According to Regina Lynn at Wired.com, bonafide geeks have made the sex side of Second Life and real-life a much better place.

The obvious question is: are active users of Second Life geeks, pioneers or both?

Note: some links from the Wired article contain explicit images and are not suitable for children/work etc.

Some activists on the teen grid are protesting at the lack of access to PG areas on the main grid. On the 6th of May a march has been organised to raise awareness on the issue.

Like any proposal to increase interaction between children / teens and adults, there are some significant benefits and downsides. The first problem that occurred to me with such a proposal is the potential grooming or related scenarios that could occur. It’s an extreme example to use but like any online medium it is a risk. Any integration would need to involve a heightened level of monitoring of interactions without destroying the spontaneity of Second Life. That said, young people should have access to the superb educational resources on the main grid and should feel safe in the process. Achieving the latter without the former is a big ask indeed.

Is integration achievable? We’d like to know your thoughts.

Acknowledgement – the idea for this story came from an article run by SL Insider

As per the offical Linden blog, there’ll be six hours downtime for the upgrade of the grid – with viewer update required. The details of the new features / improvements can be found here.

The most exciting addition for a lot of users will be the embedding of the LSL Wiki into the browser.

According to the Official Linden Blog, restriction are being put in place to prevent advertising of simulated gambling i.e. casinos.

The response from users is mixed as always. A number make a fairly safe prediction – that gambling will just become more subtle and/or involve links to external websites. A number of others are jubilant that their lag issues on mainland sims is likely to reduce. What are your thoughts?

Firstly a disclaimer – if the below information has always been the case then I whole-heartedly put my hand up for being an unobservant, self-absorbed writer.

Over the weekend when teleporting I noticed some new text appearing during the teleport. Here’s one example:

Another one (and my favourite) is something along the lines of: “Every time you teleport, a prim dies”.

Would like to get your comments on other ones you’ve seen…