<![CDATA[Second Life hucksters - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Second Life hucksters - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Second Life hucksters]]> Honestly, I agree with this assesment of the situation. I've been a big time fan of Second Life for years, ever since I wrote an article about virtual property for a legal newspaper, but this is getting a little nuts. I used to tell everyone about how cool it is.

Now, however, I'm constantly being put in a position where I have to caution clients against getting involved. We've seen a massive population growth in the last six months, but no demographics to explain the implications of that growth. In general, it is starting to feel a little like the hype is getting out of hand.

I imagine people probably love Second Life because it is the first of a new breed of open-ended virtual worlds with real-world-equivelant currency and intellectual property rights. But it is just the first of these worlds that's come about. It won't be the last and it might not even be the best.

ReverendJeffy

]]> <![CDATA[Second Life hucksters]]> How long until Donald Trump makes an entrance into Second Life? After all, he has already perfected the kind of hype-fueled business model that the game seems to be trumpeting.

http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/27/how-soon-until...

fedbait

]]> <![CDATA[Second Life hucksters]]> Is this really what Valleywag has come to -- articles about how Second Life sucks because they're popular? Please bring back what made this website so much fun in the first place; smart bitchy writing about all the horrible things that happen in the tech industry. This high-school crap is way below the usually excellent snotty standards of Gawker.

jasonpettus

]]> <![CDATA[Second Life hucksters]]> If there is a bubble (and I think there is - it is just a much more selective bubble this time) Second Life will be the poster child when it bursts. They will be the Boo.com of the over-hyped side Web 2.0 ... and they won't be alone.

George Nimeh

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