]

What throws me about the SL official forum is the level of rudeness allowed from selected posters. Like, certain people are allowed to show out, and that's all well and good. While other people tip-toe around like a Linden is waiting behind that billboard to write them a ticket for being five over the limit.

EDITED:

OFFICIALLY DEAD. The moron who called us all socialists, or whatever, used a link to Return of Kings (the MRA/anti-woman hate group) website as an attempt at a legitimate argument. Well. Bless his heart.

 

[Sid]

I haven't been on the official forums since it started the then new lay out.
I only peek in when a link is provided here to a thread there, that seems interesting to me.
But posting? No way. I'm not enough of a Linden fanboy to risk that.
I'm still active in SL at times.

 

[Kara Spengler]

What throws me about the SL official forum is the level of rudeness allowed from selected posters. Like, certain people are allowed to show out, and that's all well and good. While other people tip-toe around like a Linden is waiting behind that billboard to write them a ticket for being five over the limit.

EDITED:

OFFICIALLY DEAD. The moron who called us all socialists, or whatever, used a link to Return of Kings (the MRA/anti-woman hate group) website as an attempt at a legitimate argument. Well. Bless his heart.

I suppose it is like any social group, if you have a rep there you get more leeway. Still though, official forums should know to avoid that.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

SLU had a couple of moments I'm not all that proud of.

Like, the whole "Mildred" thing. The way people were treated who came to SLU to complain about InWorldz' problems, doesn't look good in the mirror considering what we all know ended up happening to InWorldz.

I think those kinds of moments were very few and far between though.

Ummm, I don't. Did something happen? If so, what?
I've been out of the loop for months.

 

[WolfEyes]

If it weren't for Cris and SLU, I would have given up on the internet 8 years ago.

Like Ryan said, there really is something special about this community. It is a wondrous thing to see the community pull together for those in need.

@Cristiano You're the top!