I've always thought the gadgets and things like that have been responsible for making SL nearly unbearable, nearly killing it. That includes all those multi-gadgets I never wanted to own - the fact that people regarded them highly and recommended them to newcomers as 'must-have' made me sick.

Over on SLUniverse someone is reporting their 'Huddles' has 52 running scripts with the AO turned off. Imagine ten avatars on one parcel, each with that same HUD (not a stretch of the imagination as bazillions of people own them). Thanks a lot, gadget makers.