i hope you're using them rather than sueing them, marc - could be expensive! ; )
it's a bit scary to consider the effect of all the time, creative energy & media attention that's being diverted away from other issues. even the young students at my university complain about how much time they "have to" spend on sites like myspace, facebook etc & what a chore it has become ... i'm going to unchain myself from my email now & go & read a book. h : ) >Hi Helen Ana, > >I think that there are some very important differences which I believe >you may have highlighted already, that still need to be considered in >respect of Second Life in contrast to other, grass roots platforms such >as Upstage and Visitorsstudio. > >There is a Sufi saying that says 'if you want to know what the purpose >of what something is and why it really exits, consider all its functions >and behaviours', and it seems to me that SL's main interest these days >is economical and of course, this is fair enough. > >But what effect does it have on grass roots, communities and groups >culturally and economically? All that energy that artists are spending >inside these environments instead of building more potentially >sustainable groups elsewhere must be having some kind of social effect, >what are these effects and should we be concerned about this? > >Already we know that users are useful fodder to get social networking >platforms incomes increased, so that larger conglomerates can buy them, >takeovers by Google, Microsoft, Ebay and The Murdoch Industries for example. > >Perhaps, I expect too much in this world and am deluded and presume that >people want more than just corporate parenting. tt is not easy building >things from bottom up, sharing and constantly re-evaluating one's own >position, whilst making room for others as a way of practice. Although, >I do think that it offers value and qualities which far out way the >'spectacle' of SL and many of the other platforms. I sue some of these >platforms myself such as StumbleUpon, Facebook - but I still feel that >what I already share with others has something that is special and >different and less disposable... > >marc -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.upstage.org.nz http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
