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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. If I had the money and time, I think I would try to make investments in this kind of virtual worlds.

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How to Successfully Digitize Events During COVID-19

Waxing UnLyrical

Yet when we are all going to have to live, and work, and live, in a virtual world for the foreseeable future, not doing this is also not an option. What to do?! I manage a few different Facebook groups, one of which is a completely free + no catch Social PR community: The Social PR Posse.

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IBM Social Computing Guidelines

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds and social media. This includes forms of online publishing and discussion, including blogs, wikis, file-sharing, user-generated video and audio, virtual worlds * and social networks. Skip to main content. Country/region [ select ]. IBM Social Computing Guidelines.

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Metaverse dangers: How to protect brands from the dark side

Sprout Social

Immersive experiences supported by haptic technology transfers touch from the virtual world to the user in real life. Some of these guidelines may already be a part of the hosting metaverse platform provider’s policies. NFT giveaways, in-experience currencies, etc.). Some policies to consider: User data.

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Nonprofit Webinar Series – Social Fundraising

Janet Fouts

He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in the virtual world Second Life, which hosts 120 tenant organizations and an active volunteer base. He also runs the website [link] a chronicle of the public good applications of virtual worlds for nonprofits, education and government.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

And yes I’ve seen social media site hosts send out “blame&# emails “You guys didn’t help promote us enough so we are now shutting down&#. In one virtual world we opened up the gates to all the “scarce&# goodies. If you don’t have a virtual world, open up your Premium/Freemium if possible.

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The Metaverse: What it is and why it matters for brands

Sprout Social

Users will buy real estate , sell and own goods , host parties, educate scholars and even get married. These include, but are not limited to, the following: Extended reality (ER) – another umbrella term encompassing virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). Virtual worlds created by metaverse users (e.g.,

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