New Zoning and Advertising Restrictions in Second Life

Today on their blog Linden Lab released a post about the Mainland in Second Life. The mainland in Second Life now has over five thousand regions. Linden Labs will more actively manage mainland areas from now on. Abandoned land will be recycled more quickly and the goal will be stability. And of course they want to stabalize the value of mainland virtual real estate.

Second Life Residential, Commercial, Advertising Crackdown

Subdivisions and marketing/advertising should see the hardest crackdowns. I would compare it to a homeowners association. The most surprising thing is the change of zoning creating residential areas, commercial areas, and no advertising areas. I and many residents do not look forward to these changes as they are a further restriction on freedom which is what makes Second Life so great.