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Second Life Social Networks

Every since MySpace, social networks have begun to spring up overnight. Many of them to connect with your friends in different ways. An interesting trend has been the creation of social networks for MMO’s and Virtual Worlds. Many people have fallen in love with Facebook, it is a cleaner, more personalized way to communicate with others through a Social Network platform (even though there are major privacy concerns.) There is a strong Second Life community on Facebook but it has a policy for closing profiles of people who are not real identities. While Facebook and MySpace are great ways to communicate with your virtual friends, there are other virtual world social networks that all attempt to connect people through virtual means. Here’s a list of a few with pro’s and con’s for each one. Continue reading

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Redefinition of Online Community

One of the many conversations I’ve had with a few people after the Virtual Worlds 2007 convention was that of a definition of community, and the definition of an online community. At one point when social platforms such as Second … Continue reading

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