Is anyone using Secondlife ? - GoFuckYourself.com

Be-Seen-Here · 08-23-2007, 02:20 PM

Is anyone using Secondlife to promote their sites ? Been in their a while, it's like a cartoon version of the internet itself. You have your land aka your website, you have landmarks aka bookmarks. You can link to webpages from within the game, drag an RSS feed into the game and stream your movies into your virtual cinema screen.
Something is just niggling at me that with better technologies this could become the "virtual world" equivalent of Windows.

ztik · 08-23-2007, 02:21 PM

Ive read lots of stuff where people are making tens of thousands is dollars pretty easily off that

CyberHustler · 08-23-2007, 02:31 PM

Never heard of it 'till now... I will be checking that out!

TeenCat · 08-23-2007, 02:34 PM

yes it is virtual world but more like game as real life, still for kids but with boom campaign

RawAlex · 08-23-2007, 02:35 PM

Second life is a joke. There are serious limitations to their software that doesn't allow more than (are your ready) about 60 people to be in one area at one time. most of the "commercial" areas of the site are vacant. Plus, they are just like websites. You can't just walk around and browse, you have to teleport yourself to a site (sort of like surfing the web) and then teleport to a new location when you want to move.

Check wired online for an interesting article... the people making the money are the ones designing the worlds for clueless big name companies that have been BSed into thinking secondlife is anything important.

Angelo22 · 08-23-2007, 02:47 PM

I used to... Obeserved around their world a little to see if it would fruit business. I pretty much dumped it after less than a month of tries

Ayla_SquareTurtle · 08-23-2007, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Second life is a joke. There are serious limitations to their software that doesn't allow more than (are your ready) about 60 people to be in one area at one time. most of the "commercial" areas of the site are vacant. Plus, they are just like websites. You can't just walk around and browse, you have to teleport yourself to a site (sort of like surfing the web) and then teleport to a new location when you want to move.

Check wired online for an interesting article... the people making the money are the ones designing the worlds for clueless big name companies that have been BSed into thinking secondlife is anything important.

While I got pretty bored of it myself after a few days, you CAN walk around and browse. That's pretty much all I did. You can teleport also, but some of the coolest stuff I found was just from walking around and running into it.

Be-Seen-Here · 08-23-2007, 03:04 PM

Yes you can teleport, walk around, and fly too (with no CO2 emissions !)

It is some funny, weird shit but it is very adult friendly and there's some good opportunities to push your URL in your personal profile, the GROUPS aka Yahoo groups and the classified ads. and events calendar.

Jai · 08-23-2007, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Second life is a joke. There are serious limitations to their software that doesn't allow more than (are your ready) about 60 people to be in one area at one time. most of the "commercial" areas of the site are vacant. Plus, they are just like websites. You can't just walk around and browse, you have to teleport yourself to a site (sort of like surfing the web) and then teleport to a new location when you want to move.

Check wired online for an interesting article... the people making the money are the ones designing the worlds for clueless big name companies that have been BSed into thinking secondlife is anything important.

very very true...did lots or experimenting and research and came to same conclustion

lau_Sexgracom · 08-23-2007, 04:46 PM

that experiment was doomed from day one, everybody with a clue could see that.

hungry hungry hippy · 08-23-2007, 04:50 PM

there are people making tens of thousands in SL without selling a thing, but hey i didn't say anything, listen to the people above ;)

fuzzylogic · 08-23-2007, 05:01 PM

no one here will adopt their business model into SL until it becomes as ubiquities as a mouse.

teg0 · 08-23-2007, 05:18 PM

Lots of mainstream companies have pulled out.

_Rush_ · 08-23-2007, 05:37 PM

I really like reading RawAlex's posts. He's like the voice of reason.

I did my fair share of experimenting and came to the following conclusions:

1) It is boring as fuck
2) I'd feel stupid making out with some cyber chick. It's like going back to being 13 and looking all over newsgroups to find girls willing to cybersex.
3) Too slow. I'm on a 1500 / 256 connection with a top of the line computer and everything renders slowly

dready · 08-23-2007, 05:39 PM

What a huge waste of time.

ratty · 08-23-2007, 06:02 PM

Lol such hostility towards a game. I guess that is the spirit of GFY!

Cybersexing can be fun, I love the couches with the different sex positions you can use. It's not the next killer app by any means, but its still fun in a mediocre way.... At least for 30 minutes it was cool and fun (and FREE), then yeah, after not that long, it is pretty boring.

Maybe if you're the creative type, it can keep your attention, then you can create objects and scripts and whatnot, but as a tourist, which is most people (duh), there isn't enough to keep peoples interest.

Pornwolf · 08-23-2007, 06:04 PM

Boring. As. Whale. Shit.

