Comments on: New York Times, Dream Houses, and SL http://alphavilleherald.com/2007/08/new-york-times.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: espresso saarinen http://alphavilleherald.com/2007/08/new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-23914 espresso saarinen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:30:05 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1140#comment-23914 the nyt is clearly the right one if you are into the last remnants of news reporting in the states as opposed to murdoch-like sensationalism. the contrast between the nyt article and the time mag article is just sooo qed. while the time mag article merely jumped on the negative bandwagon and probably did her research by reading the first three hits on google (she clearly has no real experience in SL), the nyt reporter very clearly spent serious time in-world, detected and expressed a lot of nuance, and wrote an article which seemed, at least to me, to be a much more balanced view of SL, and one mostly representative of SL as the average grown-up resident sees it. the nyt is clearly the right one if you are into the last remnants of news reporting in the states as opposed to murdoch-like sensationalism. the contrast between the nyt article and the time mag article is just sooo qed. while the time mag article merely jumped on the negative bandwagon and probably did her research by reading the first three hits on google (she clearly has no real experience in SL), the nyt reporter very clearly spent serious time in-world, detected and expressed a lot of nuance, and wrote an article which seemed, at least to me, to be a much more balanced view of SL, and one mostly representative of SL as the average grown-up resident sees it.

]]> By: Reg Baxter http://alphavilleherald.com/2007/08/new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-23913 Reg Baxter Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:09:15 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1140#comment-23913 Seems like the Time Magazine article writer was a little biased and peeved that she "spent my first hour on Second Life wearing both sneakers and high heels because I couldn't figure out how to discard one pair. And yes, I passed Computer Science 101." That SL is was not instantly intuitive and perfect probably made her see SL in a negative light. She states statistics etc. in such a way that it appears she probably looked up news and blog articles rather than spend any time in SL. The NY times article seems to be by someone who actually spent time in SL and and actually talked to regular players not just griefers and whiners. Both articles are probably "factually" correct but the NY times one is much more informed. This is also shown in the lengths of the articles. Seems like the Time Magazine article writer was a little biased and peeved that she “spent my first hour on Second Life wearing both sneakers and high heels because I couldn’t figure out how to discard one pair. And yes, I passed Computer Science 101.”
That SL is was not instantly intuitive and perfect probably made her see SL in a negative light. She states statistics etc. in such a way that it appears she probably looked up news and blog articles rather than spend any time in SL.

The NY times article seems to be by someone who actually spent time in SL and and actually talked to regular players not just griefers and whiners. Both articles are probably “factually” correct but the NY times one is much more informed. This is also shown in the lengths of the articles.

]]> By: Anonymous http://alphavilleherald.com/2007/08/new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-23912 Anonymous Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:11:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1140#comment-23912 ... and then there's Time Magazine itself.... which time is the right time? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1651500,00.html … and then there’s Time Magazine itself…. which time is the right time?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1651500,00.html

]]> By: FlipperPA Peregrine http://alphavilleherald.com/2007/08/new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-23911 FlipperPA Peregrine Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:00:58 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1140#comment-23911 I liked the article - it was a nice break from the near-tabloid nonsense that is coming out these days. Sure, SL was overpraised by the press initially, but now it really is getting overslammed. This was a nice change of pace, and it was nice to see some new faces get attention in the press, such as Troy Vogel, who's a great guy. I liked the article – it was a nice break from the near-tabloid nonsense that is coming out these days. Sure, SL was overpraised by the press initially, but now it really is getting overslammed. This was a nice change of pace, and it was nice to see some new faces get attention in the press, such as Troy Vogel, who’s a great guy.

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