I read the other day on the Second Life Herald about this avatar named Cardie Mahoney who was upset about the forthcoming rising land fees in Second Life and how it was going to effect the “oldest profession in the world.” I giggled about it because it was not something I thought or about or honestly cared about. Sure, I know pixel bumping happens plenty, but it’s something that I just don’t understand and laugh at quite often.

But, I checked out Cardie’s Blog (it is actually work safe) and the scary thing is that she discussing some important issues going on in world besides her business transactions.

What made me write this post was her entry today reacting to an interview Zee Linden (LL’s CFO) did with SLNN. I had started reading the article, but honestly didn’t finish it so I missed the part where one of the things he is considering is charging fees to people with huge inventories.

I understand the age old argument between charging the people who use a service more vs. charging everyone the same no matter the usage. There is never and easy or right argument to this.

I really don’t get it in this case. People who build, develop and work in Second Life would end up getting taxed the most. Builders maintain libraries of textures and objects that they use on their projects. Yes, some of these people work for corporations so the charge would be a business expense, but what about all the independent builders, scripters and store owners? Could be a much bigger deal to them.

What would be better is if there was some form of inventory management system put into place. I don’t have that big of an inventory myself, but I sure would love to be able to organize it better and perhaps even somehow store stuff outside of the world. What I mean is I’ve got items that I don’t use very often and would love to put into “storage” somewhere for later use perhaps rather then trashing them and losing those items forever. No idea how to do this, but I can imagine builders would kill to have a way to organize their stuff better.

Linden Labs is going through some growing pains. Every successful company does and it’s the nature of the beast. I do like that they are being as open with the communications as possible. Yesterday’s Concierge Town Hall is a good example. The next six months are critical to them and I hope they make the right decisions. Whatever those may be.