I'm just looking to collect different people's thoughts on what Second Life is,,,,,, I'll list a few perspectives, with the caveat that depending on who you are...."all are correct" Its a Chatroom..... a place where people can get together and talk. Yahoo Messenger on steroids. Its a Game............a diversion thats not to be taken seriously. Relationships here don't really "count" because its all a game. Its 3D Facebook....an online community where people put "themselves" out there to socialise as an extension of their Real Lives Its an Art Gallery...a place where people can create 3d art that employs visual, sound and motion...for the enjoument of others Its a Market...........a place where people can sell virtual products of various degrees of quality and utility Its wish-fulfillment...a place where people can be anyone or anything and transcend the limitations of Real Life Its..____________..fill in the blank :-) The method to my madness is to get a list of the divergent perspctives on Second Life, so that when people of those different paradigms met and interact, hey can better understand one another better..... Who knows? Maybe if people are more aware of how redically different Second Life is for others, we can even minimize the drama that happens when "Its a Game/Brothel" meets "Its my emotional life" .......