More fun with Second Life today. A post on their aggregate weblog has announced that their local forum will be phased out.
Personally, this is mostly a good idea. The only reasons I use it today are the Personal Message system and perusing the scripting section. Both of these will be problematic going forward, but I’m going to inquire about hosting the existing (Scripting Library) content for the sake of sharing the information with the Teen Grid folks. That will likely require stronger controls about who’s allowed to post. Still thinking about it, and will inquire with Linden Lab…
As for the Personal Message system, I find it exceedingly useful to communicate with other SL residents offline (and in particular from work). This was crutial during my holding and maintenance of Numbakulla island, as the core officers are from the UK and I work 3rd shift EST. So I’m intensely curious how I’m going to be talking to folks offline from here on. The LibSL project is looking more useful than ever…
Anyway, slight rant over, off to craft an email or two…
–TSK