Second Life Rant

So I signed on to second life this week. Then I signed of, deleted my account and uninstalled the software. Why? It turns out I am just hopelessly naive. Here is the response to the question I gave the people who maintain Second Life.

When I signed up with second life, I expected to find a global community working to perfect cyber-civilization, eschewing the divisions of class and rank, and endeavoring to reach the highest achievement in philosophy, discourse, aesthetics, and harmony. Instead I found a tawdry and perverted landscape dominated by casinos that were little more than fronts for pyramid schemes and spam baiting and pathetic sex clubs which seem to be the only place brand new members can find employment within SL. I was saddened, then disgusted, and finally disillusioned, which is why I am canceling my account and uninstalling the client.

So in the end I lost a couple day's productivity, had to abandon an email address I had used since college, and found that some small part of my optimism had died. Thanks Second Life, for nothing.