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binweasel wrote:

Thank you Czarl,

I'll admit I didn't look into whether forums had been asked and do apologise after seeing so many educational posts!

My posting was meant in good faith as the digital era is a subject (and my career) that fascinates me.

Conversing inworld with various residents has been enlightening and I have partaken in some brilliant conversations (in general, not just in concern to the study) It is an extremely enjoyable experience, part of my research is conducting a personal diary of my own experience with SL (but as you will know, personal research cannot be justified as the entire research done for the paper)

Thanks again for the helpful advice and reply.

You're welcome. :)  Please feel free to contact me in world.  I would be happy to talk with you.  If I am offline, my IMs go to email which I check frequently.

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binweasel wrote:

Tex,

As previously stated in the conversation that followed OP, I have been inworld for the past week and I have interacted with other SLer's.

 

Thanks for your time you took to post.

Please forgive me...I flew off the handle and that was completely uncalled for.

I guess I'm a bit tired, as are a lot of us, at people coming in asking questions that we feel they should be able to find out themselves. I think, in future, if an OP said "Hi..I've been in SL for about 6 months now working on a research paper and I would like...blah blah blah" then maybe we all (or maybe just me) wouldn't get all bent out of shape with these questions.

Again, please accept my sincere apologies for my horrible behavior and good luck with whatever you're doing.

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Unlike, the other educational posters on here - who have strong ties to anthropology and research degrees, I am a novice in these fields as I study Music Management and Artist Development, so my paper is a little off topic as you can see! :matte-motes-bored:

It focuses around the theory of postmodernism and social cultures and i'm interested in whether digital communities offer us more value than offline communities. I'd done a previous paper (in my youth) on music cultures and social theory so I made the decision to go with a topic i'm genuinely interested in rather than one directly associated.

My interest and involvement with SL is that (from my minimal experience) not only does it allow us to thrive within a digital community but a lot of destinations either have playlists through jukebox or resident DJs - which I love and a lot of conversations I have had inworld have spun from a shared passion in music.

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I'm looking to see people's own experiences with the inworld and whether they feel social events (or any socialising) inworld offers them more value/satisfaction to that of an offline event.

I personally know that my socialising within topic specific forums and chats gives me more value but it's difficult to sum up whether it is more satisfying as a whole in comparison to that same interaction with people that you are face to face with?

Obviously, the internet has offered so much choice in regards to niche markets of fans - 80,000 blogs and growing. There's bound to be one user out there who has a passion for something that you do (even the most obscure) It's very broad questioning atm simply because I just want to know people's views and opinions on the matter at hand. It's a very chatty research method :smileyvery-happy:

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binweasel wrote:

I'm looking to see people's own experiences with the inworld and whether they feel social events (or any socialising) inworld offers them more value/satisfaction to that of an offline event.

They are different. It's nice to have both as an option. So no I would not say 'more value' if that is the question.

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