✨ Feature Requests

What I mean by this is I wish we could mark group notices as types or topics so if you've already seen a certain group notice that is the EXACT SAME as one being sent out again tomorrow/later in the day, you can mark it so you won't receive it again. Stores send out reminders daily (or more often!) that I want to receive, but once I've received it, I don't need it again. This could be a tick mark that you click on that's on the group notice when it's sent out while you're online and you can quickly mark it so you won't receive that exact notice again, and a checkbox you can click on in notices when in the Group Notices tab for that group.

I'd like it if we were able to classify group notices into "types." I get notices from stores all the time that ask you to follow their social media and I'm already following them so it doesn't apply to me. If I'm part of a big group that sends out different types of notices, maybe I only want to receive some for specific events. Or groups can send out notices that fall under "reminders", "staff only", "for VIPs", "events", etc. Some of my groups I want to receive ALL group notices - this could be the default when first joining a group. You could perhaps manually select which ones you want to opt out of if you realize a group sends lots that aren't relevant to you.

Lately a lot of SL groups have been getting hit by spammers posting phishing links that look like real Marketplace stores. Here’s an example of the kind of thing going around: [12:16:37] Rẙaḽīể (ryalie): New store! Outfit + Shape, Everything is free, limited quantity https://marketplacsecondlife-style-body-mesh-catwa-185089.store It’s clearly meant to trick people, and residents are falling for it because it looks close-ish to a legit SL URL. People are losing their Lindens because their accounts become compromised, thinking they’re logging into a trusted site. The scammers then use those compromised accounts to spam other groups (sometimes even pay-to-join ones), which just keeps the cycle going and leads to more stolen Lindens and MORE hacked accounts. My suggestion is to remove clickable URLs in group chat and IMs unless they’re from trusted sites. Maybe have a whitelist for known, safe domains like: marketplace.secondlife.com secondlife.com community.secondlife.com flickr.com primfeed.com gyazo.com Or other KNOWN and trusted sites. Everything else could just show up as plain text or with a warning before opening. Other possible options could include: color-coding links (safe ones in green, unverified ones in grey or red), adding a short delay before opening non-trusted URLs (“This link will open in 5 seconds”), or even giving users a setting in Preferences to allow clickable links from trusted domains only. This would stop a lot of the spam and protect people from phishing. It would also cut down the workload for in-world group moderators (who constantly have to boot spammers) and reduce support tickets from compromised accounts; meaning less work for your support team, cost savings for you, and a safer experience for everyone. Thank you!

I would like to suggest that Second Life add a clear way to report groups directly. Right now, residents can report individual people, but there does not seem to be an easy way to report a group itself. This becomes a problem when a group is being used for harassment, inappropriate content, scams, hate, impersonation, or other harmful behavior. I understand that Second Life allows adult groups and adult content in the right places. That is not the issue. The concern is when groups go too far or are used for content that should not be allowed, such as sexualized age-related content, bestiality-related content, extreme inappropriate themes, or other rule-breaking material. Sometimes the issue is not just one resident. It can be the group as a whole, including the group name, description, image, notices, roles, chat, or the way the group is being used. Residents should have a simple way to report a group when the group itself is violating the rules or being used to cause harm. This could be added as a “Report Group” button on group profiles, similar to how residents can report individual resident profiles. Suggested Report Reasons Possible categories could include: Harassment or targeted abuse Inappropriate group name, image, or description Sexual content that violates Second Life rules Age-related sexual content Bestiality-related content Hate or discriminatory content Scams or fraud Impersonation Spam Other rule violations Why This Matters Adding a report option for groups would make it easier for residents to report harmful or rule-breaking group activity without having to guess which individual person to report. It would also help Linden Lab review groups that are being used to harass, mislead, target, or promote content that should not be allowed. Suggested Feature Add a “Report Group” button to group profiles with report categories for harassment, inappropriate content, prohibited sexual content, scams, impersonation, hate, spam, and other rule violations.

Group notices currently allow more text to be entered than will actually display once posted, so the end of longer notices gets silently truncated. This suggestion is for LL to add a character limit (or live character counter) on the notice creation window that matches the actual display limit so that way creators know up front when their text will be cut off, rather than discovering it after the notice goes out.

I created a group several years ago for my store, and I wish I had the ability to change the group name (to remove brackets, change a word, etc.). I'd even be willing to pay a small fee for this (similar to changing my avatar name, but maybe payable in Lindens...like paying to partner/unpartner).

A way to organize joined groups would be so handy. Alphabetical order only goes so far, especially when you're in lots of groups and a lot of them use special characters so it breaks everything out of order. I find it quite chaotic to look through my full groups list for the tag I need because of this. Having the ability to create folders to seperate shopping groups from RP groups for example would make it easier to find what someone needs, because there'd be less names to read at a glance in a folder.

Would be great to allow for grouping / categorization of groups - not so much an issue when you have just a handful of groups, but when you have >20 or 30 - categorizing would make it easier to manage them. Could be helpful for CSRs of multiple groups as well. The categories should be user defined and it should be easy to move a group from one category to another. The default option would be that the group isn't categorized.

Give group owners an optional ability to toggle on 2 factor authentication to be activated on someone's account as a requirement to join a group. Two many people are falling for those phishing links and this may encourage them to sign up for some form of 2 factor. Plus in some ways this may make it slightly more difficult (yes I know it may still be possible) for those who are doing those phishing links to even join random groups and trick those who aren't using common sense. Would be nice to see more actually using 2 factor. This should be fully optional for the group owner to enforce and be part of the permissions for group roles. Also if this is added also include a message so the users knows if they try to join a group that requires it if they do not have it activated on why they can't join and how to activate it.

Have the ability for links given in groups to be marked as " Safe" or " unsafe (possible scam)" so non technical people can judge if they want to click the link or not.