When choosing Second Life, the main reason I had chose it, was for being a social community I had no experience with. Whatever I had heard on it was from watching NCIS, or without realizing it, from an episode of The Office has Dwight socializing in it. Since we needed to choose something we knew nothing about, this seemed the most interesting and one