Recently a question came up from Prokofy Neva about the profile option "My Picks" and how people are using them as a way to say something about themselves, as well as for advertising. So Philip ran a query to see what the most frequent "Picks" are, according to SL residents. Here's the list:
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| total | name |
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| 989 | "THE WALL" in TRANSYLVANIA |
| 613 | IceDragon`s Playpen Island |
| 518 | FurNation Worlds Prime! |
| 517 | Bad Girls - Dance & Fetish Club Home of Sexy Talk Radio |
| 509 | Ahern Welcome Area |
| 441 | Sandbox Island - Wiped @ 3 AM&PM SLT, no shooting or selling :) |
| 433 | The Forest |
| 422 | > Lost Furest < |
| 417 | The Lost Gardens of Apollo |
| 383 | Amsterdam |
| 381 | Luskwood |
| 360 | the Shelter |
| 354 | SOUTH I/dvds/ movies/Dance pads 4L/10mins ,Mens Clothing, |
| 337 | The Edge: The Only way You Can't Win Is If You Dont Show Up! |
| 332 | LESTATS DARK EROTICA Club & Mini Mall yardsale now on |
| 320 | The Barbie Club - Hosting The Most Gorgeous Dancers & Escorts |
| 315 | Mahalai Asylum: Succubus Club / Dancing |
| 313 | Port Cos |
| 293 | DREAMERS ADULT FANTASY CLUB - Where All Your Dreams Come True! |
| 290 | NOMINE by Munchflower Zaius |
| 277 | ::: BareRose ::: HQ |
| 270 | FULLY TERRAFORMABLE MATURE - FIC SIM !!! - ANSHECHUNG.COM |
| 266 | TeaZers Island:: "You just never know what will happen!" |
| 261 | Mature Sandbox wiped 5am Random Cleanings No Shooting-Griefing |
| 255 | -=Club H2O=- 4L/10min Camping - Pizzeria |
| 255 | Midnight City |
| 245 | Ivory Tower Library of Primitives |
| 242 | Le Cadre-FREE MONEY-Senusal Designs-Asri Falcone Originals |
| 241 | Nyte'N'Day & Elika Tiramisu Designs |
| 240 | Dark Life |
| 235 | Taco |
| 230 | Enchanted Weald |
| 224 | DFO Shopping,DragonFly Designs, VENDOR SPOTS AVAIL! |
| 223 | |
| 220 | ^. .^ Club Rainbow Tiger |
| 215 | Yadni s Junkyard - Newbie Paradise - SINCE APRIL 6th 2004 |
| 211 | Hawaii, Big Island - Free Rent Huts - Money Trees, Best Beachs |
| 201 | Village of Kassau - Home to Van Dungeon Devices |
| 196 | XL Casino 20/10 120/hr+ 8-15 Line SLots Bonus& PROG BlackJack |
| 195 | Luna-Sea - Discover Romance |
| 195 | Welcome Area |
| 194 | Goguen Sandbox - Wiped @ 3 AM&PM SLT, no shooting or selling :) |
| 194 | House of Blade Mall & Crying Rose Studio Design & Tripple "P" |
| 188 | Dwellget |
| 185 | * Mischief, Tickled Pink, Rising Phoenix & 7 Deadly Sins * |
| 185 | Image Reflections -DESIGNS BY SOME OF SL'S HOTTEST DESIGNERS! |
| 182 | BB's Honey Lounge Kohana - Exotic Dance Club! |
| 182 | Central Park, Dreamland - ANSHECHUNG.COM |
| 182 | Los Altos Hot Gear & 2Stylez 1 Stop Thug Shop |
| 179 | the Elbow Room |
| 172 | Abbotts Aerodrome - Est. February 2004 |
| 171 | Celestial Studios ~ Canimal's ~ Oxygen Designs |
| 168 | City of Lydius |
| 168 | Nevermore : Midnight in a Perfect World |
| 167 | Gangsters |
| 160 | Pixeldolls |
| 158 | MastraVille-Where The Fun Times Roll into The Drive-In |
| 157 | The Sex Club |
| 157 | Devils Moon / Abranimations |
| 155 | Welcome Area |
| 153 | Heaven Above the Clouds |
| 153 | Glorious Ar |
| 152 | Vampire Empire |
| 151 | Moonshine Casino / FREE MONEY / BLACKJACK / SLOTS |
| 150 | Laura |
| 147 | Mystical Sanctuary- Come share some magic with someone special |
| 147 | Crimson Falls Asylum & Village |
| 146 | Kaelter Prime |
| 144 | Linden Weapons TESTING Sandbox NO combat |
| 143 | House of Neruda-Gorean Slave House |
| 142 | Neo-Realms Fishing Camp - Alston |
| 139 | Milano Famiglia Territory |
