Comments on: Quick Link: Second Life Active Users Climb http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/04/15/quick-link-second-life-active-users-climb/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Adam Cox http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/04/15/quick-link-second-life-active-users-climb/#comment-43911 Adam Cox Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:25:09 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1219#comment-43911 Regardless of the statistics, the reality is that technology is evolving and systems like this will be used more and more. Second Life will, undoubtedly, grow in the near future. Let it be 5 years or 10 years, it will be as common as video game consoles and the WWW. It is just a matter of time. I can't prove this, but my background as a software developer and my education allows me to make these assertions. :) Regardless of the statistics, the reality is that technology is evolving and systems like this will be used more and more. Second Life will, undoubtedly, grow in the near future. Let it be 5 years or 10 years, it will be as common as video game consoles and the http://WWW. It is just a matter of time. I can’t prove this, but my background as a software developer and my education allows me to make these assertions. :)

]]> By: Tom Grimshaw http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/04/15/quick-link-second-life-active-users-climb/#comment-43027 Tom Grimshaw Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:35:05 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1219#comment-43027 Well, call me a pessimist, but these are not statistics to feel great about. It's true that one analyst might say that yes, indeed, repeat logins are steadily increasing, but in reality one might also say that they're increasing at the same level as they were back in July 2006. The problem is, as the number of active users rises, this figure will naturally also rise - we would need to cross reference these figures the number of active users to find out if /repeat logins per active user/ are indeed increasing or dereasing. I suggest the latter. Well, call me a pessimist, but these are not statistics to feel great about.

It’s true that one analyst might say that yes, indeed, repeat logins are steadily increasing, but in reality one might also say that they’re increasing at the same level as they were back in July 2006.

The problem is, as the number of active users rises, this figure will naturally also rise - we would need to cross reference these figures the number of active users to find out if /repeat logins per active user/ are indeed increasing or dereasing.

I suggest the latter.

]]> By: Tateru Nino http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/04/15/quick-link-second-life-active-users-climb/#comment-42789 Tateru Nino Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:10:15 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1219#comment-42789 To me, it still depends on what data we're actually seeing charted. It's got a name, but that could be quite a number of things. I can't in all honesty view the graph as much more than a curiosity without more information. To me, it still depends on what data we’re actually seeing charted. It’s got a name, but that could be quite a number of things.

I can’t in all honesty view the graph as much more than a curiosity without more information.

]]> By: Ran Garrigus http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/04/15/quick-link-second-life-active-users-climb/#comment-42786 Ran Garrigus Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:47:38 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1219#comment-42786 True enough that we don't know what "repeat logins" means precisely. However, given the documented increasing stability of SL and the viewer, it seems unlikely that the growth curve is reflecting to any significant degree instability/crash-related logins. True enough that we don’t know what “repeat logins” means precisely.

However, given the documented increasing stability of SL and the viewer, it seems unlikely that the growth curve is reflecting to any significant degree instability/crash-related logins.

]]> By: Tateru Nino http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/04/15/quick-link-second-life-active-users-climb/#comment-42784 Tateru Nino Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:28:20 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1219#comment-42784 Definitions count. Depending on how the Lab has defined "repeat logins" (and I can think of at *least* two ways) that chart could as easily represent grid instability combined with viewer crash rates, rather than returning users. Without the definition of what the data means, it's *interesting* but it's not actually *useful*. Definitions count. Depending on how the Lab has defined “repeat logins” (and I can think of at *least* two ways) that chart could as easily represent grid instability combined with viewer crash rates, rather than returning users.

Without the definition of what the data means, it’s *interesting* but it’s not actually *useful*.

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