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1. Linden Lab - Ban roaming bots from Second Life

   I'm curious why we have no documentation, detection, or even other people with experience with this second bot flag you experienced. Could it have been a glitch or something LL did specifically to your account(s)?

2. Payment on File

   Typically , if an account doesn't have payment on file , it's a throw away seggs alt , a troll , a noob who hasn't spent money yet , or a some form of testing account . People who stick around SL will almost always have payment info on their profile at some point , unless attempting to hide something . Like the fact that they're a throw away seggs alt , a troll , or a free loader who never spends money in SL, yet feels entitled to the same benefits or reverence as those who do contribute. It does feel like a breach of privacy , but at the same time , it's a huge sign when deciding if someone is worth dedicating time to in SL. I would be more for hiding account age than I would for hiding payment info, and they're both used in similar deduction methods when determining whether someone is a troll, throw away seggs alt , or noob.

3. We need advertising campaigns on television for the Second Life

   Nicely put. Possibly difficult to express in a short ad, but this is, I think, something like the truth.

4. Premium+ renewed after failed payment and downgrade

   if you were not in time to downgrade, that is the SL time, not your time, you won't downgrade now, but at the new renewal date. You should be able to see that date on your accountpage. When you renewed, and canceled, you indeed wont be able to get land again, so cancel the downgrade at your accountpage, and you'll be able to aquire a LH again. To downgrade put a note in your schedule, release the land and select downgrade one or two days prior to the renewal date.

5. We need advertising campaigns on television for the Second Life

   In my opinion, advertising SL on the basis of sexual expression alone would be high risk and ultimately counter productive. Yes sex exists in SL, but SL isn’t a sex platform. It’s a world where we can embody a persistent identity, and vulnerability carries no real physical or reputational risk. Ultimately, again just in my opinion, SL allows us to fulfill unmet intimacy needs, and eroticism and sex are important ways for us to express that intimacy. Maybe we could advertise SL as a place where identity and relationships can persist, and embodiment is safe enough for intimacy to express itself.