I was looking around on the Second Life Jira earlier on and interestingly, it seems the Jira requesting that ‘multiple partners be enabled,’ has the same amount of interested as one that wants restrictions on unverified accounts to prevent the use of alts to sell copybotted content. So if we take the jira as gospel, we’re exactly as concerned about having more than one partner as we are about stolen content. You can find the Jiras I am referring to here and here.

Now, I’ve heard people complaining that they desperately want the multiple partners feature before. But I have a good reasons that it should never, ever, ever be incorporated.

It could very feasibly lead to bankruptcy. The rate at which people partner and departner in Second Life is incredibly. If you can imagine that the total cost of getting partnered and then undoing it is 35L, assuming that this would be the charge per partner, some people are going to be penniless quickly. Relationships with four or five people in that break up/make up twenty three times a day are going to seriously leave some people in the financial faeces.

I don’t get it… the multiple partners thing. If you have multiple partners, you’re not exclusive with one person. So why would you want a partner name for anyone in your profile? Is that space not intended to declare exclusivity? It kind of loses a lot of its meaning if there’s ninety one people in the list, don’t you think? Crikey, I have enough of a problem remembering what day of the week it is – I can’t imagine remembering multiple partners’ names.

Nah, if you want a twenty person marriage, get a freakin’ group (and some psychological help).

Oh well, to each their own.

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