Comments on: RSSS: Really Simple Second Life Syndication http://millionsofus.com/blog/2007/09/05/rsss-really-simple-second-life-syndication/ Virtual Worlds. Real Brands Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Reuben http://millionsofus.com/blog/2007/09/05/rsss-really-simple-second-life-syndication/#comment-50976 Reuben Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:02:51 +0000 http://millionsofus.com/blog/archives/325#comment-50976 Prok -- I think your initial points are true of ALL RSS readers, whether in SL or not. It's a fact of this crazy mashed up world we live in. The only consolation is a belief that content begets more content. As for the avatar info harvesting -- I don't believe this to be the case here. I agree that SL is a world but I think that imbuing that world with better browsing benefits all of us. R Prok –

I think your initial points are true of ALL RSS readers, whether in SL or not. It’s a fact of this crazy mashed up world we live in. The only consolation is a belief that content begets more content. As for the avatar info harvesting — I don’t believe this to be the case here.

I agree that SL is a world but I think that imbuing that world with better browsing benefits all of us.

R

]]> By: Prokofy Neva http://millionsofus.com/blog/2007/09/05/rsss-really-simple-second-life-syndication/#comment-50957 Prokofy Neva Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:30:19 +0000 http://millionsofus.com/blog/archives/325#comment-50957 Here's what's wrong with this model, Reuben. Let's say you have an online newspaper like the SL Herald, that has its own advertisers and works hard to get its traffic so that theoretically readers can view these ads on the web. Then SecondView grabs the RSS feed, which they pay some small amount for, and turns around and provides your content for free -- but now without your ads, and with its *own* ads. What chump will sign up for that? There's also questions about what avatar information is snagged and harvested and stored in the process of providing and operating these HUDS. It's a gold mine of shopping and user information, as per usual with these data-scraping devices. So they also get that proprietary info, along with your eyeballs, which they now sell their advertising to. Add to that the annoyance of having a HUD up in front of your view as you fly around. It's easier to tab out of SL and view that blog on the web -- where you can also effortlessly comment, too, or cut and paste or share on Facebook or delicious or whatever. Second Life is a world, not a browser. Here’s what’s wrong with this model, Reuben. Let’s say you have an online newspaper like the SL Herald, that has its own advertisers and works hard to get its traffic so that theoretically readers can view these ads on the web. Then SecondView grabs the RSS feed, which they pay some small amount for, and turns around and provides your content for free — but now without your ads, and with its *own* ads. What chump will sign up for that?

There’s also questions about what avatar information is snagged and harvested and stored in the process of providing and operating these HUDS. It’s a gold mine of shopping and user information, as per usual with these data-scraping devices. So they also get that proprietary info, along with your eyeballs, which they now sell their advertising to.

Add to that the annoyance of having a HUD up in front of your view as you fly around. It’s easier to tab out of SL and view that blog on the web — where you can also effortlessly comment, too, or cut and paste or share on Facebook or delicious or whatever.

Second Life is a world, not a browser.

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