Last night I looked at the total residents on the main page and it was 6,009,000 something...today it is 6,044,000 something...Where are all these people coming from in less than 24 hours to sign up more than 30,000 accounts? I am just staggering from the growth of SL, it's unreal how quickly the numbers go up which really makes me wonder?
Correction, make that 6,047,000 or so....in the 5 minutes it took me to write this 3,000 people signed up for SL??
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Musicteacher Rampal
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05-03-2007 12:00
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Brenda Connolly
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05-03-2007 12:12
Probably Alts, Bots, and the First Wave of Corporate Drones.........
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Rockwell Ginsberg
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05-03-2007 12:33
Agreed, a lot are alts, etc...
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Lucrezia Lamont
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05-03-2007 16:46
I'm also suspecting that media and certain groups in Europe are also the cause of the influx. Non USA based residents are climbing quite rapidly. And... word of mouth is a fabulous thing.
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Tegg Bode
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05-03-2007 17:47
Yes get in and make your alts now, 6million name possibilities are gone already
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Daz Honey
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05-03-2007 17:55
yeah and earlier today a whopping 20k people were on, which makes approx one third of one percent online....
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Raymond Figtree
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05-03-2007 19:59
The word got out that the Lindens responded to Project Open Letter and are close to fixing all issues on the Grid.
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ArchTx Edo
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05-03-2007 20:29
According to the U.S. Census Bureau World Population Clock there are only 6,592,845,095 people in the entire world. Could 6,000,000+ of them actually have SL accounts??
Is it reasonable to think that 1 out of every 1,000+ people in the world has an account in SL? I don't think so.... Obviously many of the 6,000,000 accounts must be alts. How many? If 80% of them are alts. That leaves what ... 1,200,000 actual individuals who have accounts in SL. That would be what? 1 out of every 5,416 people in the world???? Still an impressive number... But is it real? _____________________
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Raymond Figtree
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05-03-2007 20:34
According to the U.S. Census Bureau World Population Clock there are only 6,592,845,095 people in the entire world. Could 6,000,000+ of them actually have SL accounts?? Is it reasonable to think that 1 out of every 1,000+ people in the world has an account in SL? I don't think so.... Obviously many of the 6,000,000 accounts must be alts. How many? If 80% of them are alts. That leaves what ... 1,200,000 actual individuals who have accounts in SL. That would be what? 1 out of every 5,416 people in the world???? Still an impressive number... But is it real? I know at least five people who heard the buzz, created an avatar, spent five minutes on Orientation Island, said "I don't get it" and never returned. Wonder how many Five Minute AVs are contributing to the 6 mil total... _____________________
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Alan Bamboo
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05-03-2007 21:05
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Lostmedia Ares
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05-04-2007 03:46
I was on the Original Help islands this morning ( the one's you can't go back to ) and it was pretty busy , Most if not all the AV's seemed to be French , Maybe LL have had a bit of a publicity drive in france ?
The 6 Million number is padded, Most are alt's, The rest are made up of 5min lookers who dont get it & old account's that have been abandoned. My guess is SL has a real number of about 50k to 70k members that log in durin the week and weekend's and bout 25 k that are regular loggin's who use SL every day . _____________________
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Ee Maculate
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05-04-2007 03:59
Maybe LL have neglected to tell us that unprotected virtual sex isn't such a good idea?
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Mandy Carbenell
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05-04-2007 04:01
I was on the Original Help islands this morning ( the one's you can't go back to ) and it was pretty busy , Most if not all the AV's seemed to be French , Maybe LL have had a bit of a publicity drive in france ? The 6 Million number is padded, Most are alt's, The rest are made up of 5min lookers who dont get it & old account's that have been abbandend . My guess is SL has a real number of about 50k to 70k members that log in durin the week and weekend's and bout 25 k that are regular loggin's who use SL every day . Yup, almost everyone I know has 1 or more alts. (I don't btw) I think the numbers you mentioned are pretty close, Lostmedia. Also SL has been in various media throughout Europe, so that explains the rapid growth of Euro residents. Mandy C _____________________
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Lucrezia Lamont
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05-04-2007 05:40
Maybe LL have neglected to tell us that unprotected virtual sex isn't such a good idea? *dies* *sprays water all over my monitor* Now THAT is a frightening thought. _____________________
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bilbo99 Emu
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05-04-2007 06:00
I was on the Original Help islands this morning ( the one's you can't go back to ) and it was pretty busy If you can't go back to ... umm .. oh, never mind ..  |
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AWM Mars
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05-04-2007 06:04
It maybe that the French watch their own TV? L'Oreal recently showed its SL movie on French TV and have the movie on their website... Perhaps its an influx of wannabe models?
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Jig Chippewa
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05-04-2007 09:55
Mainly Alts and abandoned accounts. My French is improving:
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Checho Masukami
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05-04-2007 10:02
There was a segment in a very important News TV program in Arentina a couple days ago. Than could help to explain a couple thousands maybe...
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Jig Chippewa
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05-04-2007 10:07
They are all welcome as long as they pay their way and dont grief. It is great to have an international community. Cosmopolitan and witty. Sexy and bringing new ideas. We are like a real country - coming to grips with new immigrants and new cultures. Good. I welcome it.
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Maggie McArdle
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05-04-2007 10:31
clones.....
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