From Tateru's "Hacking Up a Storm"
Second Life saw an explosion in new Residents through 2006-- or to be more exact in retrospect, an explosion in people who created new Residents accounts, even though nearly all bid adieu to the world after their first and only visit-- and it was hard not to be caught up in the giddiness of such geometric growth. It was only when NWN demographitrix Tateru Nino wrote a blockbuster November story which revealed the modest retention numbers, did the sobering reality fully set in. My own response reflecting that, and the excessive backlash, is here at GigaGamez. Other highlights in demographic coverage, many of them from the indispensable Tateru:
"The City of Second Life" - The cities where Second Life is most popular. (With results likely to surprise.)
"200K" - April 2006: The world goes from 100K to 200,000 registered accounts in under 4 months.
"Quarter Million, Plus Change" - 250,000 accounts by June 2006-- and some of the first signs of skepticism arrive in the Comments section.
"Finding Fur" - Finally, a metric for a furry census.
"The Meaning of a Million" - Tateru Nino's thoughtful paen to a small world and a culture swallowed by waves of immigrants.
"Hacking up a Storm" - A cracker attempts to breach SL security-- and Tateru notices a strange phenomenon, as a result.
"The Trouble with Two Million" - Tateru's classic expose on how much was lost in the rush to gain so few.
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