Archive for January, 2008

503 errors, is anybody home?

The 503 errors have now got beyond absurd. There have been no recent updates about it, some people are telling me that they’ve had support tickets closed and told the issue has been resolved.
The issue is far from bloody resolved, the website is a very important part of Second Life and yet, this error just […]

503 interlude

There’s a decided reluctance at LL for them to blow their own trumpet on the blog. They are almost like the shy kid at school whose achieved some kind of wonderful but doesn’t want to look like a girlie swot in front of his mates.
In a week where I’ve seen a mall owner apparently take […]

Directing Traffic

The time has come to eliminate traffic as a tool for checking how popular a place is. Traffic is so gamed that it no longer serves a useful purpose. Bot farms, camping, money trees all designed to boost traffic, but in a mall, it’s how many people shop that matters.
Traffic should go the way of […]

Premium membership?

The big news of course is regarding banks. LL’s new policy regarding banks has caused a run on the banks and over at SL Capex many companies have ceased trading whilst JTF bank have closed withdrawals until noon today SL time (maintenance is on until then anyway) and when withdrawals are back open they will […]