Why The Sky Still Isn't Falling in Second Life

After two and a half years as an active member of the Second Life Bloggerati, I've finally woken up to the fact that the sky is still not falling in Second Life. Despite a steady stream of doomsday pronouncements and social media frenzy, the virtual world keeps turning and life goes on.

As Dale Innis wrote in a brilliant rant a few days ago, some of us need to "Harden Up" and relax a little bit. For instance, the recent "Emerald DDoS Attack" that many are so up in arms about is bound to blow over in a week or two and fade into dim memory as these others have:

• Trademark Policy:  Fear and loathing in trademark city and Fantasy Strike League

• Avatar Rendering Cost Feature: Render unto ARC the things which are laggy...

• Opensapce Pricing: A question for protesters with the courage of their convictions

• Adult Content Policy: You Don't Own Crap Redux - Linden Lab to Create Adult Ghetto

• Linden Homes: Parody Video - Little Linden Boxes

• Various Wallace Linden Controversies: Visualization of Wallace Linden's "Will The Real You Stand Up" and The REAL STORY Behind the Wallace Linden Controversy

• Various Copybot Scares: Copybot as Revolutionary

• Facebook Banning of Second Life Avatars: Mercy Killing: Self-Assisted Facebookicide Watch 

• Media Sharing Security Hole: Pseudonymity is Hard - Why Your Secret Virtual Identity Has Never Been Safe

• Impact of Linden Lab Machinations on Second Life Culture: Will Linden Lab's Change Efforts Destroy Second Life Culture as We Know it? and Mini-Rant: Second Life is FarmVille and I Feel Fine

So the next time you notice your heart palpitating at the newest Second Life controversy du jour, please remember that the sky is probably not falling and it will all be okay. If not, there's always OpenSim. ;)