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The Archives
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01.30.08Second Life and Stepford WivesOver at Phasing Grace a wonderful discussion on the heels of the civil liberties discussion in Second Life with Philip Linden, in which all my lengthy posts here and here on alts, tribal morality, and whether our ability to make choices is really as open as we think were addressed from a different angle and far more succinctly by Grace who comments that if these issues aren't addressed: "...we will have highly structured, tightly controlled Stepford virtual worlds, all lined up in pink chiffon and serving cupcakes." Brilliant, and good discussion follows.
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01.22.08The Place of Alts in Virtual Worlds and Second Life: Possession or ExpressionIs having an 'alt' in Second Life a moral failing? Where does "Your World, Your Imagination" begin, and "Our World, Our Imaginations" take over? In an environment with purposeful fluidity of identity construction, open-ended opportunities for exploration and immersion, and as many prims as your land can handle - does assuming a secondary identity constitute a moral failing, or is it maximizing the promise of the platform? The issue of alts (setting up a second, separate account which thus constitutes a "second you" within the Second Life world) is not just intriguing, but also a hint at the challenges related to ...
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