Social Media and Virtual Worlds Commentary
The impact of social media has revolutionised the way the world connects, and thinks. It has bought the concept of democracy and free-thinking to parts of the world where it was not seen before. But it also changes the power game, and how warfare is played out in the modern world.
In 2006, a web phenomenon [...]
Just a day after Pathfinder Linden, one of the ever-dying out “oldbies” still at Linden Lab announced his job had become obsolete and he was leaving as there was no alternative position for him there, the Lab post this on Facebook:
Tact. The Lab have none.
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Yesterday I wrote about the closure of metaverse There.com, which announced it was closing its doors after running out of money. Reactions in the comments was somewhat mixed, but what I found interesting was the idea that Second Life should appeal to the users of There.com and encourage them to join SL.
Although I haven’t seen [...]
Yet another virtual world closes down as the people behind There.com shut their virtual doors on March 9th. Yet another victim of the economic recession, the virtual platform simply didn’t have enough customers who were putting money into their coffers.
You got to feel for the There.com team, who put a lot of effort into their [...]
Are Second Life residents easily exploitable?
An entrepreneur from London recently chanced upon Second Life after reading an article about it on BBC News. Reading up on the Second Life economy, he saw a niche which would save him thousands of dollars: Paying SL residents much less to do the same job, in return for “play [...]
Emerald Viewer began a crusade against privacy rights of Second Life users last week with the launch of its latest version. The rather harmless previous features which included bouncing breasts have been eclipsed by this latest version which allows users to see who has allowed map rights, and crucially, who has denied the right to see [...]
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Linden Lab have published their policy upon which third-party viewers which connect to Second Life must adhere to. It’s kinda an interesting read if you have too much time on your hands, suffer from insomnia and need help falling asleep, or write a blog. In my case, all three.
Third party viewers gained prominence around a [...]
Having been part of the testing group for the “new” Second Life Viewer 2 for several months, I pretty used to using it by now and for anyone who’s finding it difficult to get to grips with: relax – it’s easy once you stop clinging to the old format.
The new viewer represent a much cleaner [...]
At the moment, Linden Lab are profiting from its userbase in several different methods. The bulk is provided from buying sims and tiers, but then premium accounts also raise a healthy revenue. Every purchase and cashout of Lindens incurs a charge, as does transactions on XStreet SL. Classifieds in world and upload fees provide a [...]
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When it comes to computing, things are never 100%. Codes contain bugs and and things have a nasty habit of just breaking when you really need it not to. Even when something seems totally secure, like GMail, then someone else, such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, will open up backdoors which will lead to exploits [...]
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