What do you think about the "SLBN 2.0" Announcement?

[Love Zhaoying]

This was just posted, what do you think about it?

On the plus side, LL would seem to be encouraging "bloggers" and "influencers"..

 

[Chery Amore]

Surprised they haven't jumped on that bandwagon sooner.  They really need to offer some more substantial incentive though. Although maybe they'll do that once you are in. 

[Sid Nagy]

“I don't care what the newspapers say about me, as long as they spell my name right.”
The quote has been attributed to many people, including Mae West, P.T. Barnum and W.C. Fields.

Everything is better than no publicity. So I think encouraging this is a good move.
Of course all the preaching for the own parish will have less effect than the bloggers and influencers who try to attract new people.

Edited November 22 by Sid Nagy

[Love Zhaoying]

I wonder, based on some posts I've read on the Forums, if "getting the ear of Executives" will be a good incentive?

[Alwin Alcott]

For all new info you first need to look at bloggers, influencers and as last LL posts on the forums/other of their own channels ... 
all publicity they don't have to pay for .. put  at least half of the marketing budget in the pockets of the shareholders.

Together with the Jury from Phil it starts to look we'r gonna be run by the residents, even less Lindens(employess) to pay.
Next year we'll be offered to adopt a region on our own machine to host, and still pay 

Edited November 22 by Alwin Alcott

[Jeny Howlett]

I am not surprised about this after i've seen some outcry about the secret special meeting of influencers to advertise the SL mobile app. Last week a prominent SL youtuber/streamer announced they will no longer be doing SL streams as well.

 

 

Edited November 22 by Jeny Howlett

[Chic Aeon]

I am waiting to see on this

Personally (for any official folks reading this and we do know they do LOL) I would like to see the meetings INWORLD rather than on ZOOM as the mobile app announcement meeting was.  I have no intention of "zooming" and the more we move away from the platform the less centralized we become.  

I do think reinstating has the possibility of being a positive thing.  

People in a huff CAN apply for the new format so I am not sure what the "take my toys and run home in a huff" bit was all about. Out of the loop there.   

Edited November 22 by Chic Aeon
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[AzureWaves]

They're too unoriginal to come up with a new initiative, so they revived one that should've stayed closed.

[Love Zhaoying]

I am surprised if there is any tie-in with the "universal" release of the Mobile App..considering the state of the Mobile App (features and/or lack thereof).

[Anastasia Loxingly]

I know I'm in the minority but I have never been influenced to buy an item due to a blogger advertising it.

[Love Zhaoying]

2 minutes ago, Anastasia Loxingly said:

I know I'm in the minority but I have never been influenced to buy an item due to a blogger advertising it.

If they would do more general "Second Life" stuff, and less "Head/Body/Skin/PBR" stuff..

..maybe I'd care about what they blog about!  

Edited November 22 by Love Zhaoying

[Qie Niangao]

55 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

If they would do more general "Second Life" stuff, and less "Head/Body/Skin/PBR" stuff..

..maybe I'd care about what they blog about!  

I think you should apply, with the Forums as your blog. I'm dead serious.

[Chery Amore]

1 hour ago, Anastasia Loxingly said:

I know I'm in the minority but I have never been influenced to buy an item due to a blogger advertising it.

You know I was going to say me either... but I've read some informative blogs that probably have, especially if they highlight things like the fit or quality of clothing. Or I might have found out about stores through blogs.  I'm not good about listening to a sales pitch that sounds like a sales pitch though if that makes sense.  Informative videos can be good and probably can influence me depending.  Then I do my own homework and decide.

[Love Zhaoying]

I know that some people, here on the Forums, get a lot out of "shopping and fashion" blogs - and I get advice from THOSE people!

 

[Love Zhaoying]

11 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said:

1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said:

If they would do more general "Second Life" stuff, and less "Head/Body/Skin/PBR" stuff..

..maybe I'd care about what they blog about!  

I think you should apply, with the Forums as your blog. I'm dead serious.

I know you were serious, but it gave me an idea.

What if there was a SubForum - just about blogs, where people could promote their (relevant) Blogs?

[Love Zhaoying]

OMG! Perhaps we are witnessing the birth of a new "FIC"!

But then, what will happen to US?!?

 

Edited November 22 by Love Zhaoying

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

Oh great. I can't wait until yet more annoying out-of-touch shills tell us how we should spend our own money to make them look popular and relevant.

Edited November 22 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Love Zhaoying]

6 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:

Oh great. I can't wait until yet more annoying out-of-touch shills tell us how we should spend our own money to make them look popular and relevant.

I think it is totally wrong for them to take away any advantage from the annoying in-touch shills.

[rasterscan]

Influencers influence young people. SL's user base is predominently older folk, dare I suggest ? I can see the phone venture going the way of Sansar in the end. imho. They never did sort out the desktop bugs 20 years on and here we are pushing for mobile phone SL. We must all bow down before the smart phone AI god. Right ? 

[Lyric Demina]

2 hours ago, Anastasia Loxingly said:

I know I'm in the minority but I have never been influenced to buy an item due to a blogger advertising it.

Same. But I love Inara Pey's blog and will often go to see landmarks featured there.  I've a lot of time for that good work.

[Madi Melodious]

Interesting. 

I wonder if they will take any effort to remove any non-authorized bloggers and streamers from platforms. 

[Alwin Alcott]

12 minutes ago, rasterscan said:

Influencers influence young people. SL's user base is predominently older folk, dare I suggest ? I can see the phone venture going the way of Sansar in the end. imho. They never did sort out the desktop bugs 20 years on and here we are pushing for mobile phone SL. We must all bow down before the smart phone AI god. Right ? 

they have to push us oldies to newer things   tell us to like the pbr and other stuff nobody asked for.

[Love Zhaoying]

29 minutes ago, rasterscan said:

Influencers influence young people. SL's user base is predominently older folk, dare I suggest ? I can see the phone venture going the way of Sansar in the end. imho. They never did sort out the desktop bugs 20 years on and here we are pushing for mobile phone SL. We must all bow down before the smart phone AI god. Right ? 

I definitely think "we need influencers". 

But, possibly the majority of the existing user base may be "too old" to be effective influencers! (Paraphrasing what you said.)

 

[Charlemagne Allen]

It's a good idea. Most new people learn of SL from YouTube, and the tutorials on YouTube and Instagram are much better than any inworld ones.

[Tjay Wicken]

1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I definitely think "we need influencers". 

But, possibly the majority of the existing user base may be "too old" to be effective influencers! (Paraphrasing what you said.)

 

I think one of the biggest challenges is making Second Life look less... for a lack of a better word, clunky.
Nearly every youtube video showing off Second Life gives the impression that moving around is very difficult, you have to navigate a lot of UIs, things popping in as the draw distances is reached, textures flickering between qualities.. I could keep on going.

It's a hard sell as an influencer I would think, how do you even go about trying to make it look appealing to someone who may never have been exposed before? "Trust me, it's different once you try it" is probably not going to cut it out for most people and considering that you probably only have 10-20 seconds to capture the attention of a person before they click on to the next thing, the influencers really need to be innovative with how they "sell" second life.

Anyway, that's just my two cents but your reply made me think of how clunky it always comes off when you see a second life video out in the wild