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  1. CW: Account getting away with way subpar alt-texts only because it's too niche with too few followers; CW: long (over 1,700 characters), Fediverse meta, alt-text meta, image description meta, character limit meta
    I've just discovered a certain Mastodon account that seems to automatically post images of Second Life avatars. It can be lucky to only have eight followers, one of them being a search engine, the others being Second Life users.

    If it had more follower, it would certainly already have met the wrath of the wider Mastodon community, especially the Mastodon HOA, for breaking Mastodon's unwritten rules.

    And I'm not even talking about nigh-nudity in some of the images with no warning, no image flagging, no hashtag. I'm talking about the alt-texts that are vastly below Mastodon's requirements and quality standards for alt-texts.

    Granted, all things considered, the requirements for good image descriptions by Mastodon's standards have to be extremely hard and tedious to meet, at least by my personal estimations. In fact, they have to be impossible to meet on Mastodon itself due to its tiny character limit, and if this account was somewhere where it could meet these requirements, it'd probably be blocked by loads of Mastodon accounts for its excessively long posts due to the long image descriptions.

    But if more Mastodon users knew it right now, it'd probably be blocked by many more Mastodon accounts than follow it.

    If you post from virtual worlds into the Fediverse, you simply cannot win in the long run. You'll lose either way.

    #SecondLife #Metaverse #VirtualWorld #VirtualWorlds #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Mastodon #MastodonHOA #MastodonCulture
  2. CW: Account getting away with way subpar alt-texts only because it's too niche with too few followers; CW: long (over 1,700 characters), Fediverse meta, alt-text meta, image description meta, character limit meta
    I've just discovered a certain Mastodon account that seems to automatically post images of Second Life avatars. It can be lucky to only have eight followers, one of them being a search engine, the others being Second Life users.

    If it had more follower, it would certainly already have met the wrath of the wider Mastodon community, especially the Mastodon HOA, for breaking Mastodon's unwritten rules.

    And I'm not even talking about nigh-nudity in some of the images with no warning, no image flagging, no hashtag. I'm talking about the alt-texts that are vastly below Mastodon's requirements and quality standards for alt-texts.

    Granted, all things considered, the requirements for good image descriptions by Mastodon's standards have to be extremely hard and tedious to meet, at least by my personal estimations. In fact, they have to be impossible to meet on Mastodon itself due to its tiny character limit, and if this account was somewhere where it could meet these requirements, it'd probably be blocked by loads of Mastodon accounts for its excessively long posts due to the long image descriptions.

    But if more Mastodon users knew it right now, it'd probably be blocked by many more Mastodon accounts than follow it.

    If you post from virtual worlds into the Fediverse, you simply cannot win in the long run. You'll lose either way.

    #SecondLife #Metaverse #VirtualWorld #VirtualWorlds #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Mastodon #MastodonHOA #MastodonCulture
  3. CW: Account getting away with way subpar alt-texts only because it's too niche with too few followers; CW: long (over 1,700 characters), Fediverse meta, alt-text meta, image description meta, character limit meta
    I've just discovered a certain Mastodon account that seems to automatically post images of Second Life avatars. It can be lucky to only have eight followers, one of them being a search engine, the others being Second Life users.

    If it had more follower, it would certainly already have met the wrath of the wider Mastodon community, especially the Mastodon HOA, for breaking Mastodon's unwritten rules.

    And I'm not even talking about nigh-nudity in some of the images with no warning, no image flagging, no hashtag. I'm talking about the alt-texts that are vastly below Mastodon's requirements and quality standards for alt-texts.

    Granted, all things considered, the requirements for good image descriptions by Mastodon's standards have to be extremely hard and tedious to meet, at least by my personal estimations. In fact, they have to be impossible to meet on Mastodon itself due to its tiny character limit, and if this account was somewhere where it could meet these requirements, it'd probably be blocked by loads of Mastodon accounts for its excessively long posts due to the long image descriptions.

    But if more Mastodon users knew it right now, it'd probably be blocked by many more Mastodon accounts than follow it.

    If you post from virtual worlds into the Fediverse, you simply cannot win in the long run. You'll lose either way.

