I was not going to comment further on this thread, and won't to snoots anymore as i was never really responding to him anyways, but to point out to anyone interested, the true facts. I already knew he is a big inwz supporter and the only value in commenting to him personally would be to attempt to try and help him see the light, which is useless. I have seen this attitude in a few other inwz supporters.
Fortunately, Harriet, many ppl realize and have sought other alternatives.
My primary concern is to try and help, for my small part, others from being fooled and wasting their time. I cannot tell you how many ppl I met in my jobs there who made accts and rented lands only to learn quickly all was not as promised, and would be gone by the next time their rent was due, so often that Anyraya and I often commented on the lack of manners-)) I have those IM logs.
I went to the time and trouble to post some real numbers in this blog and they are there for ppl to see who can-))
I would much rather see ppl who are looking to find a way to leave sl find their way to the free metaverse and spend their efforts there. They will be happier, more free, and likely stay. The real issue is that when those sl folx go to the trouble, time and expense of going to inwz and get disillusioned they often go back to sl and forget all about the metaverse. I have seen this happens dozens of times personally, and the obvious total accts posted by inwz to the actual reality of active ppl there, attests to this happening in larger numbers.
Granted, dozens is not really all that much, but I am of the feeling that if I can open the eyes of only one more person, I think that is a very good thing to do-)) And truly, we are none of us talking about large numbers of ppl, but incrementally helping ppl to see the value in opensim and the metaverse as it is evolving. And evolving it is...yes, humans are still humans, and there will always be egos, bruised egos, strife, and misunderstandings, but that is part of evolution, also-))
As well, it is difficult for those who end up spending more time in any closed grids, as most of us know concerning sl, to leave our inventories and the associated real money spent to obtain them. So we must teach them they do not have to waste that time in the open metaverse. They can save all they do in oar files [and backup to some online resource], nothing is ever gone again, their time is not wasted, nor is there money, in a closed grid where they cannot get their much desired content, that they paid real money for, out.
The real problem is that so many sl ppl really do wish to find a way to continue in vw but need good reasons to leave sl. Costs should be highlighted, as they are, but also true and correct information needs to be --out there--. Ppl such as snoots wish to cloud the facts with disinformation, and I do understand that they like a certain grid [some promoting them to complete senselessness], but that is not what I think the rest of us should all be focused on.
There is currently a big push being done to help merchants find value in joining kitelys new market coming soon. Now, kitely is currently a closed grid, but they promise to HG rather soon after the market gets going and with content protections they have in place or will have in place with perms settings merchants can do. I see this as very positive for the future of the metaverse, and worth looking into. Kitely is on the cutting edge in this regard. This makes it valuable in the regard to getting merchants to venture out of sl, this is VERY important for the future of the open metaverse, VERY IMPORTANT. Many sl lovers simply will not leave sl when they cannot buy their favorite merchants content, kitely is the best choice for that to happen. From that launching point we will all benefit as kitely opens to the HG and those ppl explore the greater metaverse. I see this as a very bright future.
Good to meet yet another person whose eyes are open, Harriet-))