Top 10 Most Read New World Notes Posts of 2021

As with most years, the most shared and read New World Notes posts of 2021 tell you a lot about the current state of the Metaverse, along with Second Life and its successors' place within it:

• BREAKING: Sansar, Would-Be Second Life Successor & Metaverse Platform, Is Offline -- Staff Reportedly Furloughed Since September
• Neal Stephenson: The Metaverse Isn't Dystopian, The Problem Is Monetizing User Data -- And We Need Collective Bargaining To Make It Better
• Dear New York Times: Here's What Stylish Marriages In The Metaverse Actually Look Like
• Watch: Second Life Land Baron Who Hates Evicting Tenants Featured On HBO's How To With John Wilson
• Dear Media: Maybe Don't Draw Wrong Metaverse Lessons From Second Life?

  Five more after the break, including the saddest news of the year:

• ROBLOX YouTuber & Taiwan Supporter Breaks Through Great Firewall To Connect With Players Of China's Heavily Censored Version
• Watch: Second Life's First Big Budget Online Commercial - It Won An Award!
• Expect A Real Life Crackdown On Second Life Gachas, Says Expert Lawyer
• Ebbe Altberg, Ambitious & Inspiring CEO Of Linden Lab, Dies After Long Bout With Illness 
• Second Life Officially Acquired By Holding Company, Ending Era As Aspirational Startup

Update, 3:16PM: Bonus 11th top post: Quick interview with Richard Bartle on the free release of his seminal Designing Virtual Worlds book.

Comments

[FlipperPA]

Thanks for another year of coverage... another year of fairly substantial change, while so much still feels the same. We lost a true believer in Ebbe.

[Wagner James Au]

Missed this before, but thanks! :)