This just in from The Box on
OSW:
The Caribou Grid has shut down unannounced, and its founder, Jeanne Lefavre, has left OpenSim.
I still remember when Caribou was one big 4x4 varsim in Kitely. Much earlier, it used to be in Second Life. It moved a lot over time.
I think it was in 2022 when Caribou moved to ZetaWorlds and was turned into a bunch of 2x2 varsims, waiting to be at least partially redesigned. That wasn't too long after Stark had returned. However, Caribou relocated to OSgrid after Stark had managed to 7-days-per-week event schedule, leaving little room for Caribou's events which partly shared the same audience. I actually wanted to run a shop or two on OSgrid Caribou.
Then, in 2023, Jeanne moved Caribou to its own, brand-new grid. She brought old sims back and started redesigning what was already there, reshaping large parts of the land. Things really looked good. She even married Andron Rae of Neverworld, although that relationship wasn't really built to last, but he kept helping her with the tech. It was only recently that she started posting personal things on OSW.
And now she and Caribou as a whole are gone. I guess all the harassment had become too much.
It makes me wonder what the remaining rest of the Caribou staff will do now. Fortunately, they've got leftover avatars on a whole bunch of grids now.
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