Something about this article is profoundly depressing.
OK, I admit it—never heard of this.
Very interesting article—with lots of ideas worth discussing.
Thanks for posting it.
Bless her heart. Given what she has to do all day and time limiting herself on line, it is certainly better than drugs or alcohol.
Reality for Democrats? And who is President in 'firefly' 'meadow' world? Hillary?
These people had better get real, because things are about to get real.
First, at the height of the severe recession, a lot of people were attracted to it as a way to make some real money. I'm among them.
But you soon learn the economics don't work. A very few people made some real money in the early days selling virtual land, but that collapsed pretty fast. You have to buy the virtual currency with real money, but the exchange rate always was stupid and the virtual market did not sustain selling huge quantities of something just to make small amounts of real dollars.
Second, the author of the posted article only brushes quickly past the XXX sexual garbage that infests SL. Literally any form of sheer depravity is practiced in virtual form. Pedophilia, rape, bestiality, BDSM, grotesquely sized and misshapen male and female body parts. Linden Lab tried to segregate the deeply pornographic aspects, but in truth, that's what sustains the platform.
Third, Linden Lab failed to keep up graphically. Today's video games are incredibly beautiful graphically, while SL is still blocky, laggy 2005 technology.
Fourth, the explosive growth of online games with really excellent offerings are like comparing a modern car to a Model T.
I finally deactivated my Facebook account, and I don’t miss it a bit.