Second Life politics

Posted on | August 23, 2006 | No Comments

while the grid was down for maintenance during most of the evening (CET), I found this Second Life Herald-article about the Second Life Liberation Army. the SLLA basically demands Linden Labs to establish a referendum on the recent changes in account-registration. besides their goal to unwind the abolition of enforcing payment-information, they further claim the right in ‘owning’ a share of Linden Labs for all residents. while the latter sounds way over-the-top, I’m sure Linden Labs will eventually have to introduce a global voting system in the not too-distant future.

however, since the SLLA seems not to be of the patient kind ; they started in-world military action only 10 days after proclaiming their initial manifesto. in a first run, they stopped commerce at the American Apparel store by griefing away potential customers – see coverage from SLAA and Aimee Weber, the designer of the store. while it’s pretty clear that the involved parties are not too dead-serious about the strike (rumours claim that the assault even earned AA some badly needed PR and traffic), the underlying issue remains: how and when will Linden Labs be able to transform SL from a ‘friendly dictatorship’ to a truly democratic system?

in other news, Mark Wallace from 3pointD transcribed SL Community Convention’s keynote speech given by Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Labs. furthermore, SL Herald has some pics from the event.

 

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