#lindenlabs — Public Fediverse posts

Today on NovaLandia: "I've Withdrawn From Second Life"

Since 2015, I've run a store in Second Life under the name, "REVOSA", and for a semi-shorter amount of time, "Ayashi Systems". And over that time, the stores have made continuous sales, every month, f...

https://mkultra.monster/secondlife/2026/07/28/an-sl-goodbye/

#lindenlabs #virtualworld #onlinecommunity #rentals

Laughable.

Linden Labs was the first #metaverse with #secondlife.

I know. I was there as Nobody Fugazi. It's limitations were already known.

So this was all a predictable failure that cost a billionaire a lot of money. 🙄

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-metaverse-dying-horizon-worlds-ai-2026-3

#meta #lindenlabs

So, about 8 months after #Zuckerburg pulled the plug on his #Metaverse grift, I feel like talking about the actual proposal and the bullet we dodged on the grounds that #Meta was completely incapable of delivering the kind of experience #VirtualWorlds like #SecondLife, #VRChat, and #Resonite have become popular for.

#VirtualReality is an emerging and expanding technology, which is becoming more accessible and widely used by the day. I really do think there will be a day when, as he was claiming, #VR experiences are the norm and we regularly interact with these #VirtualSpaces. That's why it's so important to keep it decentralized, in the hands of small companies like @Resonite, and even expanded to a standard you can self-host like #LindenLabs did with #SL.

A community-driven VR is a thriving, interesting one, where artists can express themselves doors aren't closed on engineers who want to innovate, and users can use it how THEY choose to. It's important to work towards that.

One of the great mysteries to me is why doesn’t Linden Labs, the owners of the 20 year old virtual world Second Life, ever advertise their metaverse to attract new people? I recall a one page ad over 15 years ago in a gaming magazine but I’ve seen nothing since (but then, I haven’t looked at a gaming magazine in over 15 years 🤷🏼‍♂️)
#SecondLife
#LindenLabs