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Second Life Economy is in a Recession
Residents with a positive monthly L$ cash flow declines for second consecutive quarter by Jessica Holyoke After the banking ban, there are commentators who state that the Second Life Economy is in a recession and then there are the opposing commentators that say that the Second Life Economy is not in a recession. According to [...]
Full StoryNew ‘Permissions Exploit’ Uncovered – Drama Ensues on SLX
by Proper Prim, staff writer a possible source of drama For a few days now I have been monitoring a situation on SLX where users have discovered objects being sold that one user described as utilizing ‘a permissions exploit’. What is the nature of this exploit? A script loads an avatar’s profile from the web, [...]
Full StoryDownhome Junk Yard Blues
by Kaos Usbourne, virtual world traveler Richardina Petty and Kiff Clutterbuck relax on the docks It was a good day. The fickle SL winds were blowing, yet I found myself drifting among coastal swells. I was bored – so I pulled out the charts (world map) and located a red circle that seemed to promise [...]
Full StoryEx-Superhero on Woodbury, Griefing & JLU drama
Pierce Kronos reveals he “left the JLU in disgust” in exclusive interview by Proper Prim, staff writer A great deal of controversy has been circulating around the Justice League Unlimited of late raising questions about how much is real and how much has been manufactured – is someone is trying to troll and defame the [...]
Full StoryWelcome To Crunk Camden
by Pixeleen Mistral, photojournalist In the past, visits to Baku sim were always thought provoking, as the W-Hat goons pursue their artistic vision with a series of themed builds. However, since the W-Hats purchased an island – named What – Baku tends to be rather quiet. Saturday evening I stopped by the What sim to [...]
Full StoryIBM Jilts SL – Now Dating ActiveWorlds!?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Activeworlds, conference calls, and interactive web pages – but no SL It is hard to know exactly what to make of this, but a reliable source pointed us to the Kauffman foundation’s web site where this page http://www.kauffman.org/3D announces a “3-D Internet for Learning Summit” hosted not on Second [...]
Full StoryFurry/PN Drama in Ryder Sim — Continued
SHOCK! – Herald reporter’s in-depth investigations leads to retraction – and two new friendsPN statue and pool declared a historical landmark by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer an historical landmark in Ryder sim The other day I created an alt and went inworld to meet with Fartgina Emert and Equino Faulkland to followup on an story I wrote [...]
Full StoryFortunate Szondi — Post 6 Grrrl
[Note from Justine- One doesn't have to visit many SL fashion shows before seeing Fortunate Szondi in the audience. She and I struck up a conversation at one show ages ago and she got herself on the Post 6 list. I'm pleased to present Fortunate Szondi, and as always I hope my pictures do her [...]
Full StorySecond Inventory – Scam, Backup, or Copybot Revisited?
Can the in-world economy survive local backups of user-created content? by d3adlyc0d3c, ex griefer Use this power for good, never for evil Surfing the internet the other day, I stumbled upon a discussion thread on slexchange.com about a product called Second Inventory – a new intellectual property theft tool – or is it a legitimate [...]
Full StorySecurity Alert — Metaverse threat level: Orange
Has any unknown person asked you to rez anything in-world? by Security Orb, Metaverse Homeland Security consultant This afternoon I spoke to a victim in Sandbox Cordova who was given a malicious object disguised as a gun. Normally guns are not malicious devices in Second Life, and are used for harmless pursuits such as pushing, [...]
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