I am an avid second lifer and love it ... call me sad etc but it helps me escape everyday life to be who ever i want to be ...... and i make rl money too ... have made numerous friends from all over the globe some who I have met in person ... yes there are seedier aspects to second life but you learn to avoid them ...
its a fabulous place and very enlightening as to who wishes to be what .... as in avatar stakes ... dont knock it until u have tryed it ... I did for a number of months pffftttt it etc but then laid up in bed with an illness and thought yer lets see what all this about and hey presto ... fabulous .... not for everybody but i certainly enjoy it xx