The virtual world, a strange cross between Burning Man and Neal Stephenson’s metaverse, marks its 20th anniversary with no true corporate competitor in sight.

  • Tokeli@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    As someone who makes an actual (meager) living off helping fuel SL’s continued sexual content, that’s one thing that every virtual world ever since has flopped on. They wanna be family and advertiser friendly. People don’t want to be though. Sex sells, better than anything else does.

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      1 year ago

      Can I ask what you do to make that living? An ex of mine spent some time in SL a few years ago so I got to experience some of it mostly second hand. Such a fascinating place.

    • PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      That’s why Sansar not allowing it really surprised me. SL has a decent grip on moderating and working with sexual content, something most companies don’t have. The fear of sexual content and how to manage it shouldn’t be something Linden Lab grapples with. I guess they wanted to test whether their product was appealing without it and ultimately the answer was no.