What would you do if Linden Lab announced that Second Life would be closing as of December 31, 2007? Many have become dependent on the income they receive from their SL businesses. If it closed, tomorrow, next week, or next month and you no longer had access to that additional (or primary) income, what would you do?
Would you protest to try to get LL to bring SL back up?
Would you get a real job?
Does your SL job coincide with a RL business where you could easily make the transition?
Would you just roll over and go to sleep?
Discuss.
~Maddy (http://www.projectthankyouletter.com)
(EDit: That last option should say "I'd lose everything"...sorry for the typo)
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MadamG Zagato
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11-20-2007 13:07
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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11-20-2007 13:11
I would just move on, find something else to do and as for the income, I would find another way to handle that (maybe go back to selling stuff on ebay)
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Colette Meiji
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11-20-2007 13:12
Ive only logged in once in the last 2 weeks.
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Meade Paravane
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11-20-2007 13:13
Many have become dependent on the income they receieve from their SL businesses. Many? Are you sure about that? Economic stats page shows that the vast majority makes virtually nothing and that only a few hundred make enough to be a primary source of income. The numbers show income _before_ LL charges (IE: tier) so I doubt there's very many at all that can actually live off SL.. What would I do if SL poofed? I'd be unhappy but continue on in RL.. _____________________
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
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11-20-2007 13:16
It's not the income. I don't make a penny off SL...in fact, I give LL quite a few pennies.
But don't EVEN talk about taking away my SL fix. I start to shake at the very thought of it. _____________________
It's still My World and My Imagination! So there.
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Har Fairweather
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11-20-2007 13:17
I wouldn't really roll over and go to sleep - that is just the closest choice to the way I feel.
I would mourn its demise, use quite a lot of my very large vocabulary of anti-CS words, and watch for the next thing to come along that comes remotely close to providing the "metaverse" experience LL is striving to provide, and become the Apple Inc. of (can't bring myself to say "Microsoft"  , or maybe the Google of. |
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Sally Silvera
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11-20-2007 13:18
I don't make any money in SL, I just spend it.
 So, where's the pie option?? ETA: I'd miss this world of ours though and would probably get quite mad at the monkeys for killing me. _____________________
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Thunder Starbrook
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11-20-2007 13:20
I'd party hard.
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MadamG Zagato
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11-20-2007 13:22
Many? Are you sure about that? Economic stats page shows that the vast majority makes virtually nothing and that only a few hundred make enough to be a primary source of income. The numbers show income _before_ LL charges (IE: tier) so I doubt there's very many at all that can actually live off SL.. What would I do if SL poofed? I'd be unhappy but continue on in RL.. Many....could mean 20 or 30. I was not speaking in percentages. I do not know what the exact number is but I know there are a good many. More than you might think. Many are reluctant to say so but they do exist. I was just making generalizations LOL. If you could point us all to the stats page that would be nice  . My comment wasn't intended to be taken as fact an I apologize if it seemed that way. I was just trying to spark thought on the subject. |
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Angelique LaFollette
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11-20-2007 13:22
I would Look for the Next Interactive Platform to Join.
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Malia Writer
Unemployed in paradise
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11-20-2007 13:23
Hmmm, I don't see the option for "Curl up in a fetal position in a corner and shiver uncontrollably"...
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Gaybot Blessed
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11-20-2007 13:24
What would you do if Second Life closed? Kill myself!!! _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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11-20-2007 13:28
None of the choices apply to me, I don't come here to work so I'd just move on and find my entertainment elsewhere. I'd probably want to keep in contact with some of the people I've met here, and we've exchanged emails already so that would facilitate that.
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Lord Steadham
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11-20-2007 13:28
Sue.
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Ronaldo McMahon
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11-20-2007 13:29
I'll only use quick dry cement in my builds.
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Meade Paravane
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11-20-2007 13:35
Well, when you're talking about something with 50k people logged in at once right now, I'm not sure 20-30 can be considered 'many'.
If you could point us all to the stats page that would be nice . Sure. It's just the normal one.. http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php Last month: - 157 people made over US$5k - 320 people made US$2k-US$5k - 473 people made US$1k-US$2k US$5k may sound like a ton but it's US$60k a year, assuming they pull it off every month, and it's before tier and such. Given the population of SL, I'll stick by my "it's not _that_ many" statement. _____________________
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Cherry Czervik
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11-20-2007 13:36
Your poll doesn't have any bearing on my life here. I'd cash out if I could. Then, I'd make sure the real valuables of SL, the people I care for and love, were contactable in another way.
Case closed. SL is not in the least about making money for me so in terms of your actual poll I'd have to say I couldn't care less, and that's absolutely not the case. |
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Oryx Tempel
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11-20-2007 13:38
"lose" not "loose"
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MadamG Zagato
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11-20-2007 13:40
http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php Last month: - 157 people made over US$5k - 320 people made US$2k-US$5k - 473 people made US$1k-US$2k Thanks! |
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bucky Barkley
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11-20-2007 13:42
I sure hope LL and SL succeeds. I fear it may take some drastic action from the Board of Directors.
I think many problems could be solved by replacing 3 key managers. _____________________
Bucky Barkley -- Mammal, Scripter, Builder, Lover
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MadamG Zagato
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11-20-2007 13:46
"lose" not "loose" You're a real saint! Thanks! |
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MadamG Zagato
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11-20-2007 13:46
I think many problems could be solved by replacing 3 key managers.  |
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Bradley Bracken
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11-20-2007 13:48
Last month: - 157 people made over US$5k - 320 people made US$2k-US$5k - 473 people made US$1k-US$2k That's nearly 1,000 people. Not many but no small number IMO. $1,000/mo may not sound like much but there's many people out there flipping burgers as a second job for less than that. To be able to earn that much with something most enjoy doing is a great thing. _____________________
My interest in SL has simply died. Thanks for all the laughs
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Xplorer Cannoli
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11-20-2007 13:48
I would miss SL greatly but I think I'd miss my financial a bit more. Years from that moment, I wouldn't be thinking of how much I miss the fun, but probably how much I miss the funds I invested.
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Oryx Tempel
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11-20-2007 13:49
You're a real saint! Thanks! Sorry. I'm just grumpy today. Being grammar police isn't very nice. Forgive me?  _____________________
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