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WATCH: Learning Virtual World Community Building Lessons from Palia, the Popular Cozy MMO

3 days ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

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SLCreator Survey: What OTHER Questions Should I Ask Besides These?

3 days ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

I'm starting to prepare my much-anticipated report on the state of the Second Life economy for 2025 -- a follow-up to this report from last year -- and it will include an anonymous survey sent to SL merchants. Below are the questions I'm planning to ask. Are there other burning queries I should include? How long have you been creating and selling content in SL? How has Project Zero impacted your sales?
Cajsa's Choices: Easter Season SL Screenshots -- Silly, Sacred, and Sweet

3 days ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

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Top 6 Posts Including: New Massive Virtual World Tech, Visiting a Mysterious Sexy Bot Island & a Huge Majority of SLers Call for Regulation of Gen AI

4 days ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

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Cajsa's Choices: SL Flickr Artist Favorites from a Creator Called Infinity

1 week ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting∞ (yes the infinity sign) is a new-to-me account whom I discovered in Vyka Coy’s favorites in this third, and last, leg of the FaVes Game. She is someone who documents her life in Second Life. Her stream has no other purpose other than showing her friends, her home, her travels, and sharing her joys.
WATCH: Can Second Life Grow Without Being Marketed as a Game?

1 week ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

Originally published on my PatreonSL YouTuber Prisqua Newall and Hari Sutherland (author of Second Life's first coffee table book) recently invited me to have this fun debate (watch above!) about ideas for growing the user base of our favorite virtual world. We touch on a number of strategies, variations of which have been tried before (including themed welcome areas). Somewhat hilariously, we end up agreeing on one that hasn't yet been tried: Pay people to join Second Life.
Compare/Contrast: Sims 4 Speed Build vs. Meta's "Faster" Gen AI Tools

1 week ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

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Flat World Rising: PMR's Cardboard Avatars Top Seller on SL Marketplace, First Flat Town Shopping Event Starts This Weekend

1 week ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

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Cajsa's Choices: Playing the SL Flickr Fave Game to Find New Follows

1 week ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

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SL Marketplace Survey: Over 85% Want New Regulations of AI-Made Content; Majority Want Mandatory "Contains AI" Tag

1 week ago | nwn.blogs.com | Wagner James Au

Here's the results of last week's Gen AI survey, which I took in the run-up to Second Life's official "AI & the Future of Our Virtual Community" town hall happening this Friday. The results are pretty unambiguous: A massive majority of over 85% surveyed want some kind of regulation against gen AI-made content in the SL Marketplace, with a majority (54%) choosing this option as the one they agree with most: REQUIRE merchants tag their content as having "No AI" or "Contains AI".