http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/17/site-review-second-life-social-networking-in-3d/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/17/site-review-second-life-social-networking-in-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-135609 Second Life a social networking site? « Social Sim Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:36:02 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/17/site-review-second-life-social-networking-in-3d/#comment-135609 [...] Second Life extends the networking focus from shared interest to situated experience. Like previous 3D representations in the social networking space (e.g., The Sims Online), this application incorporates many of the facilities available in 2D social network sites (profiles, personalisation, groups, events, multimedia) which connect people through perceived similarity, desires to align oneself to a reference group, and demarcations of group belonging. Importantly, 3D networking invokes a representational context through which these connections can become more intimate and meaningful by situating them in unique modes of expression and interactivity. [...] [...] Second Life extends the networking focus from shared interest to situated experience. Like previous 3D representations in the social networking space (e.g., The Sims Online), this application incorporates many of the facilities available in 2D social network sites (profiles, personalisation, groups, events, multimedia) which connect people through perceived similarity, desires to align oneself to a reference group, and demarcations of group belonging. Importantly, 3D networking invokes a representational context through which these connections can become more intimate and meaningful by situating them in unique modes of expression and interactivity. [...]

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