And Eric’s half right. Financial analysts could dissect it all they want, but it’s all moot. The instant they did, even the beginner SL user can just jump the logic train to a completely different track.

How much would it cost to quarantine the lot of you? Can i PayPal that one through direct?

So financial analysts, pro- and anti- SLers can dissect this all they want, but the fact remains that people pay for things they want that someone is willing to sell.

Kinda like music. Graphic Design. And XBOX Strategy Guide. /me inserts any ‘only digital’ and ‘fake stuff’ example here.

You can pay me to punch you in the face if you like. My rates are affordable. And thanks for not making a value judgement on the economic transaction.

No wonder you’re so mad, Jon … you’re like someone who goes to a football game and wonders where the ice is, and asks why the players don’t have sticks…

What’s more of an indictment is that the best you could come up with is “Well, all you’re SUPPOSED to come away with is a pretty avatar”.

I’m not saying SL is perfect. But what you’ve got here is an economist working off the assumption that currency exchange and e-commerce are SL’s primary reasons for existance — which is just wrong. I might as well complain that I don’t get $$$ from using my Sony PS3.

Harrison’s article ends by saying all you get out of SL is a pretty looking avatar. well that’s all you’re supposed to get, imho.

Not everything in the world exists so that you can make money off it. This angers people like Harrison. Which is fine, but I don’t see why that should be an indictment of SL.

And much like the SL economy, nobody cares about SL itself save for the people already involved with it.