[Air-l] refs on myspace and facebook

[T. Kennedy]

"If people really don't want to interact with strangers they probably would
not choose to participate in Second Life"

Second Life can be anything a person wants it to be; it can be a game with
structure & rules, it can be a community or group with interaction, it can
be a virtual (second) reality that may or may not mirror real life, it can
also be a solitary activity where you do your own thing and putter on your
land - or go for 'bush-walks' and 'walk-abouts' throughout the grid.

:)

Tracy - aka TracyTrail Blazer in SL



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-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Mark Bell
Sent: November 14, 2006 2:01 PM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-l] refs on myspace and facebook

Bonnie,

Just a note. There is no overall shared activity in Second Life.

M

On 11/14/06, Bonnie Nardi <nardi at ics.uci.edu> wrote:
If people really don't want to interact with
> > strangers they probably would not choose to participate in Second Life,
> > WoW, and many  other virtual worlds that are heavily social but also
> > focused on some kind of shared activity.