New World Notes Advertises IMVU Advertising Avatar Like Avatar From *Avatar* on Article About Second Life Advertising Avatar Like Avatar From *Avatar*

I'm so confused.... this is a screen capture of New World Notes, showing a screen capture of a Second Life webpage. On that Second Life page is an ad for an IMVU ad featuring a blue Avatar (to coincide with the movie "Avatar"). Ironically, on the New World Notes page happened to be another IMVU ad featuring the same blue Avatar.

I've got the Avatar blues. All these blue ads makes me finally want to click on that big-breasted Evony ad (which is probably showing up to the right hand side of my blog)

Check out:

IMVU Advertises With Avatar Like Avatar From *Avatar* on Article About Second Life Advertising With Avatar Like Avatar From *Avatar*
by Hamlet Au of New World Notes

Lindens Advertise Second Life With Avatar Like Avatar From *Avatar* (But Not For Much Longer)
by Hamlet Au of New World Notes

Avatars blue, Second Life concurrency and transactions rise
by Tateru Nino of Massively

A Mystery
by Tateru Nino on "Dwell on It"

Avatar vs. Avatar: Will Fans of The Movie Find Happiness in Virtual Worlds?
by Botgirl Questi of Botgirl Lives

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Meanwhile, in the real world, where news reporters cannot get any substantial virtual world REAL avatar news, they resort to creating some virtual fantasy news of their own:

Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues
by CNN

'Avatar' Leaves Some Fans Feeling Legitimately Blue
by MTV

Avatar blues? Is ‘Avatar’ contributing to depression and suicidality?
by Psychology Today.
(Footnote: "suicidality" isn't even a word)

M Linden is an Artist?!

I made it over to Dusan Writer's sophisticated uber-intellectual (that is a compliment) blog to read his reaction to Tateru Nino's exclusive interview with Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon (a.k.a M Linden) brought to you by Massively.

Both; the Massively interview, and Dusan's followup are not to be missed. Both are interesting, intriguing reads.

As Dusan points out: "...a wide-ranging interview with Tateru at Massively, which is not only a must-read but perhaps one of the best interviews I’ve ever read with someone from the Lab..."

I completely agree.  It is probably the best interview Linden Lab has given to date.

I will sum it all up in two words:  long tail.

But I digress.

I'm not here to comment, nor am I here to comment on Dusan's follow-up, nor am I here to follow-up on the follow up.  I'm here to bring attention to this wonderful juicy nugget:

M Linden is a brilliant artist!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlinden/

Brought to my attention by wizard gynoid in Dusan Writer's comments.

Here are a few M Linden pieces (no infringement is intended):

M Linden's artwork is cerebral, abstract, energetic, symmetrically cluttered... much like Second Life.  His artwork sheds some light into what it must be like inside the brain of someone running a 20 million user metaverse.

Mark has over 700 pieces uploaded to his Flickr stream.  I urge and encourage you to check out his stuff.

I'm in the Funnies - Dwell On It Comic: The Bot-Spot by Tateru Nino

Haha, I made the funny e-papers! I'm confused as to what "Doubledown Tandino Mode" is, but I think I need to buy one! Do you think you know what Doubledown Tandino mode is? Post a comment @ Tateru's blog HERE

New comic: The Bot-Spot

By: Tateru Nino Via: http://dwellonit.taterunino.net

A brand new comic (#73) for your pleasure. Enjoy.

Or click the banner to begin at the first one:

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content - From the Linden Lab-Second Life Community Blog

UPCOMING CHANGES FOR ADULT CONTENT

From its beginning, Second Life has been an open place where Residents can explore a wide variety of creative pursuits. This has resulted in a vast amount of amazing content inworld, and has helped make Second Life the exceptional place it is. It is very important to Linden Lab that we support and preserve this creativity and openness as our community continues to grow, and as the range of uses for Second Life widens.

At the same time, we must ensure that all Residents can enjoy the virtual world. In particular, it has become clear that some Residents are interested in pursuing certain “Adult” activities in Second Life that others would rather not casually encounter. To address this, over the next few months, we will need to implement some changes around Adult content to ultimately give all Residents more control over their Second Life experiences. We believe we can implement a better system than we have now for managing this content -- one that is respectful of everyone’s personal preferences, yet does not detract from the creativity and passion that define Second Life.

The system we build will have three main features, which we will describe in great detail over the next few months. First, it will provide a way to geographically separate Adult content and activities to a part of the “mainland” designed to accommodate these activities (Estate owners with Adult content on their land will be required to flag their content; they will not be required to move). Second, it will filter search results, so that those who do not wish to see “Adult” results will not. Third, it will require that those who access or see “Adult” content (whether on land or in search) have had their accounts verified – such as by a payment or age verification method.

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Forum Discussions:

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Motivations and Goals

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Definitions

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Account Verification for Accessing Adult Content

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Filtering Adult Content in Search and Classifieds

Upcoming Changes for Adult Content: Geographical Separation of Adult Content

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Dusan Writer's Take: Welcome to SLAMsterdam: Second Life Creates Silos of Sin, Goal is to be More Real

Tateru Nino on Massively - Linden Lab changes course for Second Life's mature content

Wagner James on New World Notes Amsterdammed: Linden Lab to Segregate "Adult" Content in Second Life to Red Light Continent (Real Life ID Required)

Virtual World News Linden Separating Adult Content From Rest Of Second Life

Crap Mariner on What is this Crap The Wages of Cyn

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(pictured above is a picture used in the LL blogs. It is pointless. As you can see, no adult content going on there. Why did they choose to use that picture? Is that what some land looks like once all the sex is cleaned up and moved out?)