Mainland and the Ad Farm Problem

One more step in a clean and pleasant land?
Although generally welcomed Linden Labs move on AD FARMS could generate a few problems.
But as a whole this move is welcomed especially by mainland residents :

'Despite the title of this blog post, the phrase ‘Ad Farm’ is a bit of a misnomer, so to be clear up front, adverts themselves are not the issue and we don’t want to stop legitimate advertising or use of small parcels for promoting events or stores. For the purpose of this post, ‘Ad Farm’ will apply specifically to advertising or content that is intended solely to drive an unreasonable price for the parcel it is on, usually by spoiling the view of others. We have heard the feedback, read the comments and blogs and so we are making some changes to address it.'

This will go someway to helping the situation but what about those plots that are sold specifically for advertising - a 1024 cut up into little pieces and each sold for ad space - what can be done about these? They will not be set for sale and their purpose is not to get a higher selling price but they are still a pain to the eyes of those who have to live beside them also making any land nearby pretty much unsaleable.
Oh well we can't expect miracles at least this will hopefully redress some of the unfair practices of some in SL.

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