Comments on: Teens really arrested for virtual crime

By: cachorro668

cachorro668 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:49:08 +0000

kaka

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:40:50 +0000

Don’t they have virtual cops for this?
Throw ‘em all in virtual jail?

This sounds like it should be left as a game and tax payers should not have to supply police services for this silliness.

If you buy virtual stuff you must expect virtually nothing.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:41:40 +0000

“Because HabboHotel requires that you do, that’s why. Not that it makes it any more logical.”

OR…. because the people that paid real money for some stupid virtual furniture were absolute IDIOTS! I would take this explanation any day of the week.

By: The Angry Offender

The Angry Offender — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:25:20 +0000

Webkins. ’nuff said.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:15:17 +0000

Because HabboHotel requires that you do, that’s why. Not that it makes it any more logical.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:05:31 +0000

why for the love of god would you pay real money for a virtual item!!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:30:15 +0000

So, those “virtual worlds” replicate scarcity of the real world.

Anyone want to build a system where you have abundance instead of scarcity? – Probably not, otherwise it would be too boring.

Or wait…, actually there is abundance in the real world now: abundance of user-generated content. Even Time Magazine acknowledges it here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html . This is what needs to be protected from the hands of Big Media, and an efficient way of doing so is to make Big Media irrelevant.