Land & Public Works

At the moment, East Sansara has almost zero protected coastlines, except for a few between it and the nearby "Islandia South" microcontinent (all named after artists) to the southeast of Sansara. On the World Map, East Sansara already appears to have such a coast, but it actually doesn't. The entire coastline is overdeveloped with private parcels and ban lines. No provision of a Protected Waterway was ever made, except for a short four region long strait at the west end of Islandia South. Boat-owning parcel owners on this faux eastern "coast" are basically trapped within their own parcels with no direct access to open seas. An east coastline would be wide enough to extend and join with nearby Ranch Homes continent's own waterway, which would be widened and shared between both continents, rather than being an exclusively Ranch only one. Islandia South could also be encircled with a perimeter of protected water channels/regions, allowing it's boat owning residents a way to explore further than their own tiny microcontinent. Similarly, Islandia North (the northeast sister microcontinent of Island South) could also be encircled too, allowing the movement of boats from a proposed eastern coast to Sansara's already existing northern coat, via Islandia North. Please consider building Sansara a fit and proper eastern coastline, something it has never had for the last 23+ years and is long overdue for.

At the moment, South Sansara has almost zero protected coastlines, except for a few around the rentable "Elements" regions near Bellisseria. On the World Map, Sansara already appears to have such a coast, but it actually doesn't. The entire coastline is overdeveloped with private parcels and ban lines. No provision of a Protected Waterway was ever made. Boat-owning parcel owners on this faux "coast" are basically trapped within their own parcels with no direct access to open seas. A southern coastline would give the Snowlands regions full north and south accessibility to boats and aircraft. Chamonix City could be encircled with a perimeter of protected water channels/regions, while allowing space for Chamonix City to expand further, should it wish to do so in the future. A southern coastline would link to existing protected coastlines north of Chamonix City that extend further north along the Snowlands, the Vehicle Testing Sandboxes, to Nova Albion, Bay City, the ANWR Channel and Heterocera continent. Please consider building Sansara a fit and proper southern coastline, something it has never had for the last 23+ years and is long overdue for.

In the past, support has previously said that they cannot handle abuse reports through the support portal. In addition, it is instinct for residents to file an abuse report for abusive content that is on Linden land. A recent clarification has been made on the forums (at https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/534114-horrible-building-in-newbrooke/page/2/#findComment-3079156 ) stating that abuse reports for Linden Home covenant violations need to go through the support portal in order to be routed to LDPW covenant enforcement team. This is really confusing, even to a veteran SL resident. No where in the covenant does it say that abuse reports for covenant violations need to be filed to the support portal. The only thing that is said is if you need help with your linden home. (Emphasis on "your", which implies only your linden home). Rephrasing it to something along these lines would really help clear up that discrepancy: "If you need help with your Linden Home, or to report Covenant violations:"

The north of Sansara continent has a great big gaping void in it which is unnavigable to both boats and aircraft. 'The Gap' is an uncompleted area of Sansara which essentially cuts northern Sansara into two halves, requiring a long detour south which makes journeys longer, more annoying and inconvenient with the continued presence of 'The Gap'. I propose that 'The Gap' be closed with a new extension to the existing Second Sea (aka Mare Secundum) and extend the Second Sea northwards, reducing journey times and route complexity. The extension to the Second Sea could also continue further northwards up to an estuary which splits into a T-shape for two additional channels. The first channel, a westward one, could become a second direct channel to (and from) Heterocera continent. This makes moving between the two continents much more easy than navigating boats and aircraft through Sansara's notoriously narrow inland protected waterways and allows a second option if the ANWR channel is offline for restarts etc. The second channel from the estuary, an eastward one, could bridge the Linden Estate regions together and allow navigation to them as they're currently isolated from the mainland northern regions by voids. Please consider filling 'The Gap' in Sansara with this Second Sea Extension, something it hasn't had for the last 23+ years and is long overdue for. Also, please consider the idea of a northern estuary and two channels which connect Heterocera and the Linden Estate to the Second Sea.

Second Life needs a Route 66. (Maybe 67 if calling it the real one is too much?) Like a fully signposted historic route that just goes through nearly everything on the mainland. People will come to drive the whole route as a cultural pilgrimage and people will want to set up roadside attractions and it would be like a homage to the real route 66. I don't think it would actually take too much work. We can piggy back off the existing road network and simply add some new signage. A few new bridges or tunnels might be necessary to connect some continents and make a long continuous route. But I think it would be worth it and make a huge new landmark/attraction in Second Life of sorts.

