Granted, this thread will survive, the necro-post haters are going to womit this all over and the vomit i guess will provide a nice base for all the living stuffs.
I wish i was good at singing.
" ...are there any sort of universally-known bigger-than-life in-world personalities these days? "
I don't know who wrote that, but there really shouldn't be any sort of those.
I would list them all here, but can't remember all the names in english now :D
Some new Star treck.serie, Travelers, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The Witcher, Altered carbon etc.
I remember i first time heard of SL 2007 and wanted to come here, but then stayed on mmo's. Have no idea how popular it was then, but when i started here on 2012 i feel this was more popular then today. Just a feeling?