Its hard for me to comment on this. And I probably shouldn’t even add anything to the conversation, but I suppose I will anyways. The biggest issue recently in the kids communities of SL involve LL’s decision not to permit kids to fully participate in their upcoming fifth birthday celebration. A lot of people and talking and writing about it and getting all fired up and I feel I need a space to just write for a moment about why I don’t feel the same as many of my closest friends.
In many ways what LL does just doesn’t matter a lot to me. I’m cold to LL. I see others get fired up over these issues, and I just can’t. I just don’t feel that fire about this stuff. Its not that I don’t want to, I just don’t. I don’t give a damn about LL really, and I’m not saying that with anger either. Its just not that important to me.
I care about Danny and Pix and about two dozen other amazing friends, and that’s what keeps me ticking in SL. I just don’t really have the heart to care that much about what LL does. I’m here for my friends, and if they left SL suddenly, I’d never sign in again. Its all about them. So when LL does something stupid, says something hateful, or does something unfair, as long as I can still sign in and be on Kikai or at Aspens, and close to the ones I love when I need them or they need me, then I just really don’t care that much what LL thinks or does.
I guess I just believe in the connections and friendships I’ve made in SL. And I believe that those bonds are bigger than SL. If SL went bankrupt tomorrow and disappeared suddenly from the internet, I believe that many of those friends I’ve made would still be there. We’d find some other place. Some other way. I know we would. And as long as I know that, then I’m happy.
I’m thankful for those who do and who fight for what’s right in SL. But - for better or worse - I just don’t share that passion to actively join them. Maybe that makes me a passive little wimp, but I’d rather just cuddle up close to Danny or another close friend with the few precious minutes I get to be in SL than to spend them fighting against LL. That’s just me.
I hope I haven’t offended anybody too seriously, and I fully support all the great things our kids community is doing. I’m just remaining a silent supporter in this one.