Allow last names from the previously retired names to be chosen. (paid membership perk idea)
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KaiAraIndigo Resident
You're adding all these perks in order to get more users and to get folks to upgrade their memberships. Have you at all considered opening up the previously retired last names to plus, premium and premium plus members? Do you have ANY idea how much revenue that would bring you? You wouldn't have to change what people pay for name changes, but just being able to choose a last name (for example, for married couples in SL, families, friends, MC's, clans, etc) There have been so many people that have come and gone in SL, last names really aren't something that is about clout of having an old name anymore. I hear people ALL THE TIME saying how they wish they could have the same last name as (insert people/partner/groups here) BUT being able to personalize your last name to further you being able to connect on another level with "your tribe" would be amazingly profitable. You'd have a drastic influx of income (In my opinion anyway) as a result of bringing back the ability to change names to some older options that already exist in world. I don't know how it'd work on your end, but it seems like it'd not be much to put this into play. It might even coax some older users to come back to SL. Just my two cents.
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Her Crush
Im desprateeeeee I got the fundsss T.T
Her Crush
Bring the last name Bae back so i can match my real life secondlife husbandddd please linden labs
Spidey Linden
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Adding legacy names back into the pot
Laufiair Hexicola
I would like to suggest adding all the legacy names to the account name change ability.
Dwight Clutterbuck
I've been Dwight Clutterbuck since my rez day ~18 years ago. More lately, I've been more known as Dwight Slade owing to my performing as a professional wrestler in SL, and having adopted that as my stage name. Though I did change my display name to reflect that, I would love to be able to change my account name as I more identify with the Slade surname now. Alas, it is one of the retired names that hasn't returned to circulation, and as such can't be done.
There are so many applications for this proposal, and very few (if any) real downsides. Upvote!
Kyle Linden
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Nikki Littlepaws
This would actually be really nice to have for those who want to get their old lastname on a newer account. It gets my upvote.
Snowlord Resident
It never hurts to suggest ideas and gather opinions. I personally don't want to see old names revised. it's similar to buying a one of a kind exclusive item then bringing it back out to sell to everyone, it just kind of takes away the uniqueness especially the further back you go. Reading the comments here I do agree that newer names aren't maybe as desirable as some older ones so perhaps we could get LL to add in a new lineup of more names in that old school vibe vs more recent fun ones like "bubbleybop" (madeup). I'd suggest other ideas for a family or clans to perhaps be able to gain by payment access to a submitted/approved name just for that family maybe but that gets super tricky on how to control both who initially could aquire it and also not being able to force one to change it if they go rogue. lots to ponder though.
Mona Eberhardt
Snowlord Resident being old enough to have a legacy last name, I can tell you I don't care one bit about the "scarcity" and "uniqueness" of it. As a matter of fact, my personal idea is as follows:
First of all: Reinstate the whole list of legacy last names and make it always available;
Second: Do NOT provide a list of first names;
Third: Upon sign-up (account creation), let the user choose their first name freely (without support for those goofy, unreadable, and horrible for text-to-speech accessibility aids characters) and give them the option to have a last name that's either "Resident" or one from the list of last names;
Fourth: Allow users to freely change their first and / or last name as many times as they want, for the same fee that applies now per name change, regardless of whether someone changes only their first name, their last name, or both, is about right;
Fifth: Every now and then, involve the users in the expansion of the list of last names; this can be done in any of the following ways:
a. Users will submit their ideas via a purpose-built platform that will open up at specific intervals (say, every three months) and a number of names (from three to ten) each round will be selected - perhaps by vote or through selection by a team of Lindens;
b. Users will submit their ideas via a purpose-built platform that will be open all the time and, every three months, the names collected will be presented to the user base for voting; of these names, those (three? five? ten?) that get the most votes will be added;
c. The Lab themselves can present a list of names for voting. The most popular will be added to the list;
Sixth: Offer users the option to have, for an additional fee on top of the one for renaming the account, a custom last name; this will be exclusive, and it can be made available only to avatars that are the requesting user's alts, and to avatars that belong to the requesting user's RL household.
