Second Life metrics to the end of December are now available and from an Australian perspective there's been a significant drop in active users - 10,644 is the number cited, down from 11,982 in November and a long way under the fifteen thousand of mid-2007. Australia maintains its position as 11th in terms of worldwide active users. Given there's record concurrency (number of … [Read more...] about Australians in Second Life Update – down again
Metrics
Linden Lab release customer service metrics
Linden Lab has a long standing mantra of being as transparent as possible although over the past year this has been tested in the customer service area, with a number of changes undertaken with little consultation or notice. A small step back in the other direction has occurred with the announcement that customer service metrics will be released each month. The metrics … [Read more...] about Linden Lab release customer service metrics
Australians in Second Life Update – steady as she goes
The November economic statistics are available and it shows an active Australian Second Life population of 11,982, a whole seven more the September figure of 11,975 (Linden Lab didn't release anything for October until the update today). Once again Australia remains in 11th place world-wide, which is 2.21% of the overall vatar count. Given that this time last year the … [Read more...] about Australians in Second Life Update – steady as she goes
Second Life is really just Wagga
Whilst trawling around Linden Lab land metrics, it occurred to me that it'd be interesting to work out how much of Australia Second Life would take up. As of the end of September 2007, the Second Life grid equated to 871.32 square kilometres of land. Australia is 7 682 300 square km, so all of Second Life makes up just over 0.001 precent of Australia. Tasmania is 68300 … [Read more...] about Second Life is really just Wagga
Is it a long-term slide?
I've had some interesting comments privately from people about the significant decline on active Australian Second Life users over the past two months. So, I've created a topic on the SLOz forums to delve a bit deeper - why the slump? Wold love to hear your thoughts. … [Read more...] about Is it a long-term slide?