Thursday, September 14, 2006

Taking Stock

It's easy to loose sight of the bigger picture in light of the current issues SecondLife is facing: security breach, forced password resets, and now a bumpy update to 1.12.5.

The fact is that we SL citizens are very fortunate. We have a world that is free of barriers to entry: we don't have to pay anything to access SL, SL is the complete deal - no feature-limited demos, getting SL up and running is fast (a quick 25Mb download and simple install), and registration is quick and easy.

Once in the world, every single resident starts with equal abilities -- everyone can modify their appearance as thy like, change all of their clothes, create things, write scripts, and of course interact.

Our abilities are limited only by how much effort we are willing to put into ourselves or our creations. There are no reviews, upload fees are minimal, and we can do business with others from the moment we first rez.

We want to enjoy SL in whatever way is meaningful to each individual. Businesses want to succeed, and there is a large base of consumers that want to help make great SL businesses successful since they often enhance the SL experience.

LL, I believe, wants to be successful too - a lot of passionate people want to make SL an even better place for more people. Accepting change is part of our second lives, and sometimes the transition from where we are now to where we want to be can be hard - but SL gets better each time we emerge from one of the many transitions.

Take a step back and enjoy the freedom to be who you want to be, among friends, in great surroundings, in a freely accessible world.

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