Socially|Mundane

And this is what it has come to.

It seems every single time there is a post on the Second Life, A.K.A. Linden Lab blog, there is a swarm of comments, 75% of witch are off-topic and 50% of those are downright rude, and another 50% of those are complete wastes of breath. Especially if the posts has anything at all to do with the actual grid itself.

So, based on this typical paradigm that seems to happen praactically every time,  Prosporo Linden has resorted to turning comments off, choosing instead to delay the opening of feedback just so that feedback can hopefully stay on-topic.

From Prosporo Linden:

"Update 2008-05-13 21:42 : I’ve temporarily closed off comments on this blog post so that the 150-comment limit isn’t used up with questions about current asset server problems; I want to save room in the comment thread for comments relevant to this topic."

Congratulations for a good idea, Prosporo. It is kind of sad to think you have to resort to such a tactic, but definately better than locking the feedback ability down completely. Hopefully, those who tend to vent will get the idea and at least try to keep whatever posting the do on the LL Blog on-topic.

Of course there are those who will complain...

"I have to post here [in this off-topic post] because the one I wanted to comment on is all filled up (or completely locked-out and doesn't allow comments.)"

Well, for those of you who do this... the reason the article you wanted to comment on is all filled up is because there are a limited 150 feedback slots and many, if not most are filled up by people doing what you are doing right now.

If the comments are turned completely off, it because of the majority of off-topic comments.

I liken it to the boat that is sinking and instead of bailing water, the occupants just try to move to a part of the boat that isn't under water yet.

Source:
Bugfix 1.21 Server Deploy Tue 05/13 - Thu 05/15 « Official Second Life Blog