Deathwatch: Valleywag

Valleywag have an article regarding the end of Second Life in their deathwatch series which is so devoid of news that it seems to me it's more likely Valleywag is on deathwatch than Second Life.

Owen Thomas has some absurd notion that Second Life is only now chasing the education market, which will come as something as a surprise to the numerous education institutions already here.

Valleywag would seem to have run its course if this is the best they can come up with, are they sick of trying to poke fun at Steve Jobs over his health? Do they not have a new angle on Meg Whitman's politics?

Dredging up news about Reuters abandoning ship is hardly breaking news here, it happened last year. Eric Krangel hasn't done badly out of his Second Life presence, but this is all old news.

Valleywag hasn't been the same since it had its facelift and with Owen Thomas as the main poster there it seems even he's running out of angles to try and explore, the joke just isn't funny anymore most of the time. Owen should be more concerned about his own position than that of Second Life, especially when he's pointing out a side of Second Life with regard to the education aspect that has been here for quite some time.

There are reasons to be fearful for the future of Second Life, some of their absurd management decisions (*cough* Openspaces *cough), XStreet making it questionable whether a land presence is required, the global economy, the falling number of islands. However one area that isn't a sign of Second Life being in peril is the use of Second Life for education.