It's unrealistic to expect the CEO of Linden Lab to be more versed with his product that I am? Granted I've been in SL since 2003, but I'm just a resident. He has a helluva lot more of a vested interest in the product than I do.
And whatever you might believe, I wasn't being sarcastic. I may have been blunt.
As I already explained after Hamlet told me off (tho I've seen a LOT worse comments than mine on NWN, and even in this thread!), I was genuinely expressing surprise at his lack of knowledge of what I considered a major shift in the drive and direction of SL and the way that it has previously been marketed and positioned to new customers, entrusting the new user experience to existing residents and estates. An initiative that LL later all but killed off.
It certainly wasn't just some obscure little quirky historical blip of a feature that isn't worth his attention. Indeed, Rod himself thinks it would be cool. As it happens, so do I. Done right.
But there's the rub. I know where it went wrong last time. From first hand accounts from Lindens who were involved in implementing it and ultimately shelving it. Rod clearly doesnt. Which is exactly what I said. And as I elaborated, I'm just concerned this means his 'cool' 'new' idea could suffer the same fate through lack of knowledge of history.
But whutever. I see nothing has changed. Some of the names might be new to me, but it's the same circular arguments about the same stuff we were having 7 and 8 years ago, punctuated by the people complaining about the complainers.
Enjoy your "constructive and respectful dialog".
Maybe I'll check back in another few years to see if any of it amounted to anything.