tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post8798263195067324166..comments2023-03-13T08:50:05.581-05:00Comments on Ms. CC, The Virtual Fashionista: Why Second Life is like tabletop gaming...or "Why certain virtual world pundits don't get it."CronoCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13837636780764302961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-58697094860428778812011-08-15T21:07:15.946-05:002011-08-15T21:07:15.946-05:00Hey, have you tried the Vision Racer yet?Hey, have you tried the Vision Racer yet?racingstripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973866841392273401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-86341279451396227132011-07-28T07:47:39.628-05:002011-07-28T07:47:39.628-05:00Amen CC! :-)
I can not believe the amount of peo...Amen CC! :-)<br /><br />I can not believe the amount of people out there who still consider "niche" a dirty word. They are living in a late 20th Century paradigm. They have missed the boat into the 21st Century, where "niche" is (and will be) what fuels businesses.<br /><br />Big does not equal better. Big = greedy. Big = catering to the lowest common denominator. But it does not *have* to be that way. <br /><br />I look at the Niche Geek Empire of Leo LaPorte, his "This Week in Tech" organization. Leo worked for Tech TV in the late 90s/early 2000s. Tech TV went under because its corporate overlords did not think it was "big" enough.<br /><br />Fast forward 10 years. Leo and his team have created a network of shows (probably 3X as many as Tech TV had) from a base of 500,000 rabid fans. Network TV looks at 500,000 as nothing, and yet it's providing not only a decent living for Leo and his team, but also a far better product than ever existed on Tech TV!<br /><br />Attempting to compare Facebook to Second Life is like is comparing Wonder Bread to a freshly baked baguette in Paris. Yes, they are both bread, but does that mean they are identical? It's the details that make the difference...the niche.<br /><br />I don't care what "pundits" say. I look at This Week in Tech, and then I look at my son playing Club Penguin. I am going to watch what he and his peers do with virtual worlds, and I am going to ignore the 40+ year old pundits. I would much rather live in the 21st Century, tyvm!Gabrielle Rielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879416310702948035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-3925640412904589212011-07-28T07:35:10.479-05:002011-07-28T07:35:10.479-05:00Had not thought of that particular analogy before ...Had not thought of that particular analogy before but you are spot on. SL might like to be Facebook for ad leverage, but it is niche market of a very dedicated kind.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Miss D Emberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15759629792371786786noreply@blogger.com