Brann Georgia

I've been working for almost a year to pull together the pieces so that the College that I work for can go ahead and purchase an island for our virtual campus. We got around IT issues, I found builders and scripters, we sorted out the issues with copyright and property, we came up with a budget and timeline. And every time someone is about to say "go", something else comes along. The lag issue continues to make any reasonably sized gathering impossible. The new viewer was a hurdle for some of the stakeholders checking out the place so we switched to Emerald. Well, we know how that went. And now this. While I've been leery about sticking my neck out to lead the vanguard into SL for my school, I'm now sure that this is NOT the place to attempt an actual educational venue, instead of just an inworld 3D ad for our school. It's not just the money - developing the virtual campus will cost more than the land fees. But things just aren't stable with LL. Why would we invest in this if we don't even know what's coming down the pike in six months or a year from now? I can't re-write my proposal every time someone at LL gets another "bright" idea. I'm done.

Maybe so, but how would they know that my avatar isn't me? It has a name, it has friends, it posts things, it uses games and it has a picture, albeit a cartoon face. I can't imagine that Facebook would bother sending the web-police to my house to ask to see my driver's license.

Why do people keep saying that Facebook won't allow avatars? I've had mine there for ages to keep my "real" life account and gaming account separate and no one's told me to get lost yet. Considering the number of people who use their kids, toys and pets in place of their actual picture, how would Facebook even know that you're not a "real" person? (Well, other than using something like Snugglebum Sexibiatch as your account name)