Talk:Economy of Second Life

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[edit] Economy of Second Life is not numismatic

If someone wants a numismatism article about Second Life, fine. Just don't hijack this one. Lee.Sailer 21:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SL credit/debit card?

I'm curious about the use of Image:Linden Dollar.jpg in this article. Is this a genuine SL credit/debit card? The image's info page only states that it's been created by FrummerThanThou and released under a GNU license. If this is only someone's conception of what an SL credit/debit card could look like, then it should not be used in its current context in this article. —Slowspace 21:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

There is no such thing as a credit/debit card in SL. 24.205.78.242 23:41, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

If I remember rightly, it's an actual card Eric Rice had his bank knock up. So unless FrummerThanThou is Eric Rice, it should probably be removed for copyvio. Signpostmarv 05:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

So is the card officially recognised and approved by Linden Lab? If not, then either the image should be removed, or a caption/summary should be added, explaining that this card isn't official. —Slowspace 12:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
  1. It's a Mastercard.
  2. Linden Lab accept most major credit debit cards.
  3. They don't care what you have plastered all over the front of it.
However, since Linden Lab do not distribute debit cards that access your in-world currency, whereas Entropia Universe do, it would be prudent to caption the image to indicate that it is a customised debit card, and not one provided by Linden Lab.
Signpostmarv 14:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other exchanges than Lindex?

The article mentions that there are other currency exchanges than the official LindeX. Which are they? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bromskloss (talk • contribs) 23:03, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

SL Exchange is quite popular. —Slowspace 19:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GDP

I am rather sceptical about the figures regarding SL's GDP. For starters, the source cited does not state whether the 64 M USD figure is a PPP or exchange rate conversion. Actually, a Google search for '"Second Life" GDP' returns the figures 170, 220 and 700 M USD on the first page. Take your pick...

Bottom line: the current GDP figure is meaningless.

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