Entering Second Life in May of 2005 was nothing like it
is today. Everywhere I looked, there were smut shops and escorts working every
street corner. Online relationships and
drama were plenty while voice chat was nonexistent, letting many gender
imposters get away with “catfishing” before the term became mainstream.
Many avies were amateur
strippers working the pole or shamelessly handing out lap dances for lindens
used to save up for a small rental property to call home. Real estate was
popular then, just as it is now, but there were more slum lords and greedy land
barons that bought land at a low price, altered it and turned around and sold
it for an obscene amount just for high profits. Land bots were also an
annoyance that would do a sweep of land and buy up everything. It seemed like a
scavenger invasion of griefers and Alts more than a grid of opportunity and
creativity for decent professionals or those with artistic skills like it is
today.
Freebie lots and small shops bombarded the grid and beta
testers were just wrapping up. Banks, Casinos and Gambling were popular and
noobies were everywhere! There were also
more Linden workers on the grid until many of their jobs were slashed.
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