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Novis Dyrssen
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05-06-2008 14:40
For those who might be interested, tomorrow night at 11 p.m. the German TV station vox will air a BBC documentary that seems to be mainly focused on SL called "Virtual Love" - how virtual life suckers one in, how "suitable" the SL avatar may be as a RL companion, that sort of stuff. Will watch it but won't expect too much of a positive outcome...
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Tod69 Talamasca
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05-06-2008 14:56
I wont be able to watch it here, but I'll bet $L10 there's mention of stalkers and/or Age Play.
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Novis Dyrssen
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05-06-2008 15:58
Stalkers maybe, but age play in a BBC documentary...?
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Milla Alexandre
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05-06-2008 17:20
Can't tune in from across the pond, dam.
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Kenbro Utu
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05-06-2008 17:34
On a brighter note, HBO will be airing "Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey" in their shorts segments starting middle of May I believe.
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Brenda Connolly
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05-06-2008 17:42
Wasn't this the same hatchet job that was on a few month's ago? If I remember correctly, someone here was interviwed and their story was rejected because it was too positive.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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05-07-2008 13:35
Is the story on German TV at all connected to this this?
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006913.html Banning Second Life: Congressman Aims to Restrict Access to the Virtual World Second Life Intro Illinois Representative Mark Kirk has a bone to pick with Second Life and other social networking sites over what he feels is a lack of protections for minors who use them. He called upon the Federal Trade Commission yesterday to "investigate the growing vulnerability of children to predators on Second Life." The congressman fired off a press release stating he'd sent a letter to the FTC's chairman asking for a "consumer alert" to be issued about the dangers of Second Life. Kirk claimed there are no age verification procedures built into Second Life registration despite the popular social networking service's claims of preventing children from accessing it. ... Kirk added, "Sites like Second Life offer no protections to keep kids from virtual 'rape rooms,' brothels and drug stores. If sites like Second Life won't protect kids from obviously inappropriate content, the Congress will." ... _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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05-07-2008 13:42
Is the story on German TV at all connected to this this? http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006913.html See this thread: /327/b7/257638/1.html |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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05-07-2008 13:56
See this thread: /327/b7/257638/1.html _____________________
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Irene LeShelle
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05-07-2008 14:05
Illinois Representative Mark Kirk has a bone to pick with Second Life and other social networking sites over what he feels is a lack of protections for minors who use them. There's an Av in SL called Mark Kirk ! Is he an alt of the Illinois rep ?  |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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05-07-2008 16:49
If the "Mark Kirk" avatar is an alt, which avatar would be the main?
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Macphisto Angelus
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05-07-2008 17:00
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Ciaran Laval
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05-07-2008 17:03
If it's the one they aired earlier in the year it's a brilliant plug for Rivers Run Red but little else in the way of actual substance, seemed a bit fake to me.
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Novis Dyrssen
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05-08-2008 00:38
It was pretty boring after all. One couple that got married happily after meeting in SL, one woman who endangered her RL marriage for the SL guy and such stuff. Nothing remotely scandalous, just some nicely done machinima and interviews in the typical BBC documentary style...
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Tod69 Talamasca
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05-10-2008 11:07
It was pretty boring after all. One couple that got married happily after meeting in SL, one woman who endangered her RL marriage for the SL guy and such stuff. Nothing remotely scandalous, just some nicely done machinima and interviews in the typical BBC documentary style... OMG! The Sensationalizm has died!!!! Quick!!! Someone do something controversial!!!!!  _____________________
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Marcel Flatley
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05-10-2008 16:30
www.molotovalva.com is the website you can see the first three episodes. At the 13th of may the next three episodes.
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Alyx Sands
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05-11-2008 09:37
I already watched that one on the BBC a while ago and I am slightly fed up with all the documentaries focusing on sex and SL love....
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