Sunday, November 20, 2011
FAO: Ishy
We're lookin' for ya, girl. How in the hell are ya? Give one of the old whores a shout out, will ya?
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The INclusion Question: Communities in the Second Life Community Forum
Nothing creates activity quite like the question of inclusion vs. exclusion... and Attention, which is so vital to our virtual world it deserves capitalization (and probably doctrine and dogma).
Did you know the Second Life official product forum has subforums for two of its communities? Adults (XXX) and Vampires. Will Educators, Faeries (and their diminutive brethren), Furries, Gors, Texters and Voicers have subforums of their own soon? Are subforums offered or applied for? How does a group qualify? Is it based on demographics or should we follow the money? Are the Adult and Vampire communities the largest of the Second Life communities, and if so, by how much? Do they spend more money or draw more money? Do they have to maintain certain standards in order to keep their subforums? If they lose them, where will they go? Will they be archived? Why does the Adult community have a separate subforum of its own while the Vampires have a subforum within the People section? Are Adults not people too? Is there discrimination in the segregation? What's the message? Are the Adults finding it difficult to be Adult in a PG world? Adults and Vampires come with controversy, so what are the current debates? Who are the vocal minority? Did the separate subforums soothe the savage drama beast or fire its loins? Was it a clever maneuver, a thoughtless slip or a non-starter? Who's got the scoop on the rationale behind these decisions and the crystal ball that will tell us what happens next? Confidentially inquiring minds want to know.
I put together a little list of the "tribes" I had observed in my virtual travels and posted it on RLetc.com and gotVirtual.net a while back. I thought I'd give it a quick review to see if I noticed more opportunities for SLF subforums. Who have I missed? Check it out. Here's a copy:
I gave it some thought and began building a list of what I perceived to be the "tribes" of virtual worlds:
The Tribes
✣ Bloodlines (vampires, werewolves, etc.) vs. non-bloodlines (live humans)
✣ Faeries and tiny people vs. standard or tall avatars
✣ Furries vs. humans
✣ BDSM & Gor vs. non.
✣ Texters vs. voicers.
✣ Child avis vs. adult avis.
✣ Fantasy-based players vs. reality-based players.
✣ Players vs. residents
✣ Extroverts vs. introverts
✣ Gesture users vs. gesture haters
✣ Rude and careless vs. considerate and thoughtful
✣ Beggars and spammers vs. everyone else
✣ Griefers vs. non-griefers
Under construction.
Links:
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Vampire-Events-Discussion/bd-p/Vampires
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Adult-Content-Forum/ct-p/forums_adultcontent
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Welcome/Community-Guidelines/td-p/1176323
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/thats-what-she-said.772/page-6#post-24480
Did you know the Second Life official product forum has subforums for two of its communities? Adults (XXX) and Vampires. Will Educators, Faeries (and their diminutive brethren), Furries, Gors, Texters and Voicers have subforums of their own soon? Are subforums offered or applied for? How does a group qualify? Is it based on demographics or should we follow the money? Are the Adult and Vampire communities the largest of the Second Life communities, and if so, by how much? Do they spend more money or draw more money? Do they have to maintain certain standards in order to keep their subforums? If they lose them, where will they go? Will they be archived? Why does the Adult community have a separate subforum of its own while the Vampires have a subforum within the People section? Are Adults not people too? Is there discrimination in the segregation? What's the message? Are the Adults finding it difficult to be Adult in a PG world? Adults and Vampires come with controversy, so what are the current debates? Who are the vocal minority? Did the separate subforums soothe the savage drama beast or fire its loins? Was it a clever maneuver, a thoughtless slip or a non-starter? Who's got the scoop on the rationale behind these decisions and the crystal ball that will tell us what happens next? Confidentially inquiring minds want to know.
I put together a little list of the "tribes" I had observed in my virtual travels and posted it on RLetc.com and gotVirtual.net a while back. I thought I'd give it a quick review to see if I noticed more opportunities for SLF subforums. Who have I missed? Check it out. Here's a copy:
I gave it some thought and began building a list of what I perceived to be the "tribes" of virtual worlds:
The Tribes
✣ Bloodlines (vampires, werewolves, etc.) vs. non-bloodlines (live humans)
✣ Faeries and tiny people vs. standard or tall avatars
✣ Furries vs. humans
✣ BDSM & Gor vs. non.
✣ Texters vs. voicers.
✣ Child avis vs. adult avis.
✣ Fantasy-based players vs. reality-based players.
