To those of you who did

[lucagrabacr]

Show them too little or too slow and they would assume SL has little too offer,

[lucagrabacr]

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?"

[steph Arnott]

I do not, is their chouce.

[Madelaine McMasters]

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lucagrabacr wrote:

"How did you successfully lure and make your friends an active SL user?"

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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.

;-).

[lucagrabacr]

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.

[Venus Petrov]

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. 

[Syo Emerald]

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lucagrabacr wrote:

 "How did you successfully lure and make your friends an active SL user?"

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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.

[Amethyst Jetaime]

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. 

[Rolig Loon]

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:

[lucagrabacr]

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.

[Rolig Loon]

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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.

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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:

[Madelaine McMasters]

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lucagrabacr wrote:

Well.. 3 hours and I think my friend had enough because he said had no idea what to do.

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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.

[steph Arnott]

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.

[Rolig Loon]

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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.

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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.

[steph Arnott]

People come for personal reason, no math will equate the answer..

[Aislin Ceawlin]

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: