How big is Second Life?
In January, I constructed a handout for my Second Life workshops that included information on the number of islands as of December 2007 and the number of acres. I had SL at 11,873+ islands or 65,000+ acres. Both numbers came from Linden Labs, but the second number wasn't evidently for all of SL. If I had done the math, I would have realized that the acres number was wrong. Each island is 16 acres, so 65,000 is very low. So...here's the recalculated size based on mid-April 2008 statistics. SL has 13,976 + islands or 223,616+ acres. For comparison purposes, Manhattan is 14,478 acres and New York City (total) is 206,000 acres. Generally, there are approximately 50,000 avatars in SL at anytime. That is one avatar for every 4.12 acres. While some avatars may be grouped together, others may be working on an island or touring about. That leaves much of SL feeling void of activity.
When people say that they've been in Second Life and no one was there, this is why.
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When people say that they've been in Second Life and no one was there, this is why.
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posted by Jill Hurst-Wahl at
7:33 PM
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That does not surprise me much. So do you have any hot spot suggestions? Anywhere we should go to see real interaction in Second Life . . . probably best to leave out the "adult areas"?
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Alex Grigg, At
April 18, 2008 9:39 PM
Alex, I always point people to the Info Island International and suggest that the go there around 8 - 9 p.m. ET (or 5 - 6 p.m. SLT). There are generally people hanging out at the Welcome Area/Reference Desk.
Otherwise, look for an event to attend. The Welcome Area usually has info on events that are coming up.
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Jill Hurst-Wahl, At
April 19, 2008 8:34 AM
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