Flabbergasted and puzzled.

I certainly botched the freebie vendor for Pollster. For nearly a year, visitors who clicked on the vendor at the ICT Library (SLURL) received the display version of the tool (not a working model).

I thought Pollster had real potential as a tool for teachers and presenters in SL, yet I never heard a word from folks who had received the object. Recently, I returned to SL after a six month hiatus and learned about my error. The message read:

The version of your Pollster in the ICT library is only the demo. Can I get the full CC licensed version anywhere please?

/me whacks self on forehead.

I remember the night well…scrambling to prepare my first SL presentation, editing images for the slideshow…popping into the grid for yet another snapshot, and another…scripting and testing the Pollster Presentation version (yet a third variation of the tool I was juggling that night). I had scripted a freebie vendor a week earlier, planning for the tool’s release to occur on the day of the presentation. It was in this last-minute rush that I (apparently) loaded the vendor with the Demo version.

I was dumbstruck on receiving that message. Hundreds of people had received the wrong version (distribution data is tracked); and nobody said a thing!

That is, until one user had enough interest to inquire about a week or two ago…(Thank you, Simon)

There are at least two possible explanations for the lack of feedback from Pollster recipients:

1. Folks just do not expect much from SL, yet (and so, are not surprised when they obtain tools or objects that do not work) or…
2. Folks just opened their Pollster Set folder, rezzed the tool for a look, and never actually tried to use it.

Likely a combination of both.

The situation has been corrected. The working version is now being distributed. Thank you, Milosun. (And yes, this too shall pass.) Might even get to see it in action one day.