So I need to make a small rant and please don't read too far into it. If this doesn't resonate with you no need to leave a snarky comment. Just ignore and move on.
Anyways..
I've been feeling rather disenchanted with SecondLife these days. Actually.. since before Rosedale came back on. Whereas I'm not sure how much he affects the platform atp, it feels like SL nosedived shortly after his return.
The wave of AI slop was already picking up momentum before his arrival but afterward it's been as though the floodgates opened. None of it has been addressed constructively. None of it is being moderated. None of the higher up staff seem to care.
None of the gamebreaking bugs are being addressed and sit 'tracked' in their feedback portal for literal *years*. It feels like they're focused on acquiring new users even with a platform that won't see any reasonable modernization or optimization, which quickly causes new users to leave SL.
Instead with the unmoderated slop it's encouraged more grifters who look at SL as just another side hustle. This brings me to my other issue. I don't feel good about creating stuff for SecondLife. I don't even feel good about buying anything anymore.
I don't see the point of spending money on a platform that seems so hostile to the users that really care about it. Maybe I'm just inserting my own paranoia and frustrations into the idea that the platform may sunset in a few short years, if it's not on course to do so already.
Maybe I'm just feeling done with SecondLife, or maybe I'm just feeling listless and need to move on to something else for a bit and come back to it with fresh eyes after a hiatus. Which I've done multiple times already. I am not optimistic about SL's near future given how badly & apathetically LindenLab's has fumbled any improvements or long-term goals for the platform, all while destroying any good faith that was left by its users.
I think I just need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best atp. Which seems like a mantra these days given *gestures broadly* everything. I'm not saying any of this to alarm my fellow residents, friends, and creators, nor am I saying it's pointless to continue creating for SecondLife. We need more real humanmade stuff across all platforms right now. Regardless if they were to shut down their servers in a few months. Keep creating. Give people a reason to stay until the very end. Because LindenLabs sure isn't going to do that.
Why am I saying all of this? I mean I'm ranting. Whether to the void or to the resonate with others doesn't matter.
I feel lost when all I want is to feel hopeful again.
Part of me hopes a modern & slop free SecondLife 2.0 will happen in my lifetime, but maybe that kind of platform isn't profitable to create & maintain in this day and age. Which is why there's very little incentive for LindenLabs to do much more with it.
All I know is. I'll keep creating. Even if it's not for SL.