Gabriel Isodo Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 5:12 PM, Lindal Kidd said: ...raises her hand and shouts, "Hey! Nice person over here!" That's not just my opinion of myself. I've been told so many times "Wow, you are so nice!" when I thought I'd just been being ordinarily polite and helpful. Or even, suspiciously, "Why are you being so nice to me?" I think it says more about the average niceness level than about me. Hello nice one. I am sure you are nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Isodo Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I realize one thing this morning. Communication is SL is not the same as RL. when I read as in RL ... in SL ... This is wrong at least for me. My experience : I am very natural and react as I react in RL. Always honest (straigh or direct) I prefer a joke sometimes than serious too In my culture people are very kind and sweet. But withour revealing my cultural backgroud I must say that it is the most complicated ununderstandable and contracditory culture. compare to others who seam more simple to understand... I have my own way of communication because it is me. I like to feel the other and make confortable. We are all different. The same sentence could be understood differently according to people. then I try to be clear as much as possible. But in SL it is not the same. It is like an other country with special unspoken rules. I see that somewhere. And I don't know the rules or all. When I try to do my best I can break the rules. And been blocked for example. Communication on SL should be learned. You can learn by experience (mistake) or maybe it is obvious for others. I realise that if I cannot communicate with other on SL it is because I didn't know how to do it. It is very simple. SL is a culture in itself. Probably influenced by american or english culture. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gabriel Isodo said: I realize one thing this morning. Communication is SL is not the same as RL. when I read as in RL ... in SL ... This is wrong at least for me. I realise that if I cannot communicate with other on SL it is because I didn't know how to do it. It is very simple. SL is a culture in itself. Probably influenced by american or english culture. Well.. we do chat using English over here, aren't we.. Edited February 8, 2022 by Nick0678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 7 hours ago, Gabriel Isodo said: Probably influenced by american or english culture. Linden Lab is an American company. JFHC, do the research before inserting foot in mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 51 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Linden Lab is an American company. JFHC, do the research before inserting foot in mouth. The Lab is but the poster specifically referred to SecondLife which is made up of residents from a variety of countries and cultures, which each contribute to the totality of the S/L culture vs that of the Lab. If the poster sees a preponderance of American and or UK influence then that is perhaps because they are on at a time when residents from those locale's are on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said: The Lab is but the poster specifically referred to SecondLife which is made up of residents from a variety of countries and cultures, which each contribute to the totality of the S/L culture vs that of the Lab. If the poster sees a preponderance of American and or UK influence then that is perhaps because they are on at a time when residents from those locale's are on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) LL takes my euro as good as your dollar. So SL is an international community. Just because LL is an American company doesn't make it America first. For that you need a certain former American and (in my view) hopefully not next president. That the used language is mostly English is because most people at least know the basics of that language. Edited February 8, 2022 by Sid Nagy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 In 2010, the United States Supreme Court case of Hertz Corp. v. Friend concluded the principal place of business refers to the place where corporations' high-level officers direct, control and coordinate the corporations' activities. A corporation's state of incorporation and principal place of business each count for (or against) diversity jurisdiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz_Corp._v._Friend Linden Lab is an American company domiciled in California, USA. Where residents of SL are domiciled in real life has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not LL is an American company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Where residents of SL are domiciled in real life has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not LL is an American company. That's a very good point, although the question that Gabriel raised is not really about Linden Lab. It's about why the residents he meets seem to communicate the way that Americans do. He guesses that it's because a hefty number of residents live in North America. Arielle refined the guess by saying that Gabriel may be logging in to SL at a time when there are even more North Americans on line than usual. Personally, I think there's something to both guesses. Whether LL is a U.S. corporation has a lot to do with why a huge number of residents are American, but it's incidental information for Gabriel's question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 One would think LL being an American company is an indication that it is the source in answer to Gabriel's question. SL seems mostly American because the company that owns it is American, so many of the people you meet will be American. It's that simple. Nothing illogical about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Tennyson Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Don't want to see this thread die out without this one: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Nothing illogical about it. True, and I didn't mean to say that it's illogical. It's just the answer to a different question --> "Why are so many SL residents North Americans?