There's not a lot of traffic either. There's only about 40k surfers in there at any one time spread over tons of land. It's not worth it.

slackologist · 11-08-2007, 06:02 PM

there is "some" money to be had in there.. i would not go in there looking to make bucket loads unless ur interested in the virtual realestate game... even then its a bit late to get into that now.. i get recurring income from my shops in there.. it covers all cost and pays me well for time spent on it.. a get rich quick scheme it aint. still a good place if you're into 3D design/animation etc.. if u want to make any money selling shit in there.. u need a lot of exposure.. multiple shop locations.. good rankings in their search engine and a product people talk about and reccomend to others..

Elli · 11-08-2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pornwolf

Boring. As. Whale. Shit.

There's not a lot of traffic either. There's only about 40k surfers in there at any one time spread over tons of land. It's not worth it.

Technically I don't know if whale shit is boring...

But I saw a little blurb on SL last week on tv and the graphics seem so sad and the speed of travel so slow. I doubt it can catch on much at its current level of tech.

08-23-2007, 02:20 PM	#1
Be-Seen-Here Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	Is anyone using Secondlife ? Is anyone using Secondlife to promote their sites ? Been in their a while, it's like a cartoon version of the internet itself. You have your land aka your website, you have landmarks aka bookmarks. You can link to webpages from within the game, drag an RSS feed into the game and stream your movies into your virtual cinema screen. Something is just niggling at me that with better technologies this could become the "virtual world" equivalent of Windows. __________________ http://www.be-seen-here.co.uk

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Be-Seen-Here Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	Yes you can teleport, walk around, and fly too (with no CO2 emissions !) It is some funny, weird shit but it is very adult friendly and there's some good opportunities to push your URL in your personal profile, the GROUPS aka Yahoo groups and the classified ads. and events calendar. __________________ http://www.be-seen-here.co.uk

08-23-2007, 02:31 PM	#3
CyberHustler Masterbaiter Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 26,575	Never heard of it 'till now... I will be checking that out!

08-23-2007, 02:35 PM	#5
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Second life is a joke. There are serious limitations to their software that doesn't allow more than (are your ready) about 60 people to be in one area at one time. most of the "commercial" areas of the site are vacant. Plus, they are just like websites. You can't just walk around and browse, you have to teleport yourself to a site (sort of like surfing the web) and then teleport to a new location when you want to move. Check wired online for an interesting article... the people making the money are the ones designing the worlds for clueless big name companies that have been BSed into thinking secondlife is anything important.

08-23-2007, 04:46 PM	#10
lau_Sexgracom Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 24	that experiment was doomed from day one, everybody with a clue could see that. __________________ SEXGRA PAYSITE REVIEWS www.Sexgra.com Want your site reviewed? us [at] sexgra [dot] com icq# 20254401

08-23-2007, 04:50 PM	#11
hungry hungry hippy Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 249	there are people making tens of thousands in SL without selling a thing, but hey i didn't say anything, listen to the people above ;)

08-23-2007, 05:01 PM	#12
fuzzylogic Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: buffalo, las vegas. icq: 285808879 Posts: 4,796	no one here will adopt their business model into SL until it becomes as ubiquities as a mouse.

08-23-2007, 05:18 PM	#13
teg0 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gringo in Puerto Rico Posts: 4,204	Lots of mainstream companies have pulled out.

08-23-2007, 05:37 PM	#14
_Rush_ Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 742	I really like reading RawAlex's posts. He's like the voice of reason. I did my fair share of experimenting and came to the following conclusions: 1) It is boring as fuck 2) I'd feel stupid making out with some cyber chick. It's like going back to being 13 and looking all over newsgroups to find girls willing to cybersex. 3) Too slow. I'm on a 1500 / 256 connection with a top of the line computer and everything renders slowly __________________ No sig. Last edited by _Rush_; 08-23-2007 at 05:40 PM..

08-23-2007, 05:39 PM	#15
dready Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 5,247	What a huge waste of time. __________________ ICQ: 91139591

08-23-2007, 06:02 PM	#16
ratty Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 15	Lol such hostility towards a game. I guess that is the spirit of GFY! Cybersexing can be fun, I love the couches with the different sex positions you can use. It's not the next killer app by any means, but its still fun in a mediocre way.... At least for 30 minutes it was cool and fun (and FREE), then yeah, after not that long, it is pretty boring. Maybe if you're the creative type, it can keep your attention, then you can create objects and scripts and whatnot, but as a tourist, which is most people (duh), there isn't enough to keep peoples interest.

08-23-2007, 06:04 PM	#17
Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	Boring. As. Whale. Shit. There's not a lot of traffic either. There's only about 40k surfers in there at any one time spread over tons of land. It's not worth it. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

11-08-2007, 06:02 PM	#18
slackologist Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 2,379	there is "some" money to be had in there.. i would not go in there looking to make bucket loads unless ur interested in the virtual realestate game... even then its a bit late to get into that now.. i get recurring income from my shops in there.. it covers all cost and pays me well for time spent on it.. a get rich quick scheme it aint. still a good place if you're into 3D design/animation etc.. if u want to make any money selling shit in there.. u need a lot of exposure.. multiple shop locations.. good rankings in their search engine and a product people talk about and reccomend to others..