    #SecondLife #Metaverse #VirtualWorld #VirtualWorlds #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Mastodon #MastodonHOA #MastodonCulture
  4. CW: Account getting away with way subpar alt-texts only because it's too niche with too few followers; CW: long (over 1,700 characters), Fediverse meta, alt-text meta, image description meta, character limit meta
    I've just discovered a certain Mastodon account that seems to automatically post images of Second Life avatars. It can be lucky to only have eight followers, one of them being a search engine, the others being Second Life users.

    If it had more follower, it would certainly already have met the wrath of the wider Mastodon community, especially the Mastodon HOA, for breaking Mastodon's unwritten rules.

    And I'm not even talking about nigh-nudity in some of the images with no warning, no image flagging, no hashtag. I'm talking about the alt-texts that are vastly below Mastodon's requirements and quality standards for alt-texts.

    Granted, all things considered, the requirements for good image descriptions by Mastodon's standards have to be extremely hard and tedious to meet, at least by my personal estimations. In fact, they have to be impossible to meet on Mastodon itself due to its tiny character limit, and if this account was somewhere where it could meet these requirements, it'd probably be blocked by loads of Mastodon accounts for its excessively long posts due to the long image descriptions.

    But if more Mastodon users knew it right now, it'd probably be blocked by many more Mastodon accounts than follow it.

    If you post from virtual worlds into the Fediverse, you simply cannot win in the long run. You'll lose either way.

    #SecondLife #Metaverse #VirtualWorld #VirtualWorlds #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Mastodon #MastodonHOA #MastodonCulture
  5. CW: Account getting away with way subpar alt-texts only because it's too niche with too few followers; CW: long (over 1,700 characters), Fediverse meta, alt-text meta, image description meta, character limit meta
    I've just discovered a certain Mastodon account that seems to automatically post images of Second Life avatars. It can be lucky to only have eight followers, one of them being a search engine, the others being Second Life users.

    If it had more follower, it would certainly already have met the wrath of the wider Mastodon community, especially the Mastodon HOA, for breaking Mastodon's unwritten rules.

    And I'm not even talking about nigh-nudity in some of the images with no warning, no image flagging, no hashtag. I'm talking about the alt-texts that are vastly below Mastodon's requirements and quality standards for alt-texts.

    Granted, all things considered, the requirements for good image descriptions by Mastodon's standards have to be extremely hard and tedious to meet, at least by my personal estimations. In fact, they have to be impossible to meet on Mastodon itself due to its tiny character limit, and if this account was somewhere where it could meet these requirements, it'd probably be blocked by loads of Mastodon accounts for its excessively long posts due to the long image descriptions.

    But if more Mastodon users knew it right now, it'd probably be blocked by many more Mastodon accounts than follow it.

    If you post from virtual worlds into the Fediverse, you simply cannot win in the long run. You'll lose either way.

    #SecondLife #Metaverse #VirtualWorld #VirtualWorlds #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Mastodon #MastodonHOA #MastodonCulture
  6. “Who the hell is Caitlin Tobias?” according to ChatGPT

    Nearly two decades in Second Life, and now the robots have opinions.

    caitlintobias.com/2026/08/14/w

  7. “Who the hell is Caitlin Tobias?” according to ChatGPT

    Nearly two decades in Second Life, and now the robots have opinions.

    caitlintobias.com/2026/08/14/w

  8. Ottawa’s new full-body VR made me fear a monster I knew wasn’t real

    I’m wandering through a dark and misty world, past giant towers that are tearing through clouds, where an…
    #Canada #Ottawa #ByWardMarket #OttawaCitizen #SandboxVR #virtualreality #virtualworlds #VRheadsets
    europesays.com/canada/166455/

  9. #Roblox’s stock plummeted after the company announced a shift in its #discoveryalgorithm, prioritising #longtermretention over #shorttermmonetisation. This change, aimed at improving the overall quality of the platform, led to a decrease in bookings per hour played, particularly among younger users. While Roblox believes this strategy will benefit the platform in the long run, investors are concerned. kotaku.com/roblox-tanked-9-bil #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

