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Thanks for an interesting post, Nobody...

I wonder, though, if "working" in Second Life is really working. I suppose it raises the old question of whether or not SL is really a game, and in fact, if you are a greeter, or a host, or whatever in SL, are you in fact just role playing?

We know that LL has in the past stuck to the fiction that Lindens are not a real currency, it seems more and more clear that with every new policy they make that impacts the economy, they are more and more conscious of Lindens convertibility into real cash.

So, in addition to the complicated questions about equity in the workplace (and defining exactly what the workplace is!), do we have to start thinking about wages? Is working in SL really working? Do we need fair pay for work? In Ontario, where I live, the minimum hourly wage would be equivalent to about $2750 Lindens. If I could get a greeter job at "Twinks are us!" for 2750L an hour, I might have to rethink the whole land biz option...

This would put a bit of a damper on the SL economy, don't you think?

DD