Suppose you logged in to SL, made your way to your usual hang-out, and found avatars that had the names of everyone you know in real life, and avatars to match. Checking their profiles, you find info that convinces you that they are actually being operated by the people in your real life.
Your parents, spouse, co-workers, the store clerks you run into, next door neighbors, siblings, etc. have all joined Second Life, paid the money to use their real names, and have avatars that look like they really do in real life.
Now what?
Do you run screaming?
Do you introduce yourself but conceal your real identity?
Do you tell them all who you are?
Do you contact LL about getting a real name account, or cancel your current account and uninstall SL?
Do you call the local mental health agencies for a check-up?
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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09-07-2009 18:11
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Tex Nasworthy
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Join date: 2 Sep 2006
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09-07-2009 18:13
Hmmm, interesting question.
Not sure what I would do but my initial gut reaction was "run screaming".  _____________________
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Patasha Marikh
Here to watch the show
Join date: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 294
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09-07-2009 18:15
Wake up in a cold sweat. My mom in SL, just weird.
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Brenda Connolly
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Join date: 10 Jan 2007
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09-07-2009 18:18
I'd be out of SL faster than that guy who sold all those Ginko bonds.
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Katheryne Helendale
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09-07-2009 18:19
Do you run screaming? Do you introduce yourself but conceal your real identity? Do you tell them all who you are? Do you contact LL about getting a real name account, or cancel your current account and uninstall SL? Do you call the local mental health agencies for a check-up? Yes, no, no, no, yes! And then I go and check out this new world I've heard about, called RL, v. 1.0.  _____________________
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Milla Janick
Empress Of The Universe
Join date: 2 Jan 2008
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09-07-2009 18:19
Walk away slowly like nothing happened.
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Dune Enzo
Registered User
Join date: 21 Apr 2008
Posts: 118
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09-07-2009 18:22
I'd ask the owner to ban me.
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Desmond Shang
Guvnah of Caledon
Join date: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 5,250
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09-07-2009 18:24
Ah... business as usual I suppose?
Would be a bit freaky but honestly, I'm working 99% of the time when I'm logged in, nowadays. _____________________
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Marianne McCann
Feted Inner Child
Join date: 23 Feb 2006
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09-07-2009 18:26
Now what? A large chunk of my RL social circle is already in SL, so this wouldn't be a huge change. Some I'd "out" myself to, some I wouldn't. No biggie. _____________________
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Benski Trenkins
Free speech for the dumb
Join date: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 547
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09-07-2009 20:00
My entire social circle in sl? I won't hide and immediatly ad both of them to my list.
Did I say both? Oops... I ment to say 'all of them' _____________________
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Windsweptgold Wopat
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Join date: 24 May 2007
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09-07-2009 20:04
Those close to me know all about me and know i come to SL so they would know my name anyway
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Briana Dawson
Attach to Mouth
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 5,855
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09-07-2009 20:06
I ban them all from Ninbriana and add them to my mute list.
Suppose you logged in to SL, made your way to your usual hang-out, and found avatars that had the names of everyone you know in real life, and avatars to match. Checking their profiles, you find info that convinces you that they are actually being operated by the people in your real life. Your parents, spouse, co-workers, the store clerks you run into, next door neighbors, siblings, etc. have all joined Second Life, paid the money to use their real names, and have avatars that look like they really do in real life. Now what? Do you run screaming? Do you introduce yourself but conceal your real identity? Do you tell them all who you are? Do you contact LL about getting a real name account, or cancel your current account and uninstall SL? Do you call the local mental health agencies for a check-up? _____________________
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Smith Peel
Smif v2.0
Join date: 10 Jan 2005
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09-07-2009 20:09
Back away slowly....
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Ceka Cianci
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Join date: 31 Jul 2006
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09-07-2009 20:15
i would log into RL where they were not..
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Dana Hickman
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Join date: 10 Oct 2006
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09-07-2009 20:17
Do you run screaming? YES!! and find a new game to play. I come here to get away from those people _____________________
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Sindy Tsure
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Join date: 18 Sep 2006
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09-07-2009 20:17
I get enough RL in RL already.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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09-07-2009 20:22
You check the event list, and the usual events and format are gone and it's your version of something like this:
Monday - 8:30 am - 5:30 pm - Work Monday - 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Surf net, be in virtual worlds Monday - 11:45 pm - Tuesday 7-00 am - Sleep This is repeated up through Friday. _____________________
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
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09-07-2009 20:27
Would never happen for me- I'm the only "computer literate" one.
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LittleMe Jewell
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Join date: 8 Oct 2007
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09-07-2009 20:58
I'd be out of SL faster than that guy who sold all those Ginko bonds.  _____________________
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Lota Lyon
Registered User
Join date: 5 Oct 2006
Posts: 245
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09-07-2009 21:50
Since I got my husband to join SL a few weeks after I did (he's a WoW addict so he never comes on SL) and my neighbor friend down the street to join about 2 months afterwards, my sister and her husband about a year after that, I doubt additional RL friends being in SL would bother me.
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Tarina Sewell
Just Browsing Thank you
Join date: 20 Jul 2007
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09-07-2009 23:19
Now what? Oh man, I got a sl to get away from my fl WTF
Do you run screaming? uh yeah Do you introduce yourself but conceal your real identity? hell noes (but they prolly already know) Do you tell them all who you are? No Do you contact LL about getting a real name account, or cancel your current account and uninstall SL? No. um no.. Do you call the local mental health agencies for a check-up? Oh yes, I need more pills, thanks for he reminder. Where's the pie? |
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Tegg Bode
FrootLoop Roo Overlord
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
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09-08-2009 00:08
I'd create a disposable alt and grief them all
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Rhonda Huntress
Kitteh Herder
Join date: 21 Dec 2008
Posts: 1,823
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09-08-2009 01:31
Since I got my husband to join SL a few weeks after I did (he's a WoW addict so he never comes on SL) and my neighbor friend down the street to join about 2 months afterwards, my sister and her husband about a year after that, I doubt additional RL friends being in SL would bother me. Ditto. It would be no biggie. Except for my parents. That would really freak me out, them being passed on for so many years and all, but I would be curious about their connection speed; just how bad is the latency from there anyway. |
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Conifer Dada
Hiya m'dooks!
Join date: 6 Oct 2006
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09-08-2009 02:05
I would start to believe in conspiracy theories!!!
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PeterPan Price
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Join date: 20 Nov 2007
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09-08-2009 02:06
And then I go and check out this new world I've heard about, called RL, v. 1.0. Don't be in too much of a hurry. Its still on Beta test, and full of bugs. |
