Comments on: Is OpenSim usage falling? /2012/01/22/is-opensim-usage-falling/ 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: Missy Restless /2012/01/22/is-opensim-usage-falling/comment-page-1/#comment-208881 Missy Restless Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 /?p=3289#comment-208881 Hamlet is a horrible statistical mathematician. I've criticized his "polls" consistently but it doesn't stop him from drawing all kinds of conclusions from absolutely zero significant statistics. Let's examine what you've done in this post. If I get this straight, we assume that OpenSim grids are growing and then conclude that OpenSim grids are growing. As ridiculous as it may seem, your math is correct! But, unfortunately, meaningless. Hamlet is a horrible statistical mathematician. I’ve criticized his “polls” consistently but it doesn’t stop him from drawing all kinds of conclusions from absolutely zero significant statistics. Let’s examine what you’ve done in this post. If I get this straight, we assume that OpenSim grids are growing and then conclude that OpenSim grids are growing. As ridiculous as it may seem, your math is correct! But, unfortunately, meaningless.

]]> By: James OReilly /2012/01/22/is-opensim-usage-falling/comment-page-1/#comment-208873 James OReilly Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:20:00 +0000 /?p=3289#comment-208873 Opensim hits new low on Google Trends http://www.google.com/trends/?q=opensim&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 Reference to the combination of AIDA marketing approach and using Google Trends for virtual world trend assessment... http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067665/The-Decision-Making-Funnel-Stage-2-Interest AIDA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDA_(marketing) Opensim hits new low on Google Trends http://www.google.com/trends/?q=opensim&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Reference to the combination of AIDA marketing approach and using Google Trends for virtual world trend assessment…
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067665/The-Decision-Making-Funnel-Stage-2-Interest

AIDA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDA_(marketing)

]]> By: Nalates U /2012/01/22/is-opensim-usage-falling/comment-page-1/#comment-208866 Nalates U Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:58:00 +0000 /?p=3289#comment-208866 It is hard to know what is going on in the OpenSim grids. I can't see it being a good sign when a grid stops reporting stats. One can speculate the numbers are going down or up. I tend to agree with Hamlet because of the last years trend. In the comments to OpenSim vs Second Life vs Minecraft I added a copy HyperGridBusiness' graph with different trend lines. Maria Korolov's point that we can't know user numbers are decreasing is well made in the comments. But, I think the real point is we can't know what they are doing, increasing or decreasing. It is hard to know what is going on in the OpenSim grids. I can’t see it being a good sign when a grid stops reporting stats. One can speculate the numbers are going down or up.

I tend to agree with Hamlet because of the last years trend. In the comments to OpenSim
vs Second Life vs Minecraft I added a copy HyperGridBusiness’ graph with different trend lines. Maria Korolov’s point that we can’t know user numbers are decreasing is well made in the comments. But, I think the real point is we can’t know what they are doing, increasing or decreasing.

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