Second Life economy stable

WHILE TURMOIL is rattling global financial markets, everything is calm in the virtual economy of Second Life.

John Zdanowski, financial director of Linden Lab, which runs the fantasy world, said that lead indicators for the Second Life economy remain strong.

For some reason, Second Life has been so far unaffected by the recent turmoil in real world markets.

He told AFP that the exchange rate of the Linden dollar to the US dollar had remained stable, he said, as had trading on the LindeX exchange.

The virtual world has 10 million subscribers, though only five percent are considered active users. There have been no statistics compiled on whether Second Life users have first lives. µ

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