With the announcement of Linden Labs raping vendors charging new fees as a method to manage freebies (and hitting everyone up with a monthly listing fee), I am being forced to move my products to another service. Apparently, my “clutter” – as they’re directly using for unsold items and indirectly for anything not expensive – is being an eyesore to the poor, poor users who do not know how to use a rudamentary search engine.
1. There’s an ‘advanced’ option with the XstreetSL marketplace where you can set your price range to search, thereby effectively eliminating anything at the free, dollarbie, or so forth mark.
2. When the residents asked for a better search system, they were hoping that LL would actually look at coding and the mechanics, not removing listings.
3. Colossus Linden kept asserting in the XStreetSL forum thread that people could still offer their “generosity” in world. She seems to completely disregard the fact that if you a. need land to put out products, b. a premium account to own even a 512 plot, and c. if you want to be seen in the in-world search, you have to pay a fee. The only other option is to rent, which costs money. The startingentrepreneur is kicked down even before they have any stable footing.
4. My freebies are NOT, N-O-T, NOT MARKETING TOOLS! They are intended to help new players get into character for roleplay!
Anyways, I will let you know when the Apez (and any other) sites are up and running. Until then, I can be found in world.