  10. #Roblox’s stock plummeted after the company announced a shift in its #discoveryalgorithm, prioritising #longtermretention over #shorttermmonetisation. This change, aimed at improving the overall quality of the platform, led to a decrease in bookings per hour played, particularly among younger users. While Roblox believes this strategy will benefit the platform in the long run, investors are concerned. kotaku.com/roblox-tanked-9-bil #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

  11. #Roblox’s stock plummeted after the company announced a shift in its #discoveryalgorithm, prioritising #longtermretention over #shorttermmonetisation. This change, aimed at improving the overall quality of the platform, led to a decrease in bookings per hour played, particularly among younger users. While Roblox believes this strategy will benefit the platform in the long run, investors are concerned. kotaku.com/roblox-tanked-9-bil #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

  12. #Roblox’s stock plummeted after the company announced a shift in its #discoveryalgorithm, prioritising #longtermretention over #shorttermmonetisation. This change, aimed at improving the overall quality of the platform, led to a decrease in bookings per hour played, particularly among younger users. While Roblox believes this strategy will benefit the platform in the long run, investors are concerned. kotaku.com/roblox-tanked-9-bil #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

  13. #Roblox’s stock plummeted after the company announced a shift in its #discoveryalgorithm, prioritising #longtermretention over #shorttermmonetisation. This change, aimed at improving the overall quality of the platform, led to a decrease in bookings per hour played, particularly among younger users. While Roblox believes this strategy will benefit the platform in the long run, investors are concerned. kotaku.com/roblox-tanked-9-bil #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

  14. Our Alaskan cruise comes to an end tonight. We had a good time but prefer the Caribbean. In fact we hope to make the Halloween cruise this year (tried all last October to no avail).
    We did get some amusing touristy shirts along the way. #SecondLife #Cosplay #virtualWorlds

  15. Our Alaskan cruise comes to an end tonight. We had a good time but prefer the Caribbean. In fact we hope to make the Halloween cruise this year (tried all last October to no avail).
    We did get some amusing touristy shirts along the way. #SecondLife #Cosplay #virtualWorlds

  16. Our Alaskan cruise comes to an end tonight. We had a good time but prefer the Caribbean. In fact we hope to make the Halloween cruise this year (tried all last October to no avail).
    We did get some amusing touristy shirts along the way. #SecondLife #Cosplay #virtualWorlds

  17. Our Alaskan cruise comes to an end tonight. We had a good time but prefer the Caribbean. In fact we hope to make the Halloween cruise this year (tried all last October to no avail).
    We did get some amusing touristy shirts along the way. #SecondLife #Cosplay #virtualWorlds

  18. Nineteen Years in Second Life and Still Pretending I Know What I’m Doing

    This morning, I received one of the few emails that doesn't immediately make me wonder what subscription I've accidentally renewed. It was a friendly congratulations from Linden Lab, wishing me a happy 19th Rez Day. As if I needed reminding. Not that I had forgotten, of course. I absolutely knew. I was merely pretending to be surprised because it feels more dignified than admitting I've had the date mentally circled for weeks. "Oh? Nineteen years already? Goodness, how time flies." […]

    caitlintobias.com/2026/08/05/n

  19. Nineteen Years in Second Life and Still Pretending I Know What I’m Doing

    This morning, I received one of the few emails that doesn't immediately make me wonder what subscription I've accidentally renewed. It was a friendly congratulations from Linden Lab, wishing me a happy 19th Rez Day. As if I needed reminding. Not that I had forgotten, of course. I absolutely knew. I was merely pretending to be surprised because it feels more dignified than admitting I've had the date mentally circled for weeks. "Oh? Nineteen years already? Goodness, how time flies." […]

    caitlintobias.com/2026/08/05/n

  20. Nineteen Years in Second Life and Still Pretending I Know What I’m Doing

    This morning, I received one of the few emails that doesn't immediately make me wonder what subscription I've accidentally renewed. It was a friendly congratulations from Linden Lab, wishing me a happy 19th Rez Day. As if I needed reminding. Not that I had forgotten, of course. I absolutely knew. I was merely pretending to be surprised because it feels more dignified than admitting I've had the date mentally circled for weeks. "Oh? Nineteen years already? Goodness, how time flies." […]

