Believe it or not, there's a gal in Sweden who's getting her Real Life PhD studying virtual world communities, with a couple chapters devoted to Nekos in Second Life.
From now through the end of the year, she'll be conducting in-world interviews with as many Nekos as she can, to try to understand what makes the Neko community special... our similarities and our differences... our varying opinions, roots, and perspectives... so she can form a thorough, objective real life report.
If you are interested in participating, you can read more about it on my blog here:
http://virtualneko.com/2009/09/14/100000-thanks-and-a-neko-research-study/
Or you can contact the research gal directly in SL: Meja Milosz
For those of you who are Neko, you can find (and join if you like) a fascinating thread about this research study (and Neko "authenticity"
going on in the Second Life Nekos ning site here:http://secondlifenekos.ning.com/
Nekos, I hope you will participate! I think it's a cool chance for our voices to be heard... and you might be surprised just how many voices there are!
Warmly,
Stacia Villota
Virtual Neko in Second Life
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