BjRazzz Qinan Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Second Life is needed now! Someone needs to put it up a viable alternative to Earth 2 and other ****! As Second Life is proven and I'm tired of hearing about these scams. I want to hear how Linden Labs is using this momentum to bring people to Second Life! Make it so SL is where everyone wants to come to when the bubble bursts. Edited October 20, 2021 by BjRazzz Qinan 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Alcott Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucia Nightfire Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Sometimes I think LL should change Secondlife's name to "Asylum". 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjorJlen Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Maybe this way? 😁 Peace... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayeleeon Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, BjorJlen said: Maybe this way? 😁 Peace... Then why are there fossils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjorJlen Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 So Dippy would have a home of course... 😋 Peace... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 14 hours ago, BjRazzz Qinan said: Second Life is needed now! Someone needs to put it up a viable alternative to Earth 2 and other ****! As Second Life is proven and I'm tired of hearing about these scams. I want to hear how Linden Labs is using this momentum to bring people to Second Life! Make it so SL is where everyone wants to come to when the bubble bursts. Earth 2 is one of several NFT based virtual land based scam / ponzi schemes. What are LL doing to promote SL, reach new users and attract people to the platform ... that's a good question. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Starlight Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Been watching Earth 2 from the safe distance. It's fascinating how easy these scams get momentum, often promising just a fracture of what is already achieved in Second Life. I got an impression though that the main lure of them is "get rich quick!" promise, and meta verse, virtual worlds and such is just a shiny shell to attract techy dreamers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animats Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Oh, that thing. It's like Upland, on a larger scale. You can buy areas on a map, with vague promises about a 3D world being built so you can do something with your piece of the map. There's a good chance this is illegal in the US, as an unregistered security offering. There's something called the "Howey test" which is used to determine if something being offered for sale is a security. The basic concept is that if you sell a token that's for something that exists right now, that's probably OK. If you sell a token for something that doesn't fully exist yet, that's promoting a speculative investment. Which is reasonable enough. You buy land rights in Second Life, you can visit the virtual land, build on it, and have your friends over. That's fine. You buy land rights in Earth 2, and you are hoping that they "transform into the world's geographical virtual land platform, introduce our global economic simulator and continue building our E2 Terrain Engine to provide massive, realistic, real time rendered geolocated 3D environments." That's not OK. That's almost the definition of a "blue sky" investment. A few years back, the big thing was "ICOs", "initial coin offerings". In 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission brought the hammer down on the ICO industry. They pursued criminal charges against the worst offenders (the first one was the crypto coin supposedly backed by diamonds and land, in reality backed by nothing), and sent the others a letter, asking why they hadn't registered with the SEC as an investment offering. Suddenly the entire Initial Coin Offering thing just disappeared. A legit business could have made the SEC filings and kept going. Very, very few did. Here's a list of SEC enforcement actions related to ICOs, etc. The SEC hasn't yet cracked down on NFTs yet. They're known to be considering enforcement actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 At this point NFTs are just a vehicle for tax avoidance & money laundering with a rabid following of thirsty crypto fanboys hoping to get rich quick. The NFT as a token is what has the value, not whatever may be attached to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 23 hours ago, BjRazzz Qinan said: Second Life is needed now! Someone needs to put it up a viable alternative to Earth 2 and other ****! As Second Life is proven and I'm tired of hearing about these scams. I want to hear how Linden Labs is using this momentum to bring people to Second Life! Make it so SL is where everyone wants to come to when the bubble bursts. I joined when the bubble started in 2007, it burst a long time ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I never heard of Earth 2.. That flat earth GIF made me hit my head on my desk it was so funny!! \o/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjRazzz Qinan Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, bigmoe Whitfield said: I joined when the bubble started in 2007, it burst a long time ago. not the SL bubble; the Earth 2 or Planet IX bubble. which is what I'm talking about or others. surely there are people who really do want a virtual world. Then there are also there the people who want to make a quick buck then there are the people who just want to see the(ir) world burn. which they will see sooner then later hopefully. I totally agree with Pancake's sentiment: 17 hours ago, Coffee Pancake said: What are LL doing to promote SL, reach new users and attract people to the platform ... that's a good question. its why I made this thread! Edited October 21, 2021 by BjRazzz Qinan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjRazzz Qinan Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Also is their a mod that can get rid of the junk at the top of the thread. Please and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, BjRazzz Qinan said: Also is their a mod that can get rid of the junk at the top of the thread. Please and thank you. any one can post in any topic once it's made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 hours ago, BjRazzz Qinan said: Also is their a mod that can get rid of the junk at the top of the thread. Please and thank you. ...adds some junk to the bottom of the thread. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjorJlen Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 20 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: ...adds some junk to the bottom of the thread. God, I soooo want to do that as I am feeling a bit silly atm after a long hard days work, but the OP does have a point I suppose. No need to hijack the thread with totally silly stuff all the time as @Coffee Pancake is correct; it was a good question. Sorry for the hijinks (sorta lol). Gotta resist temptation... Gotta be respectful... Gotta resist temptation... 😁 But what a opening @Madelaine McMasters! lol 😉 Peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, BjorJlen said: No need to hijack the thread with totally silly stuff As anyone here will tell you, I don't go where I'm needed, I go where I'm tolerated. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjorJlen Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Well, see a need, fill a need I always say... 😉 And I ain't seen nothing that comes close to being intolerable yet, so your good... 😁 Peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, BjorJlen said: I ain't seen nothing that comes close to being intolerable yet, so your good... 😁 Don't tempt meeeeeeee! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake1 Nightfire Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 And here i assumed they meant this... now i am disappointed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabid Cheetah Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 3:34 AM, Coffee Pancake said: a vehicle for tax avoidance & money laundering with a rabid following of thirsty crypto fanboys Huh? What the heck do I have to do with all this? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 18 hours ago, Madelaine McMasters said: ...adds some junk to the bottom of the thread. ...sets you on fire adding even more junk to the bottom of the thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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