Althouse: Lively.

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Lively.

Deadly.

९ टिप्पण्या:

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...: I've never even heard of Lively, so I'm not suprised that it tanked.; २१/११/०८, १:१७ PM
Pete म्हणाले...: It is always good to see Google fail at anything. They are too big.; २१/११/०८, १:२१ PM
Prosecutorial Indiscretion म्हणाले...: Too big to fail?; २१/११/०८, २:१८ PM
Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...: You could say that again.

http://tinyurl.com/6bhx2n; २१/११/०८, ३:१८ PM
Wince म्हणाले...: I'm trying to think of the way Google could try to sell congress on a bailout of Lively.

What kind of dire consequences could Google forecast that would convince the public that Lively is deserving of the government's largesse?

Here's mine: Former Lively users, free of their time, might try to date your daughter in real life.; २१/११/०८, ३:२३ PM
blake म्हणाले...: I had heard of it and expected it to be much bigger.

That is, I ignore the Google announcements mostly, then, in a few years, when I hear about them again, I check them out.

I thought Lively had a lot of potential, and I sort of thought there'd be a Google effect. "Hey, you gotta check it out, it's Google!"

Sort of like people used to do with Microsoft, without the inevitable awfulness.

I figured Google would be able to get a lot of signups, which is what makes a network useful. But maybe everyone yet interested in the virtual life thing is already doing it. (Until the VL crowd comes up with something more compelling.); २१/११/०८, ५:५४ PM
David म्हणाले...: Another reason why GOOG stock has been clobbered. Lack of focus, weak prioritization and money to burn. So they burned it.; २१/११/०८, ६:३८ PM
Christy म्हणाले...: Much as I loved Stevenson's Snow Crash I've never gotten the appeal of virtual life. Anyone here a fan?; २१/११/०८, ७:४३ PM
blake म्हणाले...: Well, Pogo and DBQ, I think, are both on WoW, which is a sort of virtual life.

I find Second Life appealing in that you can a) set up your own server and b) make game objects with code and even c) sell those objects for, like, non-virtual money.

Which is why I haven't gone near any of these things, except for Croquet, which is more academically oriented. I could easily see something like this eating my life.; २१/११/०८, ८:०० PM