Should the Lab Encourage/Force People to Move?

[Noodles]

It came up in another thread that maybe we need more Second Life related topics, so here is one.

Should the Lab occasionally aggressively evict people?

I started thinking about this while wandering the old Linden Homes. Everyone seems to much prefer the Belisaria style of homes. And a lot of the older style seem to be empty. It feels like it would make some sense , for older home areas that are mostly empty, to maybe encourage the few remaining folks to move. Either to consolidate people who prefer the older style, or just to a newer style. This way the older homes could maybe be converted to the newer style.

This could also be applied to the main land a bit. Maybe add some Linden Homes regions to some of the deserted mainland areas, or possibly to simply free up some of the nicer properties from long abandoned accounts. I mean, some of that old stuff is kind of charming and historical, but often it's just kind of, an ugly eye sore taking up prime real estate.

Any thoughts? Not really trying to start any argument, just trying to open some discussion.

 

[Romana]

They could point out to them that the Bellisaria homes allow skyboxes. At least, the one I had for a few days did.
That would be important to me if I decided to tier am the way down.

 

[Soen Eber]

Well, they've been able to keep things going without forcing people out - but with so many servers, it would make sense if they could trim things back a bit to save costs, especially since they can fit 8 sims on a server instead of 4. If they could optimize things then they would have more ability to expand the platform, or offer breaks on fees (or both, like by restricting resource-intensive features on the newer servers and running the old servers with existing capabilities at a cheaper cost). They've gotta have a ton of old stuff lying around that can be repurposed for something.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Could stand absorbing some abandoned mainland into new roads.

 

[Free]

Could stand absorbing some abandoned mainland into new roads.

Set up a new highway system that provides lots of on/off ramps.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Srsly, people build everything from cottages to elaborate estates along roads, and you see people playing GTFO from time to time.

 

[Soen Eber]

Set up a new highway system that provides lots of on/off ramps.

That would require vehicles to move fast ;P

 

[Free]

That would require vehicles to move fast ;P

You've apparently never driven on an American highway...

 

[Sid]

It came up in another thread that maybe we need more Second Life related topics, so here is one.

Should the Lab occasionally aggressively evict people?

I started thinking about this while wandering the old Linden Homes. Everyone seems to much prefer the Belisaria style of homes. And a lot of the older style seem to be empty. It feels like it would make some sense , for older home areas that are mostly empty, to maybe encourage the few remaining folks to move. Either to consolidate people who prefer the older style, or just to a newer style. This way the older homes could maybe be converted to the newer style.

This could also be applied to the main land a bit. Maybe add some Linden Homes regions to some of the deserted mainland areas, or possibly to simply free up some of the nicer properties from long abandoned accounts. I mean, some of that old stuff is kind of charming and historical, but often it's just kind of, an ugly eye sore taking up prime real estate.

Any thoughts? Not really trying to start any argument, just trying to open some discussion.

As long as not all the Bellisseria themes are available 24/7 that makes little sense IMHO.

The pressure is a bit of the camper theme. They show up regularly when in search for a Bellisserian home.
The new chalet theme seems not really popular either, they pop up regularly in the offerings as well. (But they are still throwing new sims with them on the market, that could be the reason too)
It is still a bit harder to lay hands on a house boat and the stilt homes. But it doesn't take ages and a day either like in the beginning of Bellisseria.

I think there should be more themes first, like urban, Asian and fantasy, before they can start evacuating people from the old Linden Homes.
Small shops could be a nice theme too or an enhancement for all the themes.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Forcing them to move to the -new- Linden homes would be crap - at least right now.

No fantasy styled houses, and no asian style ones either.

Like, if I still had my old linden homes, I'd be mad if forced to move to something else entirely; I did like my fantasy house and my Asian one.... well, in style, if not the horribly inefficientness of the builds.

 

[Noodles]

Could stand absorbing some abandoned mainland into new roads.

Or new water ways.

Water land is almost always desirable. Start flooding the empty space!

 

[Noodles]

Forcing them to move to the -new- Linden homes would be crap - at least right now.

No fantasy styled houses, and no asian style ones either.

Like, if I still had my old linden homes, I'd be mad if forced to move to something else entirely; I did like my fantasy house and my Asian one.... well, in style, if not the horribly inefficientness of the builds.

It doesn't even have to be a new one. Maybe just enourage some sort of consolidation on some of the older ones. If 50% + are empty, maybe encourage some consolidation to consolodate the number of sims.

 

[Noodles]

I think there should be more themes first, like urban, Asian and fantasy, before they can start evacuating people from the old Linden Homes.
Small shops could be a nice theme too or an enhancement for all the themes.

Shops would be kind of a fun idea. Little malls and such, maybe require no Adult merchandise and not straight PG but PG-ish.

The Urban thing makes me think of the April Fool's joke, where they implied apartment blocks. But land division only works on the X Y direction. A lot of people were super into the idea though. Almost makes me wonder if they could make land segmentation work on the Z axis. I honestly would consider moving to an apartment Linden Home.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

It doesn't even have to be a new one. Maybe just enourage some sort of consolidation on some of the older ones. If 50% + are empty, maybe encourage some consolidation to consolodate the number of sims.

Oh, sure - consolidation would be a good idea, or even turning the empty houses into park space or something. SL really does need to sort of foster community again....

 

[Romana]

Or new water ways.

Water land is almost always desirable. Start flooding the empty space!

Water land is almost always desirable,but from what I've seen lately, some places might not stay water land. I looked at one plot at auction that was entirely water ; one could put an island on it (I didn't get it ; it went for crazy money). Where I am, it looks like they're expanding into the water as well. I have an ocean view now, but that may not be the case, soon? Later?

 

[WolfEyes]

SL really does need to sort of foster community again....

It should never have stopped. This is something LL should have been doing continuously and consistently since 2003.

 

[Fionalein]

Oh, sure - consolidation would be a good idea, or even turning the empty houses into park space or something. SL really does need to sort of foster community again....

They did - and it got us the Cesspit called the Bellissarian Community.... they are cursed - they ruin everything they touch.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

They did - and it got us the Cesspit called the Bellissarian Community.... they are cursed - they ruin everything they touch.

I was more thinking of the old days, when fostering community wasn't just about human-normative, US-centric buildings that pretend to be community?

 

[Spirits Rising]

No.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Yes, it is something they "should" do, but that doesn't mean they "can" do it. The moment they did a bunch of the oldbie mainland land Barons...meaning Prok would be up in arms about "tekki-wikki commie FIC". And there'd be a bunch of oldbie buildery-scriptery-sandboxy-types who dislike certain segments of modern SL culture up in arms too. So they won't. What they should have done was reserved more land for Linden infrastructure in the first place, and had the foresight to design their regions with more (and larger) rights of way, at least on the mainland. Private islands should have been a thing from the very beginning, satisfying the needs of those who want total control of an entire region. Also they should have sequestered private islands far away from the Linden Mainland, thus making it easier for LL to enlarge/enhance/connect the mainland.

They did - and it got us the Cesspit called the Bellissarian Community.... they are cursed - they ruin everything they touch.

Smile when you say that, pardner, because there are several people who have Linden Homes in Bellisseria who are here on VVO. Including yours truly.

First off, how the Bellisserian community a cesspit? And how is Bellisseria ruining everything they touch? These aren't rhetorical questions, I'd really like to know your reasoning.