The arrival of Ebbe Altberg has already led to the end of one Second Life character on Twitter, with @SecondLie announcing his retirement in an afternoon/evening of excitement, hope, despair, bewilderment and surprise at the arrival of Ebbe Altberg as new CEO of Linden Lab.
The unexpected turn of events threatened to overshadow the optimism about the arrival of the new CEO, with fans of @SecondLie expressing shock at his retirement. Lie (real name SecondLie) refused to answer any further questions, but did point reporters, observers, bloggers and Lindens in the direction of a new kid on the twitter block, @RebbeAltberg.
The retirement statement in full:
This account has retired. For Second Life parody, follow @RebbeAltberg
— SecondLie (@SecondLie) February 5, 2014
However don’t shed too many tears, because the new guy on the block looks to have great potential, exemplified her by this exchange with Botgirl Questi …. I hope this embed malarkey works with parent tweets!
@RebbeAltberg You used to work at Yahoo!, right? Any chance you’re going to make a deal with them like Cloud Party?
— Botgirl Questi (@botgirlq) February 5, 2014
@botgirlq What, you think I have my head in the clouds? Do I look like a luftmensch? Feh!
— Rebbe Altberg (@RebbeAltberg) February 5, 2014
@botgirlq Only for the Sabbath.
— Rebbe Altberg (@RebbeAltberg) February 5, 2014
Stay tuned for more developments as the evening goes on … or I go to bed!
SecondLie’s retired before, but I think this one is for good.
Well, it’s fairly unlikely he’s retired for evil.
**ducks**