
There is also a monetary system – Linden dollars. There are music venues, dance halls, religious gatherings, and, at one point, even a few Embassies. There are still environments where people from around the world could get together. Second Life still exists today, but with a much-diminished level of serious interest more of a multi-player gaming environment. At first, vendors thought it might be a mechanism to reach lots of potential customers and partners in an exciting new way. Some companies also held virtual product announcements and demos in Second Life. HP and IBM both had an environment in Second Life that someone could visit to see what they were doing. When Second Life first entered the market, a number of vendors, universities, and government agencies experimented with having a presence in Second Life. Lessons From Second Life: Not a Serious Marketplace


put guardrails and guidelines in place, just like laws and rules in the physical world, Facebook/Meta’s Metaverse will likely become a chaotic representation of our worst impulses.

Unless Meta (Facebook), government entities, etc. Without any rules, laws, norms, and repercussions, some individuals will give way to their worst impulses. Will Facebook learn from the challenges in Second Life?