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 It's perfectly normal for Second Life to be heavilly influenced by U.S folks, after all it's created, owned and mostly used by people who are ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I don't know that SL is mostly used by folks from North America. Someone had posted some stats long ago that showed that there were more Europeans, as a whole, in SL than folks from North America. Specifically by country, yes USA may be the largest, but I wouldn't put money on most people in SL being American. And all those European countries all have differing ways of viewing things and differing ways of communicating. Thus, if the OP is encountering mostly folks that behave like Americans, I'd go with someone else's comment that it is likely primarily due to the timeframe that the OP is logging in during. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sid Nagy said: ...For that you need a certain former American and (in my view) hopefully not next president.... Oh, how I wish he were a former American. Then he couldn't run for president again. Edited February 8, 2022 by kali Wylder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomm55 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Someone had posted some stats long ago that showed that there were more Europeans, as a whole, in SL than folks from North America. Would be great to see those stats. The only I was able to find was this very old research from 2007 (https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2007/05/Second-Life-Growth-Worldwide) that says there was 61% Europeans in SL at that time and only 19% from North America. Edited February 8, 2022 by tomm55 missing word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Here are the stats for SecondLife.com visitors during January.. (*a lot of them might be guests, but regardless of that its used to buy/sell lindens, visit the forums, manage homes/lands/memberships etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomm55 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, Nick0678 said: Here are the stats for SecondLife.com visitors during January.. (*a lot of them might be guests, but regardless of that its used to buy/sell lindens, visit the forums, manage homes/lands/memberships etc) Could you also please provide link/URL where does it come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said: And all those European countries all have differing ways of viewing things and differing ways of communicating. Of course the U.S is a country and these folks are it's citizens, on the other hand when talking about Europeans what all of us have in common is that we speak totally different languages, live in different countries with totally different customs/cultures, etc, (*talking about the continent, not E.U, that's just an economical union to trade better and make money easier, means anbolutely nothing, plus the U.K isn't even part of it, but i am sure there will be folks believing that a person from Eire and a person from Cyprus have a lot in common..) Edited February 8, 2022 by Nick0678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, tomm55 said: Could you also please provide link/URL where does it come from? sure there you go. https://www.similarweb.com/website/secondlife.com/#geography 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarlanderGoods Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, tomm55 said: Could you also please provide link/URL where does it come from? Those are webpage hits, not in-world numbers, so it´s pretty irrelevant. Even if you asume the same numbers will match in-world, both premises about the majority of users being european or from US is wrong (according to that graph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suga Bunny Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) SOME flew over the entire point of couldn't we be more friendly 😂 at least i mean since some stayed topic some making it entirely about the new topic thrown in there Edited February 8, 2022 by Suga Bunny correction 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Suga Bunny said: everyone flew over the entire point of couldn't we be more friendly 😂 Your actual opening post was merely a comment and a bit vague on what you really wanted to discuss. You then followed up with: On 1/27/2022 at 11:00 AM, Suga Bunny said: I mean Some people unconsciously do impolite things on a daily and don't realize it at all and some do it intentionally. I'm Curious What People Think or have experienced or noticed 🤔 Thus people started saying what they think, what they have experienced, what they have noticed. The comments might not all jive with what you think/experienced/noticed, but they are all valid comments for the topic. Thus I wouldn't say that "everyone flew over the entire point". (Yes, I realize that you were probably making the opening statement because you, personally, think us forum folks are mean most of the time and need to be more friendly.) Edited February 8, 2022 by LittleMe Jewell 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, Suga Bunny said: SOME flew over the entire point of couldn't we be more friendly 😂 at least i mean since some stayed topic some making it entirely about the new topic thrown in there You'll have to admit that most of us were really friendly about it. 😎 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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