(1,200 blogs and countless in-world magazines)

Content creators = royalty

•Protecting their rights•Identifying tools

Not Possible IRL members

Not Possible IRL blog objectives

Not Possible IRL blog objectives - Updated

• Communicate virtual beauty and excitement to the Real World

• Encourage other Slers to do the same

• Stress community

• Zoom back and look at the bigger picture

• Innovation in related fields, such as Augmented and Virtual Reality

from a little success

• People often expect you to blog about random conversations and encounters with them: “When you blog about this, you can…”

• Hurt feelings when you don’t showcase their work

• Bend under pressure or stay true to my mission?

• Consequence: Hiding! Drastically reduce in-world encounters, especially with new people (NOT GOOD)

• More editing, less authoring

• Reduce frequency of blogposts

• Stress quality

• Less “news” and more history

Good for blog stats

Bad for the grid

* Get out of your niche

* Cross- promote

* Reach new people* Develop other interests

* Dialogue with folks outside your circles