Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting a cool marketing company to give them a talk about Second Life, during which I flew about helplessly and tried to fake being an expert. While their questions revolved mainly around how better to answer their client's questions about the platform, one girl seemed very intent on finding out just how to become a virtual stripper. I should have given her my email address for some private tuition.

One of the big questions we discussed:, of those who get into Second Life, how many run away screaming, never to return after their first attempt? According to Linden Labs, that number is 90%. Yep, 9 out of 10 try it and say "what's the point of this?". And today, the always entertaining Warren Ellis have his own view of exactly why this is, musing whether we're seeing the collapse of Second Life.

Meanwhile, are there enough SL users here to warrant setting up a YesButNoButYes group there? Let me know in the comments if you're interested - I'll give a free virtual YBNBY T shirt to anyone who joins.