SL - moving on

I blogged in SL - first impressions about my first foray into Second Life. I found this article on Between the Lines informative and resonates with my experience. Below are a few quotes.

I don't intend at this stage to return to SL, in part because I can't see any more to be gained at this stage. I still have my 'ideas' that I plan to explore internally in EY, and perhaps if some of these result in actual events I might pay them a visit. The other reason is that I have inexplicably received a bill for $11 dollars on an account that is supposed to be free. The Linden Labs support site has proven to be intractable and so I've given up. My character will be exterminated in 30 days.


» On getting a Second Life | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

Many of the “real world” businesses that opened in Second Life are struggling... far, far down in the visitor rankings—deserted, in fact, most of the time. The sites that see the bulk of the traffic are “adult.”

What does seem to work in Second Life is one-off event hosting... But Kelly points out that SL’s very “physicality” (his word) creates as many problems as it solves. For example, if there are a bunch of “people” crowded around the simulated Scion (as might happen in the “real” world), you won’t be able to see it—whereas if you were on a website, you’d be able to see it clearly—along with millions of other people.

I encourage you to experience it for yourself (especially if you plan to pass judgment on it).