A very interesting report by research house, ComScore, found that in March, 61 per cent of active Second Life residents were from Europe, compared to 19 per cent from North America and 13 per cent from Asia Pacific.
It went on to say, "With nearly 800,000 active residents in Europe, Second Life is proving to be popular on an international scale. It's especially fascinating to note that the number of active German residents exceeds the number of active residents in the entire US."
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2189326/half-second-lifers-come-europe
What chance of LL relocating to Frankfurt anytime soon?
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Rock Ryder
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05-16-2007 19:31
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Kenn Nilsson
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05-16-2007 19:34
It's because Americans are all still playing WoW and think SL is a game.
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Peggy Paperdoll
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05-16-2007 19:35
Probably not much of a chance. Why would they? All their assets are in San Francisco, CA, USA with other offices scattered throughout the US and Europe (and probably other places). It isn't easy to move a company.......let alone move out of a country.
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Tyci Kenzo
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05-16-2007 19:37
id like to know where they got their numbers
800k active european users ...but only 30 to 40k log in at a time sounds fishy to me as to what they consider active _____________________
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Dakotaflyer Rau
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05-16-2007 19:39
Ve are in your grids ARing your pedos
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Tyci Kenzo
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05-16-2007 19:40
Ve are in your grids ARing your pedos our pedos? werent the ones busted from germany? that was the only reason they were giving the german police help if i understood it all correctly _____________________
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Alan Bamboo
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05-16-2007 19:42
Active % of residents in the top 10 countries
Country Percentage United States 29.49% Germany 10.37% France 7.76% United Kingdom 6.25% Brazil 5.86% Italy 4.97% Netherlands 4.03% Japan 3.38% Spain 3.21% Canada 2.79% |
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Ciaran Laval
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05-16-2007 19:46
They don't need to move to Frankfurt, they have an office in the UK.
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Nepenthes Ixchel
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05-16-2007 19:51
Besides.........what difference does it make? Well, if LL was in Germany and was banning people in accordance with German law they'd be no huge outrage and no fear that they they might start following the laws of other countries and banning politics, religion, homosexuality and so on next. |
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Brenda Connolly
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05-16-2007 20:13
Didn't linden post their metrics last week that said something different? Where do these 3rd party sites get their statistics from anyway?
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Usagi Musashi
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05-16-2007 20:29
Active % of residents in the top 10 countries Country Percentage United States 29.49% Germany 10.37% France 7.76% United Kingdom 6.25% Brazil 5.86% Italy 4.97% Netherlands 4.03% ----------> Japan 3.38%<----------- Spain 3.21% Canada 2.79% These are only based on signup location........really they can`t be true. An also does not reflect native users......... Can`t see there are less Canada users the Japanese here this alone shows this stat is not correct and can`t be. |
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Michelle Thurston
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05-16-2007 20:32
Fine...fine. Have it your way. Germany, Japan: You're now tied for first place in terms of number of users. Congratulations.
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Usagi Musashi
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05-16-2007 20:35
Fine...fine. Have it your way. Germany, Japan: You're now tied for first place in terms of number of users. Congratulations. Hahahh Japan user in the top listing think about. Most are just relocated western people army, navy etc, teachers, etc..... native users are less then 1% and does not count ( should not count )for workers paid to do R&D for LLABS. |
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Susie Boffin
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05-16-2007 20:45
Does this mean we can expect more German TV reporters setting us up (err I mean filming us)?
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05-16-2007 21:21
I got invited to join a group at some German nightclub. Though I had never heard of it, nor am I German. I do enjoy listening to Einstürzende Neubatten on occasion so I went to visit and found plenty of German being spoken. Heard some Rammstein or something playing on the jukebox. German hottie chicks were dancing. Some bearded guy in a dress showed up, and they appeared to mock his appearance. I left after seeing this display of intolerence.
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Tod69 Talamasca
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05-16-2007 21:32
It's because Americans are all still playing WoW and think SL is a game. Agreed! I think some of it has to do with work ethics/values as well. |
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05-17-2007 04:47
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Morwen Bunin
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05-17-2007 05:15
I think some of it has to do with work ethics/values as well. Could you please explain what you are meaning here? Just curious  Morwen. |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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05-17-2007 05:28
It is sad that we even care about what nation-state people are oppressed by.
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Alazarin Mondrian
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05-17-2007 05:29
I'm watching the European userbase growth with interest. LL opened up the Texas colo facility last year as a result of the growth experienced. As has been pointed out before, the European userbase is now larger than the US userbase and it would make sense for the next colo facility opened to be based in Europe. After that an Asian colo facilitiy to cash in on (ahem.... service...) the growing Chinese market.
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Colette Meiji
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05-17-2007 05:30
considering they dont go into any detail about how they got their numbers this article is speculation at best.
the thread title should read "there MIGHT be more Germans than Americans" From my purely unscientific experience of actually living in Second Life for 2 years Id say this was definitely false. Reguardless its obvious Germany is a big market and it explains why LL was so quick to jump when the German Reporters said "Boo" |
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Robyn York
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05-17-2007 06:06
wow!
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Tybalt Brando
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05-17-2007 06:50
Agreed! I think some of it has to do with work ethics/values as well. Seriously, mind explaining that statement? |
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Livinda Goodliffe
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05-17-2007 07:27
Agreed! I think some of it has to do with work ethics/values as well. Seems Americans made WoW and Americans made SL. We American like to play with the toys we make. Sounds like good ethics/values to me. *runs over for a raid in WoW* |
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Amity Slade
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05-17-2007 07:34
We Americans are frightened of people from other countries. People from other countries make fun of us for being clueless about the world outside the United States. So we want to get away from them.
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