This feedback is in follow-up to my recent support ticket regarding the possibility of expanding navigable waterways across Mainland. In the reply to my ticket, I was encouraged to submit locations through Feedback where expanding waterways might be appropriate. Jeogeot is the first continent I am trying to explore for this purpose. I attempted to travel around Jeogeot by boat to identify specific regions where waterways are blocked or disconnected, but I found that this is an issue across much of the continent rather than at only a few individual locations. In several areas I tried moving my boat across land in edit mode so I could continue exploring from the next available waterway, but I was not successful. I also had difficulty finding public locations where I could rez my boat, which made exploring the existing waterways even more difficult. From what I have been able to explore so far, Jeogeot would benefit from considerably more connected navigable water. Where Linden-owned or protected land makes it possible, I would like to suggest reviewing the continent for opportunities to create or connect waterways and to add more public boat rez locations. Even relatively small connections between existing bodies of water could open up much larger boating routes and make Jeogeot much more accessible for boating and exploration. I have also attached an example image showing one area where the waterways are blocked or disconnected. This is just one example of the broader issue I encountered while trying to navigate Jeogeot by boat.

I've had premium for many years on several avatars and premium plus. I think all this time, I've gone once. Now, prices for premium have been raised with the excuse of these gifts. I think I've only gotten one or two in my entire time as premium, they were high land impact and not really useful to me, so I just don't bother. I'd rather pay less, or get or get more lindens instead of these gifts instead. They're not for me as a non-modern RPer nor are they for me as someone who plays exclusively male avatars and has no use for chick shit. On top of that, I never remember to go get them. So I would suggest, sending us a HUD whenever there's a new gift, and one in 15 days after it's released as a reminder, along with some in world message. Allow people in the hud to select what they want. If they don't want any of it, give them some amount of Lindens so they can put it towards something they DO want. Maybe ask them why they chose lindens instead to gain valuable data on what groups in SL are underserved wtih these gifts.

I'd love to suggest making The Tapestry of Time a permanent installation on the Mainland, rather than only making it accessible during the anniversary celebration each year. It's an incredible build that showcases the history and evolution of Second Life through the creativity of its residents. As well as historical exhibits that focus primarily on Linden Lab's development, the Tapestry of Time highlights resident-created content and the time capsules that document how our community has grown over the years. It's a unique celebration of the people who have shaped Second Life. I think moving it to a Mainland region would have two important benefits: * It would bring meaningful, high-quality content to Mainland areas that have become quieter over time, encouraging exploration and giving residents another reason to visit. * It would preserve and showcase the history of resident creativity year-round, emphasizing that Second Life's greatest strength has always been the community and the content its residents create. The Linden historical exhibits, such as the old building near Da Boom with the Apologetics Museum, are a wonderful reminder of Second Life's early beginnings. The Tapestry of Time complements that history by telling the story of the residents themselves, and it deserves to be experienced throughout the year, not just during the anniversary celebration.

For the past 21 years the intersection in Honawan and Tompson has been less than optimal, as it is very close to the region crossing. It is possible to turn right without entering Tompson, and it works the other way as well, but only with smaller vehicles, otherwise you need to enter Tompson and then cross back to Honawan because large vehicles can get stuck on the high curb. There is enough space on the protected land parcel for an open right turn on this roadway. If you could replace the curb at https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Honawan/200/252/109 with a flat prim, it would be a quick and sufficient solution so that we could make the turn without having to cross into Tompson and back to Honawan, or getting stuck on the curb. Thank you in advance.

Currently, there is enormous dissatisfaction among the merchant population with the inability to find readily available commercial stores in Ridgewood Enclave, where large tracts of them were dropped in the last year. When the Moles release entire sims' worth of the stores, inevitably at an inconvenient time zone for significant portions of the population, there is a mad scramble for them. Thus, few can obtain them in a fair and orderly manner, sometimes camping the store spawn for hours or even all day in the fever to get a scarce store. Numerous examples abound where a single person has grabbed more than one or two stores and uses alts and enlisted friends to sequester multiple stores under one brand without even an effort to make them different. Worse, when a store is abandoned, a throng of people can develop waiting in anguish for the 1.5 hours or more to elapse before the AVAILABLE sign appears. While the kiosks that now give lists of available stores are an improvement on the original insane scrum, in fact the available stores do NOT appear on kiosk lists WHEN abandoned but are only listed AFTER the AVAILABLE sign appears. Only by constantly paying attention to Bellisseria Merchants, a resident-run group which has taken over store registration, as well as other Bellisseria groups, can prospective store owners hear of an abandonment coming. The Premium Plus account of $15.99 a month, a substantial expenditure for many, has the feature of requesting certain exact Bellisseria homes by location, instead of accepting a random option from the web site. So there is no reason not to add requests of stores for Premium Plus. This could be done in addition to the "kiosk" available list and the "sudden large drops" by Moles. But ideally, ALL STORES SHOULD BE REQUESTED BY TICKET to reduce the amount of hoarding and sequestering of multiple stores under the same brand/group and more importantly, the stress of the survival of the fittest in the mob rush to get a store. The Lindens can either automate this random fulfillment of ticket requests if it seems like a burdensome chore, or advisedly, eyeball them to see if multiple requests by one person are occuring. A "first come, first serve" solution that would randomly deliver an available store to each person who filed a ticket would be more fair and more predictable for both residents and Lindens/Moles.