Comments on: Does Anybody Still Use Second Life? And If So, How Much Is It Worth Today?

By: Galvin Green

Galvin Green — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:10:47 +0000

I agree with David and have certainly seen a dip in SL traffic these days. It will only be a matter of time before the Tweets and Facebooks happen

By: Charity

Charity — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:41:30 +0000

I agree this opens up the world for ppl that cant get out and it gives them the friends and support needed thru RL. I have a very productive rl and sl and I can say a few ppl I met in sl are some of my best rl friends. we have met irl and sl is basicly like a chat room with an av that I can dress up and design any way I like. I am a RL person and SL is a part of my life- for those of you able to climb a mountain dance the night away go to bars and get drunk… GO FOR IT- but please dont put us down because we are doing the same thing in the safty of our home and with our friends

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:15:13 +0000

I have noticed much less traffic on 2nd life these days. I logged in alot over a year ago and now find that most of the places I went to are gone. Most of my SL friend don’t login anymore, so I get bored pretty quickly. There used to be places to get linden easily and free, can’t find them anymore either. Are there less people playing SL these days? I like SL because you can meet people from all over the world.

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:05:25 +0000

Second Life is an Online Social Sandbox.
The term ‘Sandbox’ has a definition that is very, very wide, and is the best one for Second Life.

Being a Sandbox platform, it can be actually anything you make of it.

Add some chairs and a video screen, and you have a online converencing tool.

Rebuild a house you’re selling and you have a sales tool.

Place some virtual versions of real products and a sensor and you have a marketing tool.

Program a couple of objects with the basic behaviour of atoms or chemicals and you have an educational tool.

Most people aren’t brought up with the concept that they can ‘do’ stuff when ‘entertainment’ is involved. You ‘watch’ television, you’re not supposed to decide what happens next.
Even discussion programs are targeted at ‘telling’ you what the opinion of the people (including you) is.

Second Life is like visiting legoland, but offering you an unlimited supply of bricks. You’re suppose to do something. Sure there are premade lego constructs, but those are also made by visitors like you. Use those if you like, or make your own from scratch.
Or build a chair and sit and talk with people.

Or you can go act like a twit and shout “get a real life”.

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:54:24 +0000

It’s for social people who like to meet other people, or creative people who like to test idea’s in a free 3D invironment.

You’d hate it there.

It’s like the internet, you can use it for everything.
Including acting like a total twit like you.

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:49:21 +0000

On average, sounds plausible.
Months could go by without even spending a second on SL, and then I read something, of have an idea for an application, or a design, and I can spend 12 hours per week on SL testing the concept in SL.

Set up an xmlRPC channel, hook it up to a website and do some tests.

So, yeah

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:46:35 +0000

Yeah!
Fake lives, real life rules.
eattrn, I like your name. I wish I had a cool name like that, but how do you pronounce it?
And if a cop stopped you, do you smirk when he gets it wrong?

I am so happy you came to this webpage and express your opinion for all of us anonymous users to read.

(since this is internet, I need explain this was sarcasm mixed with irony)

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:42:34 +0000

Like the internet

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:41:15 +0000

No, that’s where mbile phones are for, no wait, forums. oh wait, net-meeting from microsoft, oh better yet, Asterix the voip software, oh am I thinking about Skype?

Seems like there are ALOT of ways to meet online.
Perhaps, just perhaps… Second Life is just another way to teleconference?

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:38:29 +0000

And yet you feel the need to share your opinions with anonymous people on a vaste worldwide network.
Shouldn’t you instead go to your real connected friends in “first” life instead?

By: vernes

vernes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:36:18 +0000

I talked with the gaming industry, and they agreed. You’re now free from games. Enjoy real life without games.
There will be a truck passing your house to collect all your computergames.

By: Mads Gorm Larsen

Mads Gorm Larsen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:38:26 +0000

Second life is not going to die?…

I like this comparison by Duncan Riley, that sees analogies to stages in the internet lifecycle:
“On the surface it appears that Second Life is repeating the internet development cycle, but at an accelerated rate. The scandals and useless attemp…

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By: Oliver Gassner

Oliver Gassner — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:03:55 +0000

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By: Infiniview Merit

Infiniview Merit — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:29:31 +0000

Well said Dean. As much as anything else SL is a fantastic dynamic tool. It is a global free phone service, marketplace, sales outlet, nearly instant feedback on uploaded graphic creations, in addition to being a recreational diversion. There is always something to do from the least challenging such as
relaxing and chatting to learning new things that really have no upper level or completion point.
And it is always evolving.

By: Robert Bloomfield

Robert Bloomfield — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:17:00 +0000

Second Life faces a major image problem: people under 30 think it’s a game, log in, get bored and leave. People over 30 think it’s a game and don’t log in at all.

Second Life is not a game. It’s a 3-D environment in which people can pursue their interests and professions. If you attend events like my own Metanomics broadcasts, you can’t throw a virtual stone without hitting the avatar of an entrepreneur, educator, anthropologist, filmmaker or politico.

For a little more insight on the financials, take a look at this interview with CEO Mark Kingdon: http://www.meta...h_mark_kingdon/.

Mark talks about why Second Life and e-Bay turn a profit (and youtube doesn’t): because they provide a way for their users to make a profit too.

More generally, take a look at http://www.meta...mics.net/shows/ for a number of interviews with people who are taking Second Life seriously–and making a living out of it.

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By: Michelle T. Heatley

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:45:34 +0000

I totally with the last comment and many… I am a SL Supported and think that it is one of the best and most REALISTIC social experiences on the web. Sometime too real and involves REAL Emotions…

But ALAS… I am one of the Geeks the previous poster refers to

By: Michelle T. Heatley

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:45:08 +0000

I totally witht eh last comment and many… I am a SL Supported and think that it is one of the best and most REALISTIC social experiences on the web. Sometime too real and involves REAL Emotions…

By: Rarely Obscure

Rarely Obscure — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:25:09 +0000

I am personally glad the twitter, facebook, plurk, and myspace people have not discovered Secondlife for what it is. If those people knew what they could do with their avatars, profiles, inventory, and friends list they would die and go to social networking heaven. The reason is the interface. “Those people” aren’t geeking enough to traverse through Secondlife’s world. “Those people” are happy they found that pic in their pictures folder and uploaded it! OMG they “uploaded” something. Please keep those people away from SL…we don’t want them!

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