How does SL move beyond a private online service?

Talk about hypocritical. I'm saying something here and I don't give a darn if ppl like it or not.

Ppl have been told what they can say and do in these forums for as long as I can remember now. One group is hell bent on running SL one way, their way. Today just now I read a post asking how can SL move forward. Well I will waste no time in my answer:

It cannot, and it will not until ppl are able to express their opinions freely. So check the snide replies at the door and think of what is best for SL for a change. That will go a long, long way the metaverse forming.

There is no way in hell I'm going to shut my mouth when those who are holding the metaverse, SL and frankly LL back start asking "What's wrong, what can I do."

The answer is obvious, look in the mirror, and change what you see.

Cat

/me ignores, mutes and negs cat then puts thousands of invisible prims out on her island but is really just kidding ha ha

What you say is true Cat, but I think Jeffrey's dead on. Most of the population, even the involved forum crowd, couldn't care less if LL succeeds or not. We're all just playing the game knowing that something similar, but better, will come along in time, and we'll all migrate to it.

Second Life will fade into the background with a stirling reputation as the first of it's kind. But it'll follow the standard video game lifecycle because the players are conditioned to go through the motions of playing and moving on that have evolved over the past twenty years.

But I suppose you're right too. Far be it from us to question them for our own selfish reasons. We should just not care as well and melt into the masses. I am trying. I just hate giving up on something so promising.