"democratize content"

[heraldprophet]

Hark!

Recently, Ebbe gave a speech where he made a comment regarding the future of virtual spaces wherein he used the phrase "democratize content". In conjunction with that phrase, he went on to explain his vision of the future of virtual reality which included,  “In the future we will all be able to create spaces and experiences and invite people into those experiences… It’s not going to be something that necessarily someone created for you, just like we have our own homes and our way of dressing, the future in virtual reality is going to allow us to have that level of control over the environment and how we express ourselves.”

To me, this sounds suspiciously like what is happening over at High Fidelity.

What are your thoughts?

[ZoeTick]

Well, since democracy is a political system in which just over half the pliable stupid adults in the population (about 30% of potential voters) are convinced by lies, more lies and statistics to vote for, and give unlimited executive power to, a ham actor puppet manipulated by major financial forces, then the inhabitants of SL V2 can expect to have imposed upon them a landscape of magnificent boredom typical of that epitome of the democratic socialist state, Sweden.

The control that inhabitants will have will be how many virtual kilometres of nothingness will span the distance to the next region of nothingness. Have you seen Wallander? There were more real life suicides among the cast than fictitious murders to be grudgingly solved. Are you surprised that Ebbe left, but is now homesick for the almost-void?

[heraldprophet]

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ZoeTick wrote:

Well, since democracy is a political system in which just over half the pliable stupid adults in the population (about 30% of potential voters) are convinced by lies, more lies and statistics to vote for, and give unlimited executive power to, a ham actor puppet manipulated by major financial forces, then the inhabitants of SL V2 can expect to have imposed upon them a landscape of magnificent boredom typical of that epitome of the democratic socialist state, Sweden.

The control that inhabitants will have will be how many virtual kilometres of nothingness will span the distance to the next region of nothingness. Have you seen Wallander? There were more real life suicides among the cast than fictitious murders to be grudgingly solved. Are you surprised that Ebbe left, but is now homesick for the almost-void?

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Hark!

In relation to Sansar Ebbe also said this, “It’s not just about shipping a lot of stuff, we’ve got to make sure we’ve got a lot of content,” he said. “We need to give the power to every user — to every person — to have the option of creating their own content and their own experiences.”

Again we see the reference to everyone having "the option of creating their own content and experiences." and this to me sounds very much like what happens now at HiFi. One must download the 'stack manager' and set up your own domain, your own space as it were, where you will be able to then create your own content.

Is Sansar Hifi? Will people joining Sansar also have to pay the US$20 per year for registration of their domain or "personal space"?

[Qie Niangao]

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heraldprophet wrote:.

Is Sansar Hifi? 

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No.

[Bree Giffen]

I don't really see how one can jump from what Ebbe said to the possibility of the new SL actually being Hi Fidelity. It sounds like he's talking about SL as it currently is where residents can create their own content compared to other platforms where the content is created by a single source (the company).

[Taeem]

“We need to give the power to every user — to every person — to have [...]"

I like how they realize, if just as an afterthought, that users are persons, but I dearly hope this isn´t another part of the prophecy indicating that they´ll exchange the surname 'Resident' with the surname 'Person'

My thoughts...doesn´t really sound all that different from our current SL.

[Iyoba Tarantal]

"Democratizing content" has nothing to do with democracy as voters know it. Rather it is a way of saying that any one willing to learn a skill or pay a small fee (or not so small fee) can rezz prims. Usually democratizing content/media etc... is mentioned along with the so-called (It's really rentals and if it supports people it is a second job with no benefits) sharing economy. The haves have more. The have-nots can make a killing as Uber drivers or super Task Rabbits, or they can open their own Feastly restaurants. Anyone willing to buy in, can get their share of democratized content.