✣ Players vs. residents
✣ Extroverts vs. introverts
✣ Gesture users vs. gesture haters
✣ Rude and careless vs. considerate and thoughtful
✣ Beggars and spammers vs. everyone else
✣ Griefers vs. non-griefers
Under construction.
Links:
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Vampire-Events-Discussion/bd-p/Vampires
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Adult-Content-Forum/ct-p/forums_adultcontent
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Welcome/Community-Guidelines/td-p/1176323
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/thats-what-she-said.772/page-6#post-24480
Monday, September 19, 2011
Wasted
I called him. Spoke to him. Make of that what you will.
My take? It's all real. It is not performance art, calculated griefing or forum gaming.
He says he speaks some English, but struggles with it. He says he tried to get a job at Linden Lab, but felt he was discriminated against when he was turned down. He says he has serious mental health issues. He says he really believes he is posting as a concerned activist working on a good cause. He says it really does bother him when he is mocked and teased, but he feels he is sacrificing himself for the greater good. (All of this is information that can be obtained from his public posting and not new information from a private conversation.)
One woman's opinion.
Fine print:
His contact information is freely given, publicly posted and easily accessed. I will not, however, post it here.
p.s.
He said he would "salute" me on the forums and invited me to speak with him again.
ETA: Wasted gave me permission to post about him and our conversation.
ETA2: Congratulations to Wasted who has recently obtained a job at a petrol refinery.
ETA3: I think this is my Wasted "salute." ;)
Wasted said on gV...
My take? It's all real. It is not performance art, calculated griefing or forum gaming.
He says he speaks some English, but struggles with it. He says he tried to get a job at Linden Lab, but felt he was discriminated against when he was turned down. He says he has serious mental health issues. He says he really believes he is posting as a concerned activist working on a good cause. He says it really does bother him when he is mocked and teased, but he feels he is sacrificing himself for the greater good. (All of this is information that can be obtained from his public posting and not new information from a private conversation.)
One woman's opinion.
Fine print:
His contact information is freely given, publicly posted and easily accessed. I will not, however, post it here.
p.s.
He said he would "salute" me on the forums and invited me to speak with him again.
ETA: Wasted gave me permission to post about him and our conversation.
ETA2: Congratulations to Wasted who has recently obtained a job at a petrol refinery.
ETA3: I think this is my Wasted "salute." ;)
Wasted said on gV...
"I can report any crime next to me, If I was living in Washingtong (USA) , I would call the police every day to complain about secondlife."
Sunday, September 18, 2011
SLU Down
That's unusual, isn't it?
It's not just you! http://www.sluniverse.com looks down from here.
Links:
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com
http://www.sluniverse.com/
It's not just you! http://www.sluniverse.com looks down from here.
Links:
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com
http://www.sluniverse.com/
Friday, September 16, 2011
Second Life Tour
If you were going to take someone on a one-evening tour of Second Life just for fun*, where would you take them?
*Not to get a newb kitted out.
ETA:
*Not to get a newb kitted out.
ETA:
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Blog Stats & Search Keywords
I find the blog stats fascinating. I have my doubts about their reliability...natch. Right now, using the "Now" link that supposedly shows two hours worth of data, I see that there have been seven people from Iran and five from the United States looking at my blog and at least one of them got here by searching Google for "virtual game lil peps." I would love the opportunity to ask secondary questions.
Looking at "All Time" I see that most viewers come from the U.S., the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. No surprise there. There is also an unaccountably high number of people from Latvia viewing all of my blogs (not just this one).
Forum Confidential, Pserendipity Daniels' "Pep's Parenthetical Postscripts," Google, SLF, SC MKII, gV and my own blogs continue to be the top-referring sites to this blog.
Variations of my own name and that of Seicher Rae and Jon Finkel continue to lead the top of the "Search Keywords" list. Some of the ones lower down the list that amuse me besides "virtual game lil peps" are "realistic pubic hair," "ripped union jack flag shorts," "daddy dom" and "whore wiki." There have also been some very disappointed searchers for "magic the gathering," I'm sure. And I'm real curious about the people who got here via "a."
The blog posts that have received the most views are, again not surprisingly, the ones about sex and gV forum moderation.
And y'all are slaves to Windows and Firefox. ;)
ETA:
This is from today's data.
Really?
Looking at "All Time" I see that most viewers come from the U.S., the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. No surprise there. There is also an unaccountably high number of people from Latvia viewing all of my blogs (not just this one).
Forum Confidential, Pserendipity Daniels' "Pep's Parenthetical Postscripts," Google, SLF, SC MKII, gV and my own blogs continue to be the top-referring sites to this blog.
