✨ Feature Requests

Add a function in the client for users to print an item-type icon into chat and notecards. Maybe it can be implemented as Emojis in the CHOOSE EMOJI floater under a new section at the top simply called 'Second Life'? The most beneficial use case for being able to print item-type icons into chat would be for instructors helping new players in a chat-only environment or when giving out an instructional notecard. The instructor would be able to print the item Emoji preceding the string/name of the inventory item so that it visually appears in chat or notecard as it appears in your inventory. Here is an example of text using normal emojis in place of the item-type icons for Object, Alpha, and Clothing: ===== EXAMPLE USE / PRETEND THIS IS A NOTECARD :D ===== Add these items to your avatar: • 📦 Sleeves • 🥅 Sleeves Alpha To complete the look, add the clothing layers in this order: 👚 Bra 👚 Button Up 👚 Vest =============================================== Obviously, we can kiiiiind of achieve what I'm suggesting with normal emojis but it would be most helpful to have access to the -actual- SL icons for more accuracy across third party viewers and operating systems.

Please allow the bass clef emoji to display, especially for those who wish to use it in group titles (to denote their musical instrument for example).

https://soundcloud.com/talia-tokugawa-burn/second-life-inclusivity I’m sharing a podcast that distils the results of an in-depth investigation, comprising: * Over 60,000 words of conversation and analysis with ChatGPT * Direct correspondence with Linden executives * Numerous support ticket threads * Transcripts from 24 of the most content-rich Second Life YouTube sessions (roadmaps, Lab Gabs, SLB speeches, etc.) This effort was inspired by Philip Linden’s call for socially and psychologically impactful proposals. The result includes several tangible, actionable ideas — particularly around inclusivity, neurodiversity, bots, and community moderation policies. ❗ A Candid Note This podcast is not promotional, and I won’t pretend Linden Lab comes out of it glowing. But that’s the point: I raise these concerns not to criticise destructively, but to help diagnose what’s failing and offer ways forward. This is not AI hallucination. It’s AI used as a translation layer — a way for me, a neurodivergent person, to make my observations more accessible to a neurotypical audience. In many ways, ChatGPT has been my interpreter where people weren’t willing or able to listen directly. 🧠 Reflections on Communication Culture in SL I care deeply about Second Life’s potential. It should be a space where connection and creativity flourish — not one where people are excluded, blocked, or marginalised for simply being different or direct. Too many feature requests in recent years focus on reducing communication: * Stronger blocking tools * More ways to mute, filter, and silence * Mechanisms for removal and exile These can be necessary in certain contexts. But used poorly or without reflection, they create islands of silence and misunderstanding, not safety. 🤝 A Final Request Before asking for “better block tools,” please consider this: * Could the issue be a misunderstanding, not malice? * Could a simple conversation resolve it? * Could someone be trying to connect, but struggling to be heard without an interpreter? And most critically: * Do we risk enabling the weaponisation of silence? I hope you’ll listen to this podcast not as a complaint, but as an invitation — to reflect, to improve, and to build a Second Life that truly lives up to the ideals of inclusion, understanding, and collaboration. Thank you for your time and consideration

Is there a way to add the ability to react to messages in IMs and Group chat? Like the same way you can in places like discord or FB? I don't know if this has been asked before. I did a quick search but I don't know how in depth that is.

Okay, so here in Second Life we basically only have two options when it comes to messages. Either you get messages from someone or you block them completely, doesn’t matter if they’re on your friends list or not What we really need is something in between! Like how it works on Discord for example. There, you can just ignore people, even your friends. Everything still works the same, but once you set them on ignore-mode, you stop getting popups, sounds, flashing alerts or any of that stuff. You still get their messages, but you won’t even notice until you actually open the chat and look Total peace and quiet until you decide to deal with it! And the best part? They never even know they’ve been on ignore

Currently Traffic Generation for sims is broken and a misrepresentation of activity. To improve upon this, there is the following proposal: An invisible timer that counts down since the last non-scripted action (Talking, moving, clicking, etc.) after 10-20 minutes of inactivity the avatar will stop generating traffic until an action is performed to reset the timer once more. Promoting active communities and social activities and draw individuals closer together. An additional counter next to traffic in the search function showing how many avatars are on-sim at the moment. This allows individuals to look for active sims that work within a resident's timezone. Traffic generation this way should have the intention to draw the social and active parts of second life closer together and reward active social spaces more. Traffic should be an indication of social hotspots and active places within second life. Feedback is appreciated and I'm hoping to open a discussion on this topic.

Today LL is offering Billing Support via phone, and also Concierge for Premium users. Very convenient for those who live in the US or Canada (other countries?) but can be very expensive for others in the world, this on top of the possibly inconvenient hours when it's open due to timezones. I understand that it can be difficult and / or very expensive to change the hours, and also to open up phone support in other parts of the world. What should be possible however, is to offer VoIP to make it affordable if not even free to call you from wherever in the world. I don't know which such solutions might be good for you, but I'm sure you can find out some good options. I am aware that there are some services out there that supposedly let you call US numbers via VoIP, but looking at the options I find for it I can't tell how much they can be trusted. If you know any such services that can be trusted, it would be great if you could publish a guide for that, and link to it from wherever you have the phone numbers published.

As of this writing, residents can engage in abusive behavior by sending L$ to people who have blocked them. This enables the unwanted receipt of messages from blocked parties using the L$ Pay notes as an attack vector. When someone is blocked, all methods of communication or interaction should be prohibited at the forefront. People circumventing this are not only harassing people, but exploiting a safety exploit in the payment system to continue harassing people, which given the negligble cost of L$ on an individual level, these attacks could be persistent.

It would be great to get a June 2025 Refresh of these numbers for the community. Additionally with brackets for 25K, 50K and 75K included. These were used in the article here - > https://venturebeat.com/games/linden-lab-has-spent-1-3b-building-second-life-and-paid-1-1b-to-creators/ Screenshot of the grid for the SL numbers attached (can be just SL numbers).

I have tried to raise this through tickets and it gets ignored. I pay for Premium Plus and am not going to pay for an international call to get support, but Live Chat NEVER works, I get no response from a live agent. I am beginning to wonder what I am paying for.