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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Giving Newbies A Leg Up

Posted on 10:40 PM by Unknown
24 October, 2006. Two-day Old Cheyenne on a Bench at Ahern.
Fortunately, Someone Rescued Her. Nowadays She Tries to Pay It Forward
Written 29 April, 2011

Giving Newbies a Leg Up

Amidst the twentysomething know-it-all know nothings, inept griefers, gesture spammers, and potty-mouthed creatures at the welcome center is an occasional new person who needs help.

A number of people, including myself, are happy to give advice, but there's another type of newbie: one who has no idea what Second Life is about.

"What can I do here?"

"What am I supposed to do?"

About once a week I invited such a person to Whimsy. By the time I give them a ride on our train, show them the volcano Pele, and set them loose on a hang glider, they're inevitably jazzed.

I like to think that four years of doing this means maybe several hundred folks are in Second Life who might not otherwise be.

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