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Ha! In yr face Second Life!

Discussion of this story in the office made me realise why SL, as an interweb community, suXoR even beyond the hype, slowness, lack of a decent combat system etc. IT HAS NO LURKERS. ILX gets 20k viewers per day (not claiming this as an huge amount BTW) but only 500-ish of these are regulars - the rest are lurkers. Every online community has this hidden bulk of eyeballs, and that’s where the justification for brands spending money on them comes from (NB to all brands: do not sponsor ILX pls). Where’s the equivalent on SL - it’s not a community, it’s a GREAT BIG GAME and one with fewer players than it would like you to believe.

1. maura on February 18th, 2007

   second life’s appeal mystifies me. it’s like king’s quest with the opportunity for “sex” sessions that are about as erotic as leisure suit larry.