Variations of my own name and that of Seicher Rae and Jon Finkel continue to lead the top of the "Search Keywords" list. Some of the ones lower down the list that amuse me besides "virtual game lil peps" are "realistic pubic hair," "ripped union jack flag shorts," "daddy dom" and "whore wiki." There have also been some very disappointed searchers for "magic the gathering," I'm sure. And I'm real curious about the people who got here via "a."
The blog posts that have received the most views are, again not surprisingly, the ones about sex and gV forum moderation.
And y'all are slaves to Windows and Firefox. ;)
ETA:
This is from today's data.
Really?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Forum Confidential Litmus Test (Scylla Likes It)
Given the lengthy threads I've seen on more than one forum about how participation and enjoyment in and of Forum Confidential is a kind of litmus test for the many who read, but don't post, I could not resist grabbing this for a bit of a mischievous wink and nod.
Links:
http://slconfidential.blogspot.com/2011/09/under-duress-fc-confesses.html
http://www.secondcitizen.net/Forum/forumdisplay.php?f=100
http://gotvirtual.net/community/search/242982/?q=forum+confidential&o=date
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Lifestyles-and-Relationships/NO-MORE-SECRETS/td-p/960281/highlight/true
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/Interesting-web-site/td-p/1084193
p.s.
Did the "Interesting website" discussion get pulled off of SLF? Bummer.
Links:
http://slconfidential.blogspot.com/2011/09/under-duress-fc-confesses.html
http://www.secondcitizen.net/Forum/forumdisplay.php?f=100
http://gotvirtual.net/community/search/242982/?q=forum+confidential&o=date
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Lifestyles-and-Relationships/NO-MORE-SECRETS/td-p/960281/highlight/true
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/Interesting-web-site/td-p/1084193
p.s.
Did the "Interesting website" discussion get pulled off of SLF? Bummer.
Who is Mitch Wagner?
I was compared to Mitch Wagner today, so I thought this question worth looking into and answering. I started by Googling him.
He's written a couple of blogs. He says he's a "technology journalist, blogger, social media addict, writer, science fiction fan, and husband" who is also "editor in chief of The CMO Site, an online community and group blog for chief marketing officers at big companies."
Green Apple said in "Mitch Wagner: Journalist Turned Second Life Expert"...
He looks so familiar. I feel sure I've encountered him on my internet travels before.
Links:
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2011/09/joshua-nightshades-big-lie-and-the-griefers-exploitation-of-the-suicide-of-nikola-shirakawa.html
http://psishrinkers.blogspot.com/2011/09/nature-and-meaning-of-transgender-in.html
http://mitchwagner.com/
http://wagner.typepad.com/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100426/1032359169.shtml
http://www.squaremartinimedia.com/mitch-wagner-journalist-second-life-expert/
http://copperrobot.com/2011/02/everyone-has-a-plan-for-fixing-second-life-heres-mine/
http://copperrobot.com/
ETA:
Aha! I knew I'd seen him before. There was a metaslurp post on RLetc.com featuring the old Copper Robot last year.
In Case You Missed it: Second Life Press Highlights from ... - RLetc
He's written a couple of blogs. He says he's a "technology journalist, blogger, social media addict, writer, science fiction fan, and husband" who is also "editor in chief of The CMO Site, an online community and group blog for chief marketing officers at big companies."
Green Apple said in "Mitch Wagner: Journalist Turned Second Life Expert"...
"We discuss his early adopter involvement with Second Life including live virtual interviews inside the platform with many authors, business icons, and even Biz Stone, the founder of Twitter! Wagner gives insight to the media platform’s tools and disadvantages. Mitch is currently the author of the Computer World Tool Talk blog and the Copper Robot podcast. He is Copper Robot in Second Life."
He looks so familiar. I feel sure I've encountered him on my internet travels before.
Links:
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2011/09/joshua-nightshades-big-lie-and-the-griefers-exploitation-of-the-suicide-of-nikola-shirakawa.html
http://psishrinkers.blogspot.com/2011/09/nature-and-meaning-of-transgender-in.html
http://mitchwagner.com/
http://wagner.typepad.com/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100426/1032359169.shtml
http://www.squaremartinimedia.com/mitch-wagner-journalist-second-life-expert/
http://copperrobot.com/2011/02/everyone-has-a-plan-for-fixing-second-life-heres-mine/
http://copperrobot.com/
ETA:
Aha! I knew I'd seen him before. There was a metaslurp post on RLetc.com featuring the old Copper Robot last year.
In Case You Missed it: Second Life Press Highlights from ... - RLetc
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