Second Life Blog.

Second Life is an interactive online community in which people from around the world can communicate and interact with one another via virtual avatars (not the ones from the new movie). The site was started on June 23, 2003 by a company known as Linden Lab.

The community allows for a variety of activities to occur. Users can simply communicate with one another, participate in events, or even play a role in the virtual economy and buy and sell goods for Linden dollars. These Linden dollars can be purchased for USD (the dollar) or traded online. some users have actually made profits from the online community. The profits have ranged from anywhere around $10 to a few successful millionaires.

As of January of 2010, Second Life reported that the community had over 18 million user accounts. These accounts have contributed education, arts, music, and a variety of other concepts to the online community. The community shows no signs of slowing and is a popular social networking site in the online community.