SL Ruined Again! This Week, Tringo did it.
Hammie Linden has a very nice piece, entitled THE TRAGICS OF TRINGO, which gives us the opening salvo in the inevitable handwringing war over Tringo. No doubt the phenomenon of Tringo represents a change of SL's culture, but exactly what hasn't? According to my notes, all of the following have killed SL: The arrival of the WWIIOLers, the departure of the WWIIOLers, sex animations, sex clubs, bingo, tringo, griefers, mafias, the feted core, criticism of the feted core, and the Second Life Herald. I don't doubt that Tringo will kill SL, but maybe that's how communities are forged -- by building on top of an endless chain community-destroying events. What kind of community will emerge? Who knows, but my guess is it will involve naked tringo with guns.
You've worried me, I thought that SL wouldn't be here when Linden Research, Inc would finally decide to release their Linux version of the SL client... wait, they do work on a linux version, right...?
I wonder which one will come first, a SL Linux client or a usable Croquet.
Posted by: cow_2001 | March 09, 2005 at 01:06 PM
Ok,, so now it's Tringo that is going to kill SL.
For some reason, I'm reminded of the fifties, when the downfall of society was iminant every five seconds because of Comic Books, Long hair, Rock Music, Women working, and a host of other normal activities.
All i can say is, Chicken Little is alive, and well, and living in SL.
Maria
Posted by: Maria laVeaux | March 11, 2005 at 11:39 AM
Kermitt killed tringo himself by selling min. 50 boards in sl. The market is saturated. I will not buy again from Kermitt he only cares about his own bottom line.
Posted by: Mark | March 21, 2005 at 06:43 AM
Isn't Second Life's free market economy all about the bottom line? If capitalism isn't about the bottom line, what is it about? You can't reasonably blame someone for operating effectively within the framework of an established system. Can you?
Posted by: Tony Walsh | March 21, 2005 at 11:49 AM