Is there Status and Class in Second Life?

Do you feel that their is a hierarchy in Second Life society?


If there is do you think that this hierarchy is based on building skills or something else?

My friend and I were having this conversation today and I felt that me being a novice user not completely familar with all the capabilities of SL that there is a heirarchy present. He didn't agree with me but he is also a very experienced user of second life. Let me know what you think on this issue. It would be greatly appreciated in helping each of our arguments!!

seems like there's a big fat hierarchy of class on the forums but i never ran into one in the game. it's not haves and have nots, it's jerks and jerk nots.

Dons plate armor, climbs up to the roof and sits on the edge, pops the lid on the first bottle of Corona, squeezes in a quarter-lime, and waits for the fun to begin.

Personally, I don't believe that there is, although it seems quite a few new users would disagree. I think sometimes the fact that so many of the older players know each other because we've been seeing each other around for ages makes newer people feel like there's some kind of class system. A lot of us also happen to have formed pretty strong opinions about a lot of issues from having hashed them out many times already. Beyond that, nope.

Of course there is.. but it only exist on the forums in world its every man for themselves.

Yes, there is everyone else, and then Prokofy Neva, in that order.

LOL. Oh yeah. Good point Cris

I rule over everyone.

I think in any social place you'll have some form of status and/or class.

In SL there are naturaly some forms of this and some "cliques", but again I don't think you'll find any place that won't have these.

However in SL alot of "upper class" or "high status" users are open and social with those of "lesser"ness. People seem to more be judged on how they act towards others and less of other things in SL (atleast from what I've witnessed).

I agree Oz, but I think it works in reverse here. I don't really know of any well known oldbie players that think of themselves as some kind of upper echelon. That gets attributed to them by others. This is how I see it anyway.

Yes... There is King Alby, and then everybody else. lol

Of course there's status. Maybe not classes persay, but definatly status. And it's based on popularity, skill, or money.

Only if you place importance on those things. Don't assume that everyone does. I think it's a minority view more common to those who don't feel they have those things than a view held by those who do. You could just as easily say there are classes based on avatar height. It's only important if you make it that way, and there's no reason to do that, because... well... it's really not important.

you only say that because you have popularity, skill and money.

kiddin'

Personally I have no class.


As for the rest --- status blah blah money blah blah popularity blah blah - nope... couldn't give a shit abou those things..

I'm here to enjoy myself... and thats pretty much it... and me enjoying myself isn't really all that dependant on anyone other than myself.

Siggy.

I would say there is a social strata that exists but it is hard to pin down as it is always shifting and most of the time it is generally a separation between the Oldbies and the Newbies.

Now now now. We can't have you separating the jerks and the jerk nots without considering the jerk offs.

It's not my fault. I won it at bingo

There you go again with your long posts!

~Ulrika~

Oldbies and Newbies...Pfft!!! What about us that are in the middle?? I'm not a Oldbie and I'm definitely no longer a newbie! So where is my place in this? ***cries***

Impudent peon! Kneel before Eggy, son of Lippmann, conqueror of Beta, ruler of 1.0 and beyond!

I'm with MrsJakal I'm in the middle. Guess we're just old enough to know better and to young to care.

Wrong, its the Trolls and Toll Nots.