Kylie Jaxxon

Madelaine McMasters wrote: If the downside of surveilance is unlikely to affect you, and so you're happy to take your chances, is the upside also unlikely to affect you? If so, why allow your tax dollars to be spent on it? Hi Maddy...you are definitely a deep thinker and you make a lot of sense. :smileytongue: :smileywink: btw...still haven't forgot to drop in on you for the flickr project---been busy moving and getting re-set up, will do it soon

Anaiya Arnold wrote: Mayalily wrote: If the dunce cap fits Dillon, please do wear it. I'd love to see those pics. Sorry, but an Anaiya in a dunce cap is the best I can do for you on short notice... Just for the hell of it...:matte-motes-sunglasses-1:

Carole Franizzi wrote: No need to apologise. I can be snidey at times, but I was 100% deadpan sincere. Being, like yourself, rather "genuine", I know what it means to be at cross purposes with those who RP both their lives. I'd still defend their right to do so with my teeth, but it does cause a bit of upset at times. Believe it or not, I have never experienced that personally...I guess I've been lucky in that regard in SL. I have read numerous threads on the issue, of course :smileysad: ETA: I have had heartbreak in SL..I was partnered once and even took it to RL. We parted of our own accord which had nothing to do with RPing, lies or really SL at all.

WADE1 Jya wrote: Deltango: "Do our feelings/outlook of such things (online exposure, privacy) have anything to do with our politics?" Perhaps, I just see facebook links to many dangers... a looming police state, rise of identity theft, stalker enablement... To be clear to anyone who gives a flying f*** my comments are just directed towards the danger of stalkers, etc...identity theft, police state are different matters.

Carole Franizzi wrote: Kylie Jaxxon wrote: Carole Franizzi wrote: But I realise I’m preaching to the converted and that you’ve probably had loads of brushes with people who play SL in a completely different way to how you play. Carole...is this, by any chance, a snide remark? :smileysurprised: Absolutely not. I play SL as you do - as myself (not to be confused with how I "play" the forums). I've had brushes with people who RP their bums off and remain perplexed and confused (although, I do try to be tolerant) by their ability to keep ther RL selves out of it. I never managed it in-world. Ah, okay...sorry. I read it a different way (in another tone...shame on me) and was confused as to why you would say it like that. My apologies :smileywink:

Carole Franizzi wrote: But I realise I’m preaching to the converted and that you’ve probably had loads of brushes with people who play SL in a completely different way to how you play. Carole...is this, by any chance, a snide remark? :smileysurprised:

Ian Undercroft wrote: Four principal reasons I guess. (1) A somewhat odd (at least that's how it seems to me) obsession with privacy. (2) Disclosure of their RL image would impact negatively on their SL image. (3) The activities of their SL avatar would seriously embarrass the RL them. (4) Their RL is as fake as their SL. LOL, agree with all your points. If you haven't come across it already, check out this thread pertaining to your point #1 http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/Second-Life-1-Facebook-0/td-p/1130817

Mayalily wrote: Yes I know, but the current FS beta is very buggy and most spyware if not all wants to not only vault it but does vault it, as well as the FS beta is just not ready yet, imo. V3 is pretty good, but still needs some tweaking. So what is the inworld group again for V3 users? I find FS has the best color for graphics as on V3 in my SL home I could no longer get sunrise, sunset or midnight settings. When I tried those settings on V3 the sunset, sunrise and midnight only looks like about 50% when set to sunrise, sunset or midnight. However, a few days later I had tried the sunset, sunrise and midnight settings on other sims and it seemed to work on those sims. Next, the destination guide is still a little buggy in V3 but much better. However, on V3, the destination guide will not let me take out a keyword and add in another word, and I did send that feedback about the destination guide as there was a place in the guide asking for feedback. As far as both of these betas, I'd probably chose V3 right now until FS comes out of beta and is done. The colors are so much more vibrant on FS, and that's what I like about FS the best. The incredible vibrancy of the colors is just beautiful, but my spyware just keeps wanting to vault the FS beta every day, so I want to wait on FS right now until some of these bugs are worked out. What's the group for V2/3 again? Why not change your antivirus...I run MS essentials and don't have any trouble in this area with running the FS beta.

Eloise Baily wrote: I need to kill that bloody hummingbird. Hah!!! I was thinking the same thing :matte-motes-shocked:

Ian Undercroft wrote: If you feel "fake" you could always consider posting a RL pic in your profile and/or describing your RL self in your profile. @Ian...I once started a thread over on SLO for real life pics, last I looked, I was still the only one who posted one Some people just don't like putting it out there for a variety of reasons.

