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Originally Posted by Anya Ristow  If showcase is supposed to be a list of the best-of- SL, then the only relevant question is, does rezzable's stuff belong on that list, instead of something else?
I don't particularly trust LL to pick things that are genuinely the best of SL, and it's suspicious that another rezzable sim made the list, given that the list is very short, but someone has to create such a list, and which resident do you think will be more impartial than LL? I started work on such a project and I found it way too much work for one unpaid person. LL has more reason to create such a list than I do.
Someone has to address the problem of people arriving after signup, getting bored and leaving. A useful list is more important than a fair list. Do you really think the resident is well-served if they are directed to Coco's Cottages rather than Greenies? |
Well, LL thinks it is impartial. Amazingly.
Truth is, NO one could "impartially" pick out a handful of stores and other places to send residents to, and have that not be anything but way out of scale, way arbitrary, and way full of problems regarding favoritism. And definitely not free from influence from those who wish to be on the list.
You just can't pick a few hair stores out of hundreds and think that is some sort of "impartial" thing and tout them as the best, because they simply will not be "the best" - there really is no such thing. And if you try, it means those lucky hair stores will get all the business. They get free advertising and promotion, the likes of which is just an incredible windfall. And it isn't because they are the best, or the most deserving.
If the goal is to provide an easy-access list of fun and/or interesting things to do (assuming that is a must-have thing), the idea many of us were pushing is to put only non-commercial venues on the list.
A place that is fun and interesting - such as Greenies - could still make the list, simply by moving their commercial store part to a different parcel. Even a different parcel of the same sim. Even with a notecard saying that things can be bought at this other location. That wouldn't be too much of an onus on anyone. Greenies itself - the part that LL is sending people to - would be a separate non-commercial destination, serving to entertain residents.
Or they can get themselves on Spotlight, charge to enter, and rake in the bucks.
And Greenies is just one of the IFFY cases. I totally fail to see any reason at all why residents should be directed to particular hair or fashion store over the others.
In my opinion, the resident IS well-served being directed to Greenies, and to similar places - if you must direct residents anywhere - as long as the place isn't a store. Rezzable is well-served when the Lindens direct people to their stores, or to their pay-to-enter venues.
The resident is not well-served to be directed to one hair, fashion, or furniture store over another. Those aren't even "fun" or "interesting" experiences. In fact, the resident is rather ill-served, since such an endorsement and promotion indicates there is something wonderful and special about those stores compared to others, and there isn't.
The resident would not be well-served to be directed to Coco's Cottages, either. There is nothing about Coco's Cottages which makes it special compared to all the other wonderful, equally-deserving house stores. To arrive at a house store, all you have to do is put "houses" into search, and voila - there is your shopping experience.
And how about the residents who run stores? They are residents,too. They certainly are not well served by the Lindens directing sending all the customers to their competition.
The real question is WHY. Why are they doing this. I don't buy that it is because they simply must have something to keep residents (who apparently can't use search) from being bored and leaving.
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