At about 6 AM SLT, a Linden Labs governance agent began returning all objects at ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ Central that the agent deemed to be "adult" products. All vendors, plants, specimens & innumerable other store items were returned. Growers who had plants on pOT pLOTs should find them in their "Lost And Found" folders.
We have heard that other "commercial" locations had ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ plants returned as well. We have not heard of any "raids" on private grows. The action was clearly targeted at ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ as a business.
For seven years ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ has operated with the understanding based on early consultations with Linden Labs representatives that our product did not meet the Terms of Service definition ("depiction of illegal drug use") for an adult rating. We have operated smoothly for seven years with a moderate (PG-13) rating. Lindens have visited our operation & auctions with never a comment about the rating.
The rating at our current store location cannot be changed, so the ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ Team is exploring other options including leasing a full sim (which will be rated "adult").
Unless Linden Labs now decrees a grid-wide ban on ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ -- which we feel would be unlikely & extremely unwise -- your plants will grow fine. Our out-world database system continues to run as always, the foliage texture repository is unaffected & our master seed bank is safe.
We just can't provide pOT pLOTs or auctions now. We will be listing Standard seeds & a wider selection of accessories on Marketplace in the interim. You can purchase Food Spikes, Liquid Plant Food kits & refills & basic planters there now with more to come soon!
Finally, in the aftermath of this disaster, there was finger-pointing & name-calling in the group chat. & IM-space. We don't need that & feel badly about things we said. But we need to move on. What happened, happened. What we need is to get ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ Central running again in accord with the all-new rating Linden Labs decided to give us. What we don't need is drama.
Again, the ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ Team apologizes for the inconvenience to those of you who had plants returned during the "raid."