Snowlord Resident
Mona I see both sides and even though I'm not old enough to have even had a legacy name, for the ones that don't want the change it's important to respect that for them. I'm not going to get into every point you made here. the majority of them would imo have been better in reply to the feedback itself vs my personal comment on it.
steph Arnott
Why would I change my name if married, that is antiquated veiws on ownership of a woman, property. This not two hundred years ago.
Tithe Vile
steph Arnott People might both change to something completely new to match. A man might change to match a woman’s name. Both people might be men or women and change out of personal reasons. This isn’t really the right venue to voice these concerns. Not really on topic with the proposed suggestion just an example used.
steph Arnott
Am at a loss as to why you can not understand that Linden Labs has to comply with laws and to comply it had to stop allocating family names of real world people. You have the option of creating a name in SL but not your account last name. Simple as that.
Eirynne Sieyes
steph Arnott - sometimes you just like the other name better. :D
Mona Eberhardt
steph Arnott here are some reasons that have nothing to do with marriage:
- You have decided to experience your SL in a different manner, and you want a new name to go along with this, in order to enhance your roleplay;
- You don't like the username you chose, because you chose it in a hurry or because it wasn't very well considered;
- You don't want the "Resident" bit and the current list of last names has nothing that feels "right".
Lacie Nolan
I been here will be 19 years next week, thats a looong time, and I have not met another 'Nolan' since 2006. There was lots of us back then, and over the years have dwindled down to what I see.....is just me.
I honestly don't want to see my last name being 'paid' for to become active again just cuz someone wants it now. What I would like is to see if someone from 2006 who has same last name is still around cuz we family!
There are constantly new last names coming up, for special holidays or events, and you can always put your own ideas of last names in an option too!
I've done that a couple times and mine hasn't been picked either, but who knows maybe some day.
And like it was mentioned, use of display names are popular for those ideas of family, partners and so on.
KaiAraIndigo Resident
Lacie Nolan That's interesting, how long would you actually sit and talk with someone who happened to have the same last name as you do? Or would it be more like, hey that's cool i haven't seen another Nolan in forever, hey cool we have the same last name! Kthxbai. You'd consider a total stranger who just happened to have your same last name as "family"? I also find it very interesting that you also suggested a last name but it hasn't been chosen yet, so how much are you truly attached to your current last name if you've considered changing it if they did approve your suggestion? I've already discussed my thoughts regarding display names, so I won't rehash that subject, but as I said.. to each their own opinions. :)
Lacie Nolan
KaiAraIndigo Resident exactly...we all have our own opinions, and just cuz I suggested a name doesn't mean I would actually use it, but would be cool to see that name here in SL.
But I'll stick with my opinion that displays names are better for what your suggesting. Seeing how many relationships and familys die off or break up often, why use an older timer name for that.
And far as the family comment I made, it is in a way cuz we all started same time with same last name, there is a history there we can talk about and laugh about how childish some of these new people are with crying over things they can't handle when we survived being blobs.
Darling Brody
Forget about the ability to use old last names, how about free form last names the same as we can with first names? If Linden Labs don't want people using old last names they can lock them out. I'm an 18-year-old account and I consider my date of birth to be my badge of honour/shame.
My frustration is that years ago somebody registered my business name because I didn't realize my business name had come up as a last name in the randomly released name selections. Having a free form last name would resolve these kinds of problems. people can create their account and business names together.
KaiAraIndigo Resident
Darling Brody I'm not interested in forgetting about it because I believe the suggestion is a good one. However I understand and respect your opinion on the subject. I do however completely agree with allowing users to create their own last names as they do in many other gaming platforms. I also agree that a rezdate is a much more realistic way of showing avatar age "clout" if there is such a thing. Too often people though assume a younger account not to be knowledgeable about the ins and outs of SL usage, and are snarky to others about things. Those who treat "noobs" badly are really just bullies hiding behind pixels anyway. I do understand your frustration at someone creating an account with your business name though, that really stinks, and those doing that sort of thing are usually the scammer type so I think you have a very good reason for wanting the change to last name as well. It's really unfortunate that happened. I think a lot of folks also don't realize that last names are released or forget to look and miss out.
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