A couple days ago I started a petition that suggests to relief Second Life® based artists of some fees. There are a lot of people who's real life business isn't earning a penny during global corona shutdowns, so those who have small shops and brands on Second Life®, have to rely on that as their sole income.
That's pretty tough, it's life wrecking for some people, and in this case they are people who create all the beautiful and fun content we have on Second Life®.
Having used Second Life® for over 10 years professionally, I know what it is like, and I'm very much inclined to lend these creators a hand and an arm.
The petition has been slammed on the official Second Life® forums. People reacted very hostile toward this idea, some went as far as to abuse report me, in an attempt to muzzle me and shut down my method of reaching the community.
I believe that the message of my petition has been received, but it takes more than that. There also has to be way for those creators to make money.
That said, I will be moving our own wares out of the way in Arcadia, and offer the empty space of this extremely popular and high traffic area, to artists in need, who need every help they can get, where each artist may put one product for sale and there will be no rent or commission to pay.
I will follow up this blog post with another one that will detail how to reach out to me, and about the rules I come up with for being eligible to showcase and vend wares in the autonomous social centre of Arcadia.
Together, we will get through this.
That's pretty tough, it's life wrecking for some people, and in this case they are people who create all the beautiful and fun content we have on Second Life®.
Having used Second Life® for over 10 years professionally, I know what it is like, and I'm very much inclined to lend these creators a hand and an arm.
The petition has been slammed on the official Second Life® forums. People reacted very hostile toward this idea, some went as far as to abuse report me, in an attempt to muzzle me and shut down my method of reaching the community.
I believe that the message of my petition has been received, but it takes more than that. There also has to be way for those creators to make money.
That said, I will be moving our own wares out of the way in Arcadia, and offer the empty space of this extremely popular and high traffic area, to artists in need, who need every help they can get, where each artist may put one product for sale and there will be no rent or commission to pay.
I will follow up this blog post with another one that will detail how to reach out to me, and about the rules I come up with for being eligible to showcase and vend wares in the autonomous social centre of Arcadia.
Together, we will get through this.