Comments on: Why is Motorati leaving SL? http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/ Art, videos, tutorials, news, and bits of digital candy from the Second Life® virtual world. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:33:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: polysilox Apogee http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-88 polysilox Apogee Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:24:29 +0000 http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-88 Well, United Spinal Cord Association has just taken over the motorati sim ...motorability now..same kind of focus on motor sports, should be open to the public in a couple of weeks....and their are some new tools coming their is a proxy layer piece of software that can relay through ghosts....so several thousand people could occupy the same space...although i cant quite imagine....what the chat box would be like or listening to 3000 people on voice.... Well, United Spinal Cord Association has just taken over the motorati sim …motorability now..same kind of focus on motor sports, should be open to the public in a couple of weeks….and their are some new tools coming their is a proxy layer piece of software that can relay through ghosts….so several thousand people could occupy the same space…although i cant quite imagine….what the chat box would be like or listening to 3000 people on voice….

]]> By: Vlad Bjornson http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-81 Vlad Bjornson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:26:31 +0000 http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-81 Good points, Mike. I see the same similarities between SL and the early Internet. So many new tools and it takes time to learn how to use this new medium. I think Pontiac was doing a great job exploring some of the possibilities at Motrati. Kate: yeah, that is a problem. Especially for popular events or for someone hoping for some sort of Real World attendance numbers. We can get 60,000 on the grid but only 70-100 in one place - on a good day! :) Good points, Mike.

I see the same similarities between SL and the early Internet. So many new tools and it takes time to learn how to use this new medium. I think Pontiac was doing a great job exploring some of the possibilities at Motrati.

Kate: yeah, that is a problem. Especially for popular events or for someone hoping for some sort of Real World attendance numbers. We can get 60,000 on the grid but only 70-100 in one place – on a good day! :)

]]> By: Kate Miranda http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-77 Kate Miranda Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:34:05 +0000 http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-77 When only 30 avatars can gather in the same place for an event, it is hard to generate huge numbers. When only 30 avatars can gather in the same place for an event, it is hard to generate huge numbers.

]]> By: Micheal Smith http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-73 Micheal Smith Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:40:12 +0000 http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/12/12/why-is-motorati-leaving-sl/#comment-73 Great thought provoking post. The business and economics side of Second Life intrigues me. It is not surprising to me that Pontiac is pulling out. It took mainstream companies YEARS to figure out how to market themselves using the internet. Remember the early days of billboard websites? /shudder Even worse, some companies STILL don't understand how to market to an online world. Some of the earliest and best adopters of internet marketing didn't make it. I suspect there is a similar learning curve going on with Second Life and mainstream commerical activities. At some point they will get it. In the meantime some new folks will come along with some great new ideas to show the way. Some will endure, many will not. Mike Great thought provoking post. The business and economics side of Second Life intrigues me.

It is not surprising to me that Pontiac is pulling out. It took mainstream companies YEARS to figure out how to market themselves using the internet. Remember the early days of billboard websites? /shudder Even worse, some companies STILL don’t understand how to market to an online world. Some of the earliest and best adopters of internet marketing didn’t make it. I suspect there is a similar learning curve going on with Second Life and mainstream commerical activities. At some point they will get it. In the meantime some new folks will come along with some great new ideas to show the way. Some will endure, many will not.

Mike

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