Restore "Mole" & "LDPW" names back to Second Life
SarahKB7 Koskinen
The "Mole" last names are being replaced with ordinary Last Names.
The Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW) too is becoming "Second Life Studios".
Both actions will destroy decades of Mole/LDPW tradition.
What will Bay City's 2027 "Mole Day" become known as? "Second Life Studios Day"? Bleh.
What will happen to the Mole Mart store in Leafminer? What happens to "Mole Island" at Meauxle Bureaux?
How will we keep track of historic "Mole Builds" in Second Life if their builders are getting ordinary names?
Becoming a "Mole" was something for Residents to aspire to. Now you're taking this specific name and honour away from us who have the qualities to earn respected role and title.
To Linden Lab: Please reverse these terrible, damaging and frankly disrespectful name changes that ruin SL's history, traditions and identities.
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Shan SpiritWeaver
Taking away the Mole last names and the LDPW, would take away the magic of Second Life.... Or at least some of it.... For those of us who have finally gotten to see what they do is pretty cool..... PLEASE SAVE THEM AND THE LDPW
Max Chatnoir
Please allow the regular contractors to be identifiable.
SarahKB7 Koskinen
Max Chatnoir I've had another Canny Request idea for that: https://feedback.secondlife.com/feature-requests/p/second-life-viewer-nametag-colouring
Doris Blossom
I am deeply saddened and frustrated by this decision. What is the point of forcing the Moles to use ordinary resident names? Whoever thought of this completely misses what makes our community special, and they seriously need to rethink it. Come on—they have helped us so much for years. Stripping away their unique identity feels incredibly disrespectful to their hard work, and it breaks my heart to see their legacy erased like this.
AlettaMondragon Resident
Doris Blossom Sadly it looks like that is exactly the reason. Someone at the Lab must have hated Michael a lot, because now they are trying to erase his legacy. Now that Patch isn't in the way of that, they are doing whatever they want to make it look like Michael, Patch and the LDPW never existed. For example they removed Patch's statue from the fantasy community center. I guess the mole statues will vanish from here soon as well.
SarahKB7 Koskinen
AlettaMondragon Resident Patch's statue is still there, it's been shrunk down and hidden inside the plinth it used to stand on. The Mole which stood alongside Patch has been supersized and stands alone there now. These are not new statues, they're the originals from 2021.
AlettaMondragon Resident
SarahKB7 Koskinen WOW! This is really sneaky to hide the statue like this. Thank you for pointing it out, I thought they just removed it. Still, hiding it just because he isn't with the Lab now is a really bad thing to do. His work is a part of SL's history and SL wouldn't be the same without it, so this statue should be visible here as it used to be.
Radioactive Rosca
One more journal is speaking about this petition: http://thebbbbug.com/gazette.html
Chaconia Resident
My vote has been removed
SarahKB7 Koskinen
Chaconia Resident It hasn't. It's halfway up the list.
Ethan LeSabre
I'm not a big "community" member, so I don't often get involved in these sorts of things. But scrapping the Mole surname seems like a petty change for change's sake. If someone doesn't want the name on their main avatar then they can always create an alt or it can be an optional change that the user can opt-in to.
It's either that or LL need to widen the scope of the Linden name, but either way there needs to be a clear, easy, and instant way for anyone - from brand new residents who joined three days ago to 20 year veterans - to identify people who have some sort of role or responsibility.
When I walk into a store I look for someone with a name tag. If I need a police officer then I look for the uniform, if I'm in a MMO I look for the "Mod" or "God" tag. In SL it's Linden or Mole as a surname. If LL aren't willing to allow the name to continue despite its long and storied history then I expect both of my Premium Plus fees to be used to help employ more Lindens to make up for the the removal.
sirhc DeSantis
Hmmm I missed a bit but - The change from LDPW to 'something corporate' smells as bad as the recent reality exploit TV thing. So - against. Too much 'I have done something for my CV'. Bit like Lua, Pbr......Whooshed in. did the minimum to tick a box, job done.
On the moniker 'Mole' - is it being retired? My only personal experience of the name change was the Mole in question was happy - they chose a brill name and meant no longer bothered by eedjits. I respect that. Because I was under the impression they had a choice. Was a good choice of rename in that too =^^=
But what do I know. Still a noob. And as the vote is so very LL one way only with reticence - vote. With paws around muzzle
Porky Gorky
STOP FIDDLING WITH OUR MOLES!
Bondette Aftermath
Following Arabella's blog, cherish the moles!
Shield Markus
Catching up on this stupidity. Restore Moles! I like to see them as creators of SL identified as such. If its some California crap about employment I hope they get a raise and more perks. Keep the name for them please! Or I can demand LL to do it. Some of us nearly 20 years here have to get some recognition we care. I do care that Moles are named that way.
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