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I find lately that I enjoy the social aspects of the Forums more than SL itself!

So..it occurred to me that maybe some analogies would help show how different aspects of the Forum are um..analogous to different aspects of SL! 

Here are some examples, you may have different ideas:

1) Individual threads may be analogous to Sims, Regions, or SL Experiences - you have to “opt in” to participate in a thread!

2) Some Forums may be analogous  to different SL Maturity Ratings: 

- General Discussion Forum <=> General Rating

- Any forum with slightly “racy” posts <=> Moderate Rating

- Adult Forum <=> Adult Rating 

3) Posts with a lot of video content, for example music videos - analogous to clubs where DJ’s play themed playlists.

4) Posts by, um..people with issues or attitude, especially by obvious trolls - are analogous to griefers.

5) “Vanity” threads (pictures of your beautiful av’s) are like SL “fashion shows”.

6) “Wanted” forums and threads are like Marketplace searches or in-world searching for your Precious..

7) Forums about Mesh, LSL Scripting, etc. are like..hypothetical places in SL where you could learn these things. In the days of Prims, it would be the Ivory Tower of Prim but now I suppose mostly “groups” in-world.

8) Personal/Group Forum messages are like SL IM’s and group chats.

10) When people like each other’s Forum posts enough, it’s like being Friends in SL.

11) Sadly, when you block / Report someone on Forums, it is like blocking or muting them on SL.

12) When you refer to RL/FL things in the Forums, it is like doing the same in SL.

..you get the idea by now. Agree? Disagree? How are the Forums “like” or “unlike” SL itself? Tell me in replies how you feel about the Forums vs. SL - and how they seem  similar or different to you!

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Lindal Kidd

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I like this insight!

Sure, forums are a sort of virtual world.  In fact, forums and chatrooms pre-date graphically enhanced virtual worlds like SL.  In any world...real, textual, or virtual...people are still people, and do all the same things that people do everywhere.

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2 minutes ago, Bree Giffen said:

There are similarities but the level of conversation in SL pales in comparison to the forums. We should create a thread where nobody posts anything. That would be like your average shopping experience.

I agree, love the forums!

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Aislin Ceawlin

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@Clover Jinx @Callum Meriman @Skell Dagger

In the end, the only way I could get that line into a conversation was I had to go to France with a cat, a mouse, a monkey, a table and a chair, and wander around heavily wooded areas. “Come on, come on! Someone’s coming, someone’s coming! Quick, positions! Les Positions, maintenant! Boulot boulot! Tout de suite! Vasy! Vasy!  

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