DISQUS

We've done a small review of Lively here - http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/07/09/live... - I think it's a long way of stinking, particularly when compared to some of the lesser worlds already on the market. That said - no Mac support is another major failing IMO.

Hi Shibari,

Not late at all - I said 'the next step' in the heading because we covered the initial efforts a month ago as well: http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/06/08/inte...

;)

Ahhh you've got to love the WordPress scheduling feature - I wrote this story on 28th April and set it to appear later that day but I must have selected the fifth month on the time stamp - hence its appearance overnight. Sorry for the confusion :)

Hi Dave,

Thanks for dropping by and for your comments.

On iVinnie, it was more their claim of being number 1 - number 1 in what? ;)

I look forward to the Associations ongoing work.

Thanks for the feedback Deb! Glad you're enjoying it.

Thanks for all the thoughts so far folks.

Dolmere - it was a temporary thing for a few hours but my understanding is it'll be a weekly thing until the underlying issues are resolved.

Hi Gary,

More than aware of Nickelodeon's historical presence but I see the latest announcement as truly 'entering the fray'. The BBC list is very useful, as is K-Zero's work in that area for sure.

Hi Marsoups,

I've had some brief glimpses of VastPark but that's about it - I'm signed up for the beta but because its not a Mac application at present I can't do much. If any TMJ readers have signed up for the beta and would like to report on their experiences, we're definitely interested in hearing from you!

As fas as Openlife I've certainly been in there a couple of times and it's very much a work in progress, but a promising work. And yes, we'll certainly conitnue to track their progress here ;)

Oops! Thanks Vint - now fixed ;)

Hi Gary,

In well over 12 months I've prevented a total of one comment (from a European reader) from appearing because it was defamatory. If you're tracking back from your site it's not showing up in my spam filter so may be an issue your end....

Update: I checked my spam filter and over the past month 38 pingbacks were caught of which none were yours (all were legit spam).

Couldn't agree more on the cultural elite issue Duncan - there'll likely be a lot of the 'usual suspects' based on fame rather than expertise...