Re: 2nd Life

[<Bonny_Allen () doh state fl us>]

I second that Timothy. Its obvious the poster "knobody" is unaware of
the current trend, right or wrong, to perceive SL as a likely business
tool - IMHO a parallel to all the politicians using MySpace and Facebook
to attempt to reach voters. I am aware of industries that are using it
to recruit and businesses that use it to conduct job interviews.
 
It is always good to Google if one finds oneself lacking knowledge
about, say "possible business uses of Second Life" before publicly
making off the cuff negative (a kinda nasty to boot) remarks about
another person's place of business. Examples I found:
 
http://www.digitalfutureblog.org.nz/digital-strategy-v2/using-second-lif
e-as-a-business-tool/
 
http://blog.worldvillage.com/games/a_second_life_quick_start_powerful_bu
siness_tools_for_the_sl_newcomer.html
 
 
Best, 
 
 - Bonny
 
 
 
 

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Timothy Shea
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] 2nd Life


Your comments are troubling.  What possible reason do you have to put
down another organization or a person based on something you don't like?
The guy is trying to do a job and your comments are helpful.

I have worked for companies that have valid business reasons for all
sorts of stupid and lame things.  In the case of Second Life - one of
the organizations I helped out in the last year had a marketing presence
on Second Life.  I have helped out or worked for organizations that an
approved segment of the user base actively cruised porn sites.  Why?
Because they many of their best customers operated such sites (always
paid on time and usually in cash).

So please spare us your moral outrage.

t.s


On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Brian Loe wrote:




        On Nov 6, 2007 3:49 PM, DRISCOLL, ROBERT <ROBDRI () safeco com>
wrote:
        

                Hello, 

                I wanted to get some feedback on a request to allow
Second Life through our network.  I was hoping that perhaps someone has
experience with this application and can let me know what steps they
took to mitigate the risks. 


        I'm sorry I can't offer any technical advice on this subject but
I am dying to know what the possible business purpose for such access
is?! If your posting e-mail address is an indication of the company
you're doing this for... well, I'll keep that in mind when it comes to
my next insurance purchase (I like the teensurance idea)! 
        
        I'd feel bad if you got in trouble using your company e-mail
address when posting here, and especially posting such comments.
However, if you do get in trouble I think you'll have grounds for a
lawsuit - after all, they would be recognizing the problem of you
letting it be known that they have games running on their network which
means they'd be recognizing how bad of an idea such access is. Unless,
of course, there's some very interesting business need for it. 
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