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Originally Posted by caroline ra 
Sarah and Hiro I sympathise completely. Its not necessarily the loss of money invested but the time and effort put in (with some ppl its 16 hrs a day) to create a pleasant environment for ppl, to mediate in residents disputes, to tidy up after griefers, to show ppl how to edit and build things etc. Doing LLs job for them I guess and its the callous lack of consideration for all this goodwill that stings most. |
Exactly! Making money was never the primary draw for me, though it turning a (very small - I could make more in a couple of hrs rl than I could per month in
SL) profit was part of the enjoyment. I enjoyed seeing the community grow and mature - most of my residents were more like friends than tenants - and at the point I shut up shop, about 75% had been with me for nearly 2 years! I never charged a 'purchase price', and I set my rent to match LL's tier structure. As much fun as it was, the way the tier increase announcement was handled rattled me enough to no longer feel confident to have so much of my money 'invested' in
SL, though I hasten to add it was a financial investment in 'fun'.