Second Life

Fatback

People are really into this. This dude told me he made $20k by selling clothes for people's avatar.Who does this?

disco_che

People are still doing this shit? It seems so 2005/06 to me.

DB_Cooper

This older guy I work with does it. He's not very computer savvy, and couldn't figure out the clothing thing for a while, so he was walking around naked in the virtual world for a couple of weeks.

Fatback

People are still doing this shit? It seems so 2005/06 to me.

Yes. Apparently a lot of it is porn related.

Junior

I struggle way too much with my first life to ever be interested in creating a second.

Okem

People are still doing this shit? It seems so 2005/06 to me.

Yes. Apparently a lot of it is porn related.

What. How?

ZEN2

Second Life is a misnomer. If you F*ck with this, you don't have a life.

Fatback

Second Life is a misnomer. If you F*ck with this, you don't have a life.

ha ha that sounds about right. seems to be a lot of dudes with hot female avatars. what's that all about?

twoply

I got a Playstation 3 recently, and apparently they have something similar for their network called "Home." I stumbled upon it accidentally and checked it out for a minute a couple nights ago. I saw that in the virtual "mall" you can buy clothes or a better home for you character at $5 a pop. Nearly everyone I saw was running around with fancy clothes while I stood there in jeans and a white tee. That's insane to me, that people would pay real-world money for virtual clothes. Then again, a lot of real-world designer clothes seem ridiculous to me too.

bull_ox

seems to be a lot of dudes with hot female avatars. what's that all about?

I actually heard a reporter or expert talk about this phenom on NPR recently (dudes posing as females online, that is). Apparently its just straight up being desperate for attention/wanting to feel 'special'.