| 139 | VooDoo Lounge |
| 138 | Torvaldsland |
| 137 | Team Gecko: Belle Belle Furniture, L&F, Gecko, Mina's Tattoos.. |
| 137 | SILVER MOTORSPORTS COMPLEX |
| 134 | Southern Woods of Port Cos |
| 133 | Nage's Private BDSM Club |
| 132 | Nexus Prime - Cyberpunk City of the Future |
| 130 | LostDog Designs |
| 128 | Dragon Moon, Where the Dragons Fly |
| 126 | Blue Stone Fine Jewelry / Movie Theatre |
| 124 | The plains of Jeebi'ess, A gor sim, FORCED COLORING'S ALLOWED |
| 121 | Mega-Mall Cascade - VACANCY |
| 120 | |
| 119 | * Salsas y Boleros * The Lost Gardens of Apollo |
| 117 | ElvenGlen Market |
| 115 | SL Botanical Gardens |
| 115 | Pollyesther's |
| 113 | FurNation SkyMall and Gallery |
| 112 | RELIC - Furniture, building kits, prefab homes, plants, bdsm |
| 111 | 13,424SQM FOR SALE-27K (NEGOTIABLE) YES IM ACTUALLY SELLING |
| 111 | City of Treve |
| 111 | Turia |
| 110 | |
| 110 | The Pot Healer Adventure - Numbakulla Island Project |
| 109 | Serenite ~Gardens, Mysteries & Romance abound~ |
| 108 | The Garden |
| 107 | Studio Lis |
| 106 | {-Club Elite-} |
BRILLIANT! This kind of information should be built into the client. This shows what people REALLY think is compelling content.
This should be replacing dwell, ex post haste. No, seriously. :)
Posted by: Lordfly Digeridoo | April 18, 2006 at 05:42 PM
An article I wrote on the Herald about these query results, and contrasting them to the dwell/traffic top 20 and the classifieds purchased top 20.
http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2006/04/picking_the_pic.html
I'd love to see a regular feature of the SL home page that has the "top picks" or "among the most frequent picks" of parcels based on what people actually pick. Of course, awareness of this issue will help spark some to game it and the "purity" of the pick will be tainted, but that's ok, it will still be more pure than dwell.
I'm taking it that at some point,the avatar profile itself will be uploaded to the website as it has a button now on it saying "upload to web". We will be like live versions of those dates on offline Sims you can upload.
I was thinking then it would be cool to make little MySpaces then out of the avatars pages -- or at least, make them even more MySpaces. Probably music uploads aren't something the Lindens will want cluttering up the server but then..why not? And videos? Or? What *is* the plan for uploading these avatar pages?
Posted by: Prokofy Neva | April 19, 2006 at 11:20 PM
I wonder how many of those are the current title/descriptions of the land they were picked from. A lot of people start editing and such. How about a top 100 words often used in picks/profiles? Excluding common stop words of course (the, is, a, at, etc.)
Posted by: Dedric Mauriac | April 19, 2006 at 11:27 PM
Up front this seems like a terrific list of attractions... until ya realize that like so many other things, it can be manipulated. Are these actually the most popular things, or are these the spots where visitors are constantly encouraged to "PUT US IN YOUR PICKS! PUT US IN YOUR PICKS!" Wonder if some of these even pay people to add to picks?
What would be interesting to see is UNIQUE TRAFFIC reports. How many unique users (not avatars) visited these places in the last 30 days?
Ppl put stuff in picks because they're asked to sometimes and then forget its there. Picks may be a good way to advertise a place, but considering its just another advertising thing that can be abused I have to wonder if that list is anything more than just an interesting exercise.
Posted by: Eren Padar | April 30, 2006 at 02:19 PM