Second Life must be going through some hard times indeed. According to a press release, Linden Labs is cutting its workforce by roughly 30%.
According to CEO Mark Kingdon, the restructuring will free the company to pursue new projects. Specifically, Kingdon made mention of 3D applications, which I'm sure will be delightful fun for all and migraine-inducing for me. In addition, they will be working to extend Second Life into other social networking systems.
Second Life isn't a game to me so much as it is a ... thing. I'm fascinated by it but I don't think I would ever want to participate. I will admit to having briefly considered creating a brothel as a business in the virtual world but, lets be honest, it would never be more than a hobby.
Linden Lab Lays Off 30 Percent Of Staff [TechCrunch]
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1:00 AM on 06.10.2010 | 
I'd recommend people stay the fuck away really. Pick up a second language, find a sport or hobby you like, or do anything to better yourself but just don't fall into the pit of SL.
As far as the staff firings... The lindens really have done nothing but screw shit up. Ignore critical bugs for years including ones that slow sims to a crawl. It's no wonder land owners are leaving when they have to fork over $200-300 a month in tier only to have a bug fest.
Their new "SL 2.0" web interface is retarded. Second Life has some things in common with websites... But it's not a series of webpages. It's an explorable world. Their whole browser setup makes no sense at all in terms of navigating a 3d environment. Why the hell would people need an address bar? Bookmarks obviously... The whole thing feels like some moron dev got the idea "Hey people are used to the internet so let's tailor it to that regardless of it not fitting!"
They pissed off all their builders because the new interface is inefficient and likes to bury options. The whole thing was made to be moron friendly rather than clean and efficient. Everything now takes 3 times as many clicks which to be fair adds up when you're trying to quickly do a 1000 prim project. It's a giant mess and it's no wonder they had to fire people.
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