Linden Lab extends classifieds

Back on 1 December, we contacted Linden Lab's Community Development Team to ask if they had any plans to provide refunds, rebates or extensions to those who had paid for classified advertising, but who were not able to benefit from it due to all the kerfuffle and excitement.

Unfortunately, the Community Development Team did not respond to our enquiries. Thankfully, for those who rely on classified advertising in Second Life, Jesse Linden has just announced that there will be a one-time, one-week extension to existing classified advertisements, to compensate for the last week of troubles.

Additionally, land-directory listing fees were not charged this week, as Search > Places continues offline. As Eloise Pasteur notes in her thoughtful op-ed piece, 170,000 people have now not seen the Search system fully functional, based on the available data on signups to Second Life.