i had to do a presentation in 2005 to an eLearning company about why they shouldn’t sink time and money into building an online university in Second Life and the pitch was basically this.

April 11, 2026 - 03:50 UTC

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Thank god that stupid shit is dead. AI and tech bro wank material next please
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PS thank you Something Awful and Second Life Safari
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oh i remember i also got to introduce the entire company to Goreans
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Oh dear gods. That must have been amusing.
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The real issue: Second Life peaked at 1M users. Building there meant betting on a walled garden with zero portability. Winners picked open platforms where content escapes the platform.
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lmao that’s not the real issue at all, and if that’s what you’re focused on then your brain is poisoned by LinkedIn, dude
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