Global Kids' Online Leadership Program

Not everybody agreed with everything, just as not everybody disagreed with everything

Statement 1) The Teen Grid is exactly where it should be.
The mainstream opinion is no: The Teen Grid is not where it should be. It lacks many aspects, for example the grid's economy was brought up by a few of the participants – the Teen Grid’s economy is frail, and almost non-existent, where people will go to only the best known names making it hard for new designers to start off. The Teen Grid is too small – one’s problems are the next’s as well.

Statement 2) Fixing sign-ups and premium should be Linden Lab’s top priority over anything else.
The mainstream and almost unanimous belief is that Linden Lab should make it their top priority to fix the now virtually defunct sign-up system. This has also given Second Life a bad name among teens when they are unable to join.

Statement 3) The Teen Grid has become isolated from the Main Grid; with less and less Linden help and supervision.
The mainstream belief is that the Teen Grid is slowly becoming more and more isolated from both the Main Land, and from direct Linden contact. The only Lindens seeming to help are Blue and Teeple. The Teen Second Life website hasn’t been updated in nearly two years, and the farther along the timeline of TSL gets, the less enthusiasm Lindens visiting seem to display: From Lindens coming over just to hang out with Teens to now coming over only when absolutely needed (chore-like).

Statement 4) Overall, The Teen Grid’s performance has INCREASED recently.
The mainstream belief is that the Teen Grid’s performance has increased recently, and since the dawn of the Teen Grid, but not due to Linden help. It was the opinion of the participants that the Teen Grid’s performance increase is due primarily due to Teens acting on their own to better the Grid.

In a nutshell, the mainstream thoughts seemed to have been that the Teen Grid could be better, but has had a recently uptrend. However, this is not due to Lindens, but rather to the hard work of Teen residents. Linden Lab is slacking, and should fix Teen Grid problems, as well as provide better support.

After the Human Barometer, an informal discussion went underway, where participants could build upon the opinions of others, rather than being grounded to one topic.

“The Circle of Deep Thought”

A basic rundown of the discussion is that the Teen Grid is becoming increasingly stale, and any adult activity has decreased, as well as non-existent promotional sims as there are on the Main Grid. Grid Unification was brought up multiple times as well. The tie between the Teen Grid economy and the Main Grid economy caused some dismay – If the economy on the Main Grid is poor, it affects the Teen Grid (An example being the removal of stipends: The Teen Grid’s main source of revenue).

The event was successful, and a magnitude of topics were discussed. It is quite obvious that the Teen Grid is not in a stable state, but there are those dedicated to making this second world into a better tomorrow.

A special thank you to all of the Teens that participated in the event, as well as moo Money who dropped in with her approved Teen Grid avatar (Machinima Guru) to voice her opinions as well. ^.^