The results of Prim Perfect’s recent poll are in and unsurprisingly, there’s large feedback on the tier being too damn high in Second Life. The poll received 246 responses, which in some ways makes it a representative poll, on the other hand the poll was self selecting, which means it might not be representative. That’s the way polls work but they are usually weighted in some ways to select certain groups of people to try and balance results, 246 out of Second Life’s user base would satisfy most professional polling organisations in their results, the self selection wouldn’t.
I’m not trying to invalidate the results, largely because I agree with them mostly, but I think it’s only fair to put some perspective on the poll. Prim Perfect do the same, they’re not trying to hide anything, which is good to see.
I’m not going to cover all of the poll, you can go to the Prim Perfect blog for that, but I’ll look at a couple of results. I’ve covered the decline in private estate ownership on this blog, most recently with news that private estate ownership is down 12% this year, a result found because of the wonderful work of Tyche Shepherd. Prim Perfect’s poll also pays homage to Tyche, although at that time the losses were 11%.
What do you think are the major factors causing the decline of private landholding in Second Life?
- The high cost of tier in Second Life – 84%
- The economic situation in the real world – 66%
- The dominance of the Marketplace making holding land less viable – 41%
- A sense that Second Life is outdated – 27%
- A move to other forms of social gaming – e.g. Facebook, phone apps – 16%
- Other – 21%
Wait wait wait! That’s more than 100%! Yes that’s because it was a multiple answers question.
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