Comments on: Linking Second Life to Real Life Names

By: God knows..

God knows.. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:02:57 +0000

Brinda,
Seems some people want anonymity on the internet because of the anonymity on the internet.

By: brinda Allen

brinda Allen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:01:26 +0000

@Ann Otoole…perfectly said!
@Zendra Whitfield…While I’m certainly not in a position to have people hounding me because of what they feel I might be able to do *for them*.
I too, choose to remain totally anonymous…just no way of knowing who might choose to come knocking on ones Real Life door.
Last I heard *freeze, eject, ban* doesn’t work in RL.

By: cube

cube — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:45:27 +0000

What?
LL trying to have its cake and eat it too? “Everybodies welcome at Tommy’s Holiday Camp”

Just pay at the door.;)

By: david stephens

david stephens — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:39:10 +0000

Maria, I love how you start off your reply with the “From the perspective of business users” and then slip into talking about consumer products.

Your blog, HyperGrid Business is badly researched and misleading. Which is not your fault, as I think the blame is with Linden Lab. It’s like the solution providers, suddenly jumping into being “experts” on training, corporate use etc. From a recent conversation with one provider, they pointed out that 99% of the, so called, Solution Providers, don’t have any experience or clients in the corporate arena.

IF you’re such a guru, why have you neglected to mention companies being able to acquire their own surname? Which matches the email system in most companies e.g.

My work Avatar in Second Life:

David.Stephens (firstname) Verizon (surname)

My work email:

david.stephens@verizon.com

Shock! Horror! this option has been available for years. The problem is, most solution providers and so called business experts, don’t have the revenues to buy their own business surname. Which is another issue all in itself.

If I’m attending a business meeting, it’s on my company’s dime, not my own personal play time. Therefore, I would expect to represent that company, not me. Use your alternative name for your own privacy, on your own personal time. The split between personal and business works well. I do it, what’s the issue? I have a business email account and a hotmail account for personal stuff.

The interesting thing, it looks like this is an alternative option, not a requirement.

The problem I see, Linden Lab are not communicating the difference between companies using the SL platform for their own private meetings and projects VS people who have set up business in SL for personal gain and social interaction.

Mark Wallace has stirred up a hornets nest, or was that the plan all along?

By: Zendra Whitfield

Zendra Whitfield — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:25:44 +0000

I no longer exist in SL as Zendra. I was there for over a year. I mistakenly told friends that I am a published author and magazine writer in RL. I was hounded for my real name, writing tips, money loans,an address where manuscripts could be sent for my perusal and offers of marriage in SL within 10 minutes of them believing I might be an Important Person. I am not that. I learned quickly that most of my ‘friends’ only hung out with me because of my possible fame. I regretted EVER telling anyone the truth. Some of us want an anonymous avatar so that we can explore another world, and friendships that are fulfilling for our own selves, without RL baggage.

By: iSkye

iSkye — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:32:01 +0000

I like Gina’s point – let it be the choice of the residents whether to link to RL names or not. Some of us may not mind being RL identified. The rest of us should be free to choose NOT to be, so let that be the option, not the default. After all, it shows respect for the residents’ privacy.

By: Tateru Nino

Tateru Nino — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:49:20 +0000

It is important, I think, not to mix up accounts and avatars, otherwise it is easy to lose the sense of anything that the Lab is talking about – unless they too have mixed them up.

By: God knows..

God knows.. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:00:38 +0000

and god damn you typos!

By: God knows..

God knows.. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:56:32 +0000

mcgurk,

I’m fully aware that I’m a minority in Second Life. But I do feel that I’m one of the majority on the outside of Second Life that dislikes anonymity within a social setting.

As for being a snoopy control freak – I only care who people are when they’re try to befriend me. Is it too much to ask to want to know who somebody before answering *their* personal questions?

I’m tired of seeing people using the avatar as a trojan horse to intrude into other people’s lives. I’m not the one who is doing the snooping. I’m one of the Trojans that’s sick of the damn Greeks and their sneaky ways!

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!

By: Samantha Poindexter

Samantha Poindexter — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:43:22 +0000

Can I just say that I’m amused by the irony of somebody putting “God knows..” in the name field in order to argue against anonymity?