    caitlintobias.com/2026/08/05/n

  21. ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
    By Aisha Down

    Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

  22. ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
    By Aisha Down

    Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

  23. ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
    By Aisha Down

    Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

  24. ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
    By Aisha Down

    Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

  25. ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
    By Aisha Down

    Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

  26. **Sunday 2nd August 12:30pm SLT**
    🌞 BLESSED LUGHNASADH! 🌞
    🌻 The Wheel of the Year turns towards maturity & 🌾 FIRST HARVEST w/Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah) aka Lammas.
    🎶 Join DJ Holocluck Henly once again at CK's Artist Garden for a Circle Dance to an eclectic set of tasty & summery tunes 🥨 and then some.
    All ages, all era attire welcome. No skyclad please.
    #SecondLife #WheelOfTheYear #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Harvest #VirtualWorlds

    Your hayride:
    🌎 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife

  27. **Sunday 2nd August 12:30pm SLT**
    🌞 BLESSED LUGHNASADH! 🌞
    🌻 The Wheel of the Year turns towards maturity & 🌾 FIRST HARVEST w/Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah) aka Lammas.
    🎶 Join DJ Holocluck Henly once again at CK's Artist Garden for a Circle Dance to an eclectic set of tasty & summery tunes 🥨 and then some.
    All ages, all era attire welcome. No skyclad please.
    #SecondLife #WheelOfTheYear #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Harvest #VirtualWorlds

    Your hayride:
    🌎 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife

  28. **Sunday 2nd August 12:30pm SLT**
    🌞 BLESSED LUGHNASADH! 🌞
    🌻 The Wheel of the Year turns towards maturity & 🌾 FIRST HARVEST w/Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah) aka Lammas.
    🎶 Join DJ Holocluck Henly once again at CK's Artist Garden for a Circle Dance to an eclectic set of tasty & summery tunes 🥨 and then some.
    All ages, all era attire welcome. No skyclad please.
    #SecondLife #WheelOfTheYear #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Harvest #VirtualWorlds

    Your hayride:
    🌎 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife

  29. **Sunday 2nd August 12:30pm SLT**
    🌞 BLESSED LUGHNASADH! 🌞
    🌻 The Wheel of the Year turns towards maturity & 🌾 FIRST HARVEST w/Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah) aka Lammas.
    🎶 Join DJ Holocluck Henly once again at CK's Artist Garden for a Circle Dance to an eclectic set of tasty & summery tunes 🥨 and then some.
    All ages, all era attire welcome. No skyclad please.
    #SecondLife #WheelOfTheYear #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Harvest #VirtualWorlds

    Your hayride:
    🌎 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife

  30. ** TONIGHT! 6-8pm ** First Saturday has arrived & that means... SWING 🌛 MOON!
    🎶 Movie Musicals encore from SL23B!
    🎬 All your favorite performers from iconic movies.
    🎆 All ages & Any era attire welcome.
    (hit me up for a teleport at event time)
    #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds

  31. ** TONIGHT! 6-8pm ** First Saturday has arrived & that means... SWING 🌛 MOON!
    🎶 Movie Musicals encore from SL23B!
    🎬 All your favorite performers from iconic movies.
    🎆 All ages & Any era attire welcome.
    (hit me up for a teleport at event time)
    #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds

  32. ** TONIGHT! 6-8pm ** First Saturday has arrived & that means... SWING 🌛 MOON!
    🎶 Movie Musicals encore from SL23B!
    🎬 All your favorite performers from iconic movies.
    🎆 All ages & Any era attire welcome.
    (hit me up for a teleport at event time)
    #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds

  33. ** TONIGHT! 6-8pm ** First Saturday has arrived & that means... SWING 🌛 MOON!
    🎶 Movie Musicals encore from SL23B!
    🎬 All your favorite performers from iconic movies.
    🎆 All ages & Any era attire welcome.
    (hit me up for a teleport at event time)
    #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds