DISQUS

hi, just responding to Skribe's comments. The sandbox is certainly the riskiest part of the island because it means the ABC allows visitors to take part in the creative process too. It seems to have become a social hangout space because of the freedom allowed (people can rez stuff from their inventory and create spontaneous parties and gatherings). The figures show that this is the most popular part of the island - precisely because of this freedom. We are as surprised as anyone by this - so it's certainly not a case that we're putting the sandbox there to inflate the figures. We're learning about this environment as we go - feedback from the community and the traffic figures help us work out what's working and what's not. So far our view is that while the sandbox brings risks, the benefits of the strong community that has built up and the interest in events, competitions, Prim School etc significantly outweigh these risks. We are still investigating the cause of yesterday's events but there is no indication that it was linked to the sandbox specifically. Always good to hear your thoughts, Skribe - keep them coming :)

hi Lowell,thanks for the story. Sorry - it's actually 8pm AEST (3am PDT) - I made a mistake and I've now changed the forum post too. So come along at 8pm if you're interested,

cheers, abi

great idea Skribe, thanks for that. any other thoughts anyone?

hi Lowell, yes indeed a minor meteor did strike. But we're taking the opportunity to rethink how the Unearthed club works - should we open it up as more of a welcoming social space? we want to have gigs there in the future but in the meantime, what kind of social hangout space do people want? any thoughts, ideas, suggestions gratefully received. Personally i quite like the new version (check it out - the flames have gone and it's a nice open space)...cheers, Abi

hi Lowell - great, thanks for posting this. Really useful to have a sense of the overall Aussie numbers. Sounds fairly small but of course this would be on a very steep growth curve too, I imagine,

cheers, Abi

By the way, I'm Abi Goldflake in-world so feel free to IM me, cheers, Abi Thomas

I work at the ABC and we are currently looking at setting up in SL - we'd love to be a destination for Aussie SL users - be a meeting place and offer something distinctively Australian. AFTRS already have an island (Esperance) and I know Telstra are in the process of developing a cluster of islands.