a month or so back i mentioned the book The Tipping Point. it’s a great book and the phrase is now part of everyday conversation. a blog called Cafe Bucky has an article about this and outlines the tipping point for virtual worlds
btw, i am going to claim myself as a poster child for this
i *think* i was pretty much every companies wet dream of a great customer. 19 sims, daily blogging proclaiming the awesomeness of SL, volunteer Mentor, 8000 flickr pics all tagged second life (helps their SEO), and my virtual partner doing lectures at conferences about how great SL is
i would flip out if i had a customer that paid me nearly $3000 a month plus was a total spaz online saying how great i am! (even if obnoxious, darn straight and come on!!!) =p
but Linden Lab seems hellbent on peeving people off. one of the latest things is the stoopid display names. first off it seems really dumb because imagine the increase in ARs they will be getting
“waah, some meanie is using my name as EnerWiener HaxSux and you have to cancel their account”
anyway, this and stuff like the teen grid makes it seem that LL is kind of clueless on what they need to do and just trying this, that, and the other (like snowstorm – first off, if you live in the north – snowstorms suck, especially if you have to drive home after work in one)
is that kind of behavior on LL’s part bringing us closer to the tipping point?
it was enough to make me seek an alternative – OpenSim. i was very entrenched and heavily invested, time and money, into Second Life. leaving Second Life was very hard for me to do. but it was also hard to keep getting obstacles thrown in my way
eventually, the tipping point was reached for me
more and more people are making the move and this makes it easier for others. one BIG hassle when i moved was that there just was not the amount of content. so things that had been very important to me, like the Eville Atomic Lounge with its great retro furnishings, took a back seat to finding an alternative
with so many people coming over to OpenSim – content is growing atn aexponential rate
if we are not at the Tipping Point, i believe we are very near to it
even virtual martinis were not enough to keep me inSL
