When I first signed up with Second Life, it was clearly stated that it is for people 18 years of age and above. Those who are below 18 years of age are not allowed in Second Life but that doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy Second Life, that is why Teen Second Life was created.

Reading Second Life’s blog, they posted about the release of a new candidate viewer (1.18.6 RC0) and the implementation of age verification in it.

I really don’t get the logic of it. If Second Life (the main grid) is for adults only then why add an in-world age verification system. Age verification should be done, initially, at sign-up and not after signing up.

Thus this mean that Linden Labs admits the presence of minors in the main grid and they have failed to limit access to adults only?

I’m not saying that an in-world age verification system is a bad thing. In fact, it’s a good thing because there are indeed minors in the main grid and I’ve met some of them who admitted to me that they are minors but that should be the job of Linden Labs and not the estate or land owners since the sign-up process is still controlled and conducted by Linden Labs.

Implementing an in-world age verification system can also mean that minors are in fact, if not already, welcome in the main grid. Now what’s the purpose of having a Teen Second Life?

Instead of features like this why don’t they focus on important things like viewer stability and scalability. Linden Labs is wasting manpower and resources for something that should have been part of the sign up process for the main grid of Second Life.

Again, it is assumed that everyone in the main grid are adults and if there’s going to be an age verification system it should be placed at the sign up process and not after you signed up and besides, they admitted that it’s not full proof so why waste people’s time with this thing.