Comments on: First quarter 2011 results for Second Life: steady sailing /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Carmen Dubaldi /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/comment-page-1/#comment-208544 Carmen Dubaldi Sat, 14 May 2011 22:55:00 +0000 /?p=3088#comment-208544 I am very optimistic about the future of SL, and would like to spread the word that there are successful businesses and ventures still going on.  I run a virtual stock exchange simulation game within Second Life called Capital Exchange (slcapex.com).  While things aren't booming like they were in 2008-2009, SL is still by far the best virtual world out there.  Thank you. Skip Oceanlane CEO and Majority Shareholder Capital Exchange I am very optimistic about the future of SL, and would like to spread the word that there are successful businesses and ventures still going on.  I run a virtual stock exchange simulation game within Second Life called Capital Exchange (slcapex.com).  While things aren’t booming like they were in 2008-2009, SL is still by far the best virtual world out there.  Thank you.

Skip Oceanlane
CEO and Majority Shareholder
Capital Exchange

]]> By: Lowell Cremorne /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/comment-page-1/#comment-208542 Lowell Cremorne Thu, 12 May 2011 22:14:00 +0000 /?p=3088#comment-208542 Totally agree Heidi, that's why my constant gripe on how little metrics are released now compared to a couple of years back. Totally agree Heidi, that’s why my constant gripe on how little metrics are released now compared to a couple of years back.

]]> By: Lowell Cremorne /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/comment-page-1/#comment-208541 Lowell Cremorne Thu, 12 May 2011 22:13:00 +0000 /?p=3088#comment-208541 That metric's definitely not too stable Ener, true ;) That metric’s definitely not too stable Ener, true ;)

]]> By: Heidi Hapsburg /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/comment-page-1/#comment-208540 Heidi Hapsburg Thu, 12 May 2011 21:17:00 +0000 /?p=3088#comment-208540 Does anybody know, offhand, when the last creation of new mainland was? Certainly that woudl be an indication of true SL economy/life or its morbidity. Does anybody know, offhand, when the last creation of new mainland was? Certainly that woudl be an indication of true SL economy/life or its morbidity.

]]> By: Heidi Hapsburg /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/comment-page-1/#comment-208539 Heidi Hapsburg Thu, 12 May 2011 21:15:00 +0000 /?p=3088#comment-208539 In order to see if the New User metric is reality or existing user alts, you would need to see two comparisons - (1) Ratio of New Users to downloads of Viewer 2 software, since a true "new user" would only know about and use the SL-supplied viewer, and (2) a comparison of numbers of New Users to the number of new Premium Users over time. ANother important stat that rarely gets full shrift is the increase in the amount of abandoned land is SL, which is ever-increasing. In order to see if the New User metric is reality or existing user alts, you would need to see two comparisons – (1) Ratio of New Users to downloads of Viewer 2 software, since a true “new user” would only know about and use the SL-supplied viewer, and (2) a comparison of numbers of New Users to the number of new Premium Users over time. ANother important stat that rarely gets full shrift is the increase in the amount of abandoned land is SL, which is ever-increasing.

]]> By: Ener Hax /2011/05/12/first-quarter-2011-results-for-second-life-steady-sailing/comment-page-1/#comment-208538 Ener Hax Thu, 12 May 2011 19:59:00 +0000 /?p=3088#comment-208538 how is 12 million user hours less than last Q1 called steady??? how is 12 million user hours less than last Q1 called steady???

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