There's some kind of problem with Second Life so that hardly anyone can log in. I had been in a snow sim with Psi, who had just bought some land and was starting to build a house ("How do you make a window?"). I logged out to go and drink some more coffee and couldn't log in again. Such is life. I had a look at the forum to see if it was widespread or just me - and holy moley people need to meditate. It's like a pack of dogs that is playfully romping, then suddenly begins fighting. The forum is horrid, anyway, as are most forums - but I get a lot of very good information from the forum that I know no other way of acquiring. Things like notice of new builds, Linden information, scripts, interesting events people are hosting, builds that are going away. My own opinion is that animosities generated by forum posts should never come inworld, and that the only way to decide if someone is worth bothering with or not is to meet that person inworld. Lately there's been a huge uproar related to a certain player's posts. One post in particular was literally the first post that ever made me angry. I usually take things with a grain of salt, but it wasn't possible to do anything other than bang things around in the kitchen after reading this post. On the other hand, the person, who I met a couple of weeks ago, has always been perfectly fine inworld, at least to me. This is interesting to think about. The forum can be the digital equivilent of a soap box, but why do some people become completely horrible when the attention of the forum is focused on them, while others maintain a light touch? Is it a matter of a sense of humor?