tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1397372658031673098..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Second Life by NumbersGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-61661954131528609112006-11-24T20:41:00.000+00:002006-11-24T20:41:00.000+00:00Certainly, the figures can be manipulated, and it'...Certainly, the figures can be manipulated, and it's not a rigorous measure of the in-world economy; but when somebody did fake it, it showed in the huge spike in dollars spent.<br /><br />What's striking is that the number has remained around the 600K level for the last month or so. The number itself isn't important: what's important is that it hasn't changed during the CopyBot episode. The sky did not fall as some were predicting.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-61527778436273765622006-11-24T19:43:00.000+00:002006-11-24T19:43:00.000+00:00I don't know why you say that the "dollars spent" ...I don't know why you say that the "dollars spent" figure is meaningful, given that its been reported the number is meaningless: http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2006/11/linden_lab_boas.html. All it does is record the game currency changing hands, and that can happen pretty rapidly in, for example, casinos, or when sellers test their vendors.<br /><br />And Linden Lab has essentially concurred.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318094546375591447noreply@blogger.com