It's not dead, it's not dying. It's changing into something different. Whenever there's any new thing introduced, be it virtual worlds, social networks or touch-screen phones, people are always quick to say it'll never catch on or wont be around for long. Well, Second Life has been around for years and it's still going strong.
In many ways it reflects real life and its subcultures. Sure there's porn (was) gambling and small wolves trying to fuck your face find that in any popular network. Think about Twitter: when it's not trying to get you to click on ad-ridden websites it's trying to get you to click on links to Britney being fucked. As long as there's people with a wide variety of interests there'll always be networks to accommodate them. Ant 2010/1/6 marc garrett <[email protected]>: > Whatever happened to Second Life? > > Barry Collins > > It's desolate, dirty, and sex is outcast to a separate island. Barry > Collins returns to Second Life to find out what went wrong, and why it’s > raking in more cash than ever before > > Three years ago, I underwent one of the most eye-opening experiences of > my life – and I barely even left the office. > > I spent a week virtually living and breathing inside Second Life: the > massively multiplayer online world that contains everything from lottery > games to libraries, penthouses to pubs, skyscrapers to surrogacy clinics. > > Oh, and an awful lot of virtual sex. > > Back then, the world and his dog were falling over themselves to “be > a part of it”. Rock stars were queuing up to play virtual gigs, > Microsoft and IBM were setting up elaborate pixellated offices to host > staff training seminars, Reuters even despatched a correspondent to > report back on the latest in-world developments. > > more... > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/354457/whatever-happened-to-second-life > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
