Baldric’s Trousers

I’ve been thinking about SL and whether it’s Web 2.0 or showing us what the Web 3.0 will look and feel like.

Perhaps, it’s a bridge between the two. One thing that makes Second Life so Web 2.0 is that it embodies what the new Web is all about: users coming together in a community and making content.

Almost all of Second Life has been made by the residents of the virtual world itself, something which makes it a very attractive and appealing place to visit. It is in such a state of flux, with so many people changing so many parts of it, that there’s always something new to explore. Unlike other online games, where I suppose the spaces don’t change.

Of course, what SL is really about is meeting other people, and this is so easy in SL. I find people really friendly in general, and I’ve bumped into neighbours and friends of neighbours, as well as many other people, and found it quite easy to strike up a conversation. Strangely, I rarely know my RL neighbours.