Jo Yardley wrote: Same here, my avatar is me. Same look, same behaviour, etc. Anything I do here, I also do in RL. Except for the living in 1929 bit, in RL I live in 1939. LOL, Jo I love people that can be so forthright...

Eloise Baily wrote: There are too many ways not to be yourself. That's the idea. It's a SECOND life, not an extension of the first. People roleplay romance here. They lie about themselves, they have five husbands/wives and none of them know about the others... Not to all of us, Eloise...I am the same here as I am in RL, in character, personality (well, except that I'm a little older than my avatar It's not a second life to me, I don't pretend to be something I'm not or roleplay. For me, it is an extension of socialization of my first life.

UncommonTruth wrote: Most of the perception people will have of you in RL (and to an extent internet life as well) isn't even about your looks. Its confidence, the way you carry yourself, interact with people. Your statement that it will never happen in RL is a self fulfilling prophecy. I'm no super model in real, most of us aren't, but I've never had a shortage of willing males lol. (ok, that didn't sound right, but can't think of a way that does, so oh well) Lol, yes ^ this ^ :smileytongue: I've done okay for myself

Deltango Vale wrote: Hey You are absolutely right about the normal risks of life. You are also right that one must not become paranoid. I think I can summarize by saying that online exposure greatly amplifies the normal risks of life. Because of that, I believe many people will gravitate to Second Life. I can't agree with your summarization...yes, it does amplify the normal risks of life, but because there are so many doing it, that to me, cancels it out. I know what everyone is going to say...to me, it's the same thing as letting your child outside to play alone or walk down the street...statistics show that it won't happen to your child, but it does have to happen to someone's child We can't live with the paranoia and not let our children have some semblance of freedom at play. In re to SL: I have always felt and still do, no matter what other type of social networks are out there, it doesn't influence it here. SL is a niche...good for some people, not so much for others. It's all about our freedom and acceptance within ourselves to imagine, fantasize. My oldest daughters think I'm nuts for being in here...want to know why? Because it's not real enough This, from a generation that consumes reality tv (yea, right...that's reality?) where it is scripted and worked around to present the worst of problems and the airing of dirty laundry) and attend in droves to see such films as "Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter." Doesn't make much sense :smileysurprised: ETA: I've got a question. Do our feelings/outlook of such things (online exposure, privacy) have anything to do with our politics? Does it go by party line? Are some of us naturally more conservative or liberal in all things? I think probably so...it's bred into us, learned, over the years and we gravitate to those basic beliefs.

Deltango Vale wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------ They are the ones who will change their legal names to be free of their online history when applying for professional positions later in life. lol, totally agree with you on this

PeterCanessa Oh wrote: Kylie Jaxxon wrote: Times are changing...the younger generation doesn't have an issue towards privacy that us older folks do, it's a new era I get your point but couldn't that be, timelessly, re-phrased as "the younger generation doesn't have the caution bred of experience that us older folks do"? What is "a new era", I think, is the current obsession with being 'famous' that makes people want to splash every aspect of their lives all over the place. If that is the case then, fair enough, I'm just not part of it - can't complain about other's interests, however daft they (the interests) seem to me. [Hmmmm, Postulate: Teenagers have traditionally always been desperate about being 'popular' (evolutionary drive = finding position in social hierarchy). Is the fashion for social media a sign of increasingly extended childhood?] Hi Peter, I get your point also and respect your feelings/opinion on this. I feel we live in a different time and place then we did growing up. Most are more accessible now...most are involved in online activities, most are part of a social network...there is so much out there, it's an overload of sorts pertaining to information. Anyone with nefarious intentions, have a lot to pick and choose from...chances are it's not going to be me. Was our caution bred of experience or paranoia? Are some of us old school in our ways and habits, or willing to advance with technology? Some will battle this to the brink just because that's not the way they have always done it...they resist change. To each their own, I suppose, but I like to think myself as more modern, willing to adapt P.S. I do totally agree with you about teenagers, popularity, etc...I don't think the majority do it for that reason though, I think this generation are lazy, they do whatever is fastest and more convenient for them in what they perceive as their hectic worlds ETA: changed conceive to perceive, my bad

