TechCrunch links over to the Second Life Census and sums it up quickly. My key takeaway from this:
â??At any given time, ten to thirty thousand of those users are online and logged in to the world.â?
Some of them are spending money, others are just there to connect. I attended my first Coffee With Crayon session last Thursday morning and found the experience to be very cool. Just a bunch of like-minded people standing around and talking. Only these are people I may never have had the opportunity to meet without connecting first in SL.
Iâ??m sure that people find SL boring, or donâ??t get the point of it. (Just read the comments to the TechCrunch post for proof.) And maybe Iâ??m oversimplifying things. But if you want full value, I recommend going in with someone you know who has been living there for a while and getting them to show you around. Then go off on your own and meet some people. Join a conference. Or observe it from a distance.
Sooner or later, youâ??ll get it. Hopefully.
Related stuff:
â?¢ Updated Second Life economy stats.
â?¢ Excellent post over at the Corante blog asking â??what are the real numbers?â?
â?¢ SL stats-related social bookmarking pages: del.icio.us, reddit.
