lucagrabacr Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Show them too little or too slow and they would assume SL has little too offer, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucagrabacr Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Crap, mobile browser screwed up bad. Ignore the above post I meant to say, "How did you successfully lure and make your friends an active SL user?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Arnott Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I do not, is their chouce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 lucagrabacr wrote: "How did you successfully lure and make your friends an active SL user?" The last thing in the world I would recommnend to an RL friend is to join SL! That's an exaggeration of course, but I have yet to recommend SL to anyone. ;-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucagrabacr Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Those rl friends could have been the next SL millionaire! Joking aside, guiding an rl friend through SL 90 degrees learning curve right now, I hope he stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I've not recommended SL to anyone. I've told a couple of friends about it and one niece used to listen to my stream when I DJ'ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syo Emerald Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 lucagrabacr wrote: "How did you successfully lure and make your friends an active SL user?" I didn't and never really attempted it, even with the one, who is at least an active roleplayer. And I think you either want SL yourself, or you don't. Getting dragged into it by somebody is not helpful, considering SL isn't spoonfeeding you anything on how to use it. I managed to use it by having my own motivation and knowing how to google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 My friends know that I'm in SL, but none have expressed any interest in joining so I don't push it. Frankly I think many of them are intimidated by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 My RL friends have no idea that I am in SL. Most don't know that SL exists. My SL friends have no idea what I do in RL. Some may doubt that RL exists. We all seem pleased with that arrangement. :smileywink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucagrabacr Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Well.. 3 hours and I think my friend had enough because he said had no idea what to do and what I was doing yeah, I guess it's always easier to make people who have interest in SL in the first place to stick around after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 lucagrabacr wrote: Well.. 3 hours and I think my friend had enough because he said had no idea what to do and what I was doing yeah, I guess it's always easier to make people who have interest in SL in the first place to stick around after all. That's true in almost any organization. It costs a lot to attract new customers / employees / freshmen / recruits and comparatively less to retain the ones you already have. Once a newbie gets past the initial shock of joining the crowd, he has enough time and pride invested that it doesn't take as much effort to convince him to stay as it takes to replace him with another newbie. The crucial time is that newbie period. Making friends with one of the "old guys" can make all the difference. That's why I stayed after my first week in SL. :smileywink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 lucagrabacr wrote: Well.. 3 hours and I think my friend had enough because he said had no idea what to do. I have never had the problem of not knowing what to do. I often have the problem of not having enough time to do all the things I have in mind. That might be a reason SL lured and kept me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Arnott Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Guess it is entirely to do with why one came to SL. Just a peace awaty from health anfd extended family. Does my head in, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 steph Arnott wrote: Guess it is entirely to do with why one came to SL. Just a peace awaty from health anfd extended family. Does my head in, lol. Yeah, I can relate to that, Steph. SL is my retirement home, my retreat, as much as it is my creative space. It's a place to find some quiet. Still, I wouldn't have stayed in SL if I hadn't made friends who helped me over the bumpy parts. I met my oldest friend in SL before I was two weeks old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Arnott Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 People come for personal reason, no math will equate the answer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aislin Ceawlin Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 My RL best friend has been my "bestie" since about 3rd grade (we're 48 now), she moved away from Michigan shortly after she graduated from college. I missed her terribly, even though we talked for hours almost daily. When I accidentally stumbled upon SL, and figured out what it was that I was looking at, I had a lightbulb moment! I invited her to check it out, and we realized it was the perfect way for us to still hang out and do all the things best friends do in RL....and more than we ever could have actually done! Here it is, almost 9 years later, and my "sister" and I still roam the grid together! It makes living so far apart a lot easier. :matte-motes-bashful-cute-2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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