Deltango Vale wrote: "Privacy is an illusion online too, and SL plays into that illusion, by giving people the impression that they are "anonymous" here. But, all it'd take is a court order or legal subpoena, and anyone's RL name, address, and personal information could be gleaned and mined from the SL data systems.. It's all stored there. (With the exception of someone who uses a "friend's" computer, and gives a fake name, and maybe even uses a proxy server to lessen IP tracking, but most people in SL don't go to all that trouble.)" --------------------------------------------------------------- @ everyone I wasn't thinking so much about back door invasion of privacy (having specialist IT tools to dig to get information) nor was I thinking about government/corporate conspiracies of surveillance. Rather, I was thinking about the consequences of people rushing to publish their entire lives online for anyone and everyone to see it. As yet, there have been no high-profile cases to bring attention to the problem. Sure, there is the usual: houses are burgled because the thieves know from Facebook/Twitter than Dave and Cindy have taken the kids (Sarah and Josh) to visit aunt Cassie in Baltimore for the weekend professional scammers and spammers know how to correlate personal information gleaned from the web to replicate identities passwords can be guessed much more easily when viewing someone's personal profile (birthdays, street names and addresses, pet names etc.) stalking ('Hey, how are things? Saw you on Facebook. I just live next door and I thought I'd pop by and say hello.") online quarrels resulting in RL harassment ("FU Tyrone, I'll find you on the street.") people change their names to distance themselves from 'youthful and exuberant' blog postings in order to get a professional job ("So, Janet - or should I call you BitchBabeSeven?") the spreading of false and malicious gossip ("Gods, Barbara, don't tell anyone about Ted's drinking problem! It's just between you and me, okay?") Most of us are familiar with these problems, but until we have a 'Murdoch Moment' (a high-profile implosion of something taken for granted), people will blithely expose themselves to several billion nosy neighbors. Hi Del I personally do not feel that it increases the chance of any consequences and I don't understand the paranoia (term used lightly) associated with online exposure. Yes, sure, someone could piece together my info and find me...and do what? Harm me? Stalk me? Is it really any different than some whacko in the grocery store that sees me and follows me? Or my neighbor down the street who fantasizes over me and might go over the edge? IDK...these are all associated risks we take everyday in life. You might say it increases the risk because you are exposing to so many more people....true, but by the same token, since everyone is putting their info out there, the nut job as a zillion other people to choose from, (probably people closer to him/her with better access,) which would lessen my odds.

Good book, Bree. Sorry I missed ya...

Hey Hippie! My first avi was Ashe1 Writer...really wanted Ashe Jordan, as that will be my pseudonym if I ever get my first book published (after my two girls) but it wasn't available, so I went with the first name (had to use a number) and Writer. The one I have now...well, Kylie was the name of my favorite dog and Jax is the name of my favorite soap character...Jaxxon was the closest at the time. There you have it.....:smileytongue:

Celestiall Nightfire wrote: BTW, I use my RL name and picture on Facebook. I also use my RL name and picture on G+.....and I'm very close to that in SL, as I do post a RL picture on my SL profile. In my RL, people see me and know my name. So, in RL anyone could do those things...look up information, etc. It's not like any of us actually have "privacy" in RL, it is an illusion. Privacy is an illusion online too, and SL plays into that illusion, by giving people the impression that they are "anonymous" here. But, all it'd take is a court order or legal subpoena, and anyone's RL name, address, and personal information could be gleaned and mined from the SL data systems.. It's all stored there. (With the exception of someone who uses a "friend's" computer, and gives a fake name, and maybe even uses a proxy server to lessen IP tracking, but most people in SL don't go to all that trouble.) ^ This ^ It's not going to be a popular opinion in here, but I'm actually looking forward to FB's new Timeline that is coming up for release. It puts your whole life on display, I don't have a problem with that. I get to control what and how much is released to the general viewing public. Some things I will put on there, other things, I will not. Times are changing...the younger generation doesn't have an issue towards privacy that us older folks do, it's a new era I intend to go with the flow :matte-motes-silly: In regards to SL...SL influences my RL, it's only right that RL influences my SL. It's who I am, no matter what type of platform I'm on.

We haven't turned ours on at night yet, but the last few mornings we've put it on to take the chill off...change is in the air

Don't know if this will help.... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Your-Avatar/fix-to-adjust-the-position-of-an-avatar-from-the-ground/m-p/1109449#M9984

Went to Parhelion's place tonight to see his autumn scenery...quite beautiful And I met some new friends

@Venus & Dres....LOL!!!!

Jesica Dragovar wrote: took a little trip on the train to the upstate NY sim to watch the leaves change Lol, good idea!!