Users weigh in on Second Life's upcoming content policies

As you may recall, just over a week ago, I put a poll out there asking people what their opinions were about Linden Lab's upcoming content policies for Second Life. Not why they thought the policy was being made, but how they felt personally about it.

The overall balance of responses varied a fair bit for the first hundred or so votes, but the proportions settled down and remained remarkably consistent throughout the next couple of hundred votes through to the end.

In total, 347 votes were cast, as you see above.

6.9% didn't feel strongly either way, or felt that it had no impact on them.

10.4% approved of the changes just as they were.

If some minor fixes or clarifications were to be made satisfactorily, that rises to 23.4% approval.

Overhauling various blockers/methods that people are concerned about would bring that up to an overall 40.1% approval (or 47% if you add in the people who don't care either way).

Those who feel opposed to the idea, or wish it were being handled in some entirely different way total 52.1%.

So, the majority of those polled seem to feel that the plan stinks, but it isn't a very large majority. Almost as many people can be won over by by suitable adjustments and clarifications. Improved lines of communication at this point could create the circumstances where the Lab gets that support.

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