The market volume on the lindex can be easlty altered by a few people dumping large numbers of linden on th market. this does not reflect spending by consumers in world.
Ok, so even if a few people are dumping large numbers of linden on the market?
Who's buying them? They just don't dissapear into thin air.
Someone is buying these linden Jake. And what else is there to do with these linden after they are purchased, than spend them in-world.
We can't buy a loaf of bread with them, can we?
Why is it so hard to concede the obvious?
Can you honestly believe, and keep a straight face while doing so, that fewer people are finding reasons to spend money in SL now than say 1 month, 1 year, 3 years ago?
The growth in population alone goes a long way toward refuting this belief.
How can you honestly justify your claim when looking at a graph indicating that in a matter of 6 months or so, the purchase of lindens by community members have risen from approximately 1 million per day, to nearly 10 million per day.
Grrr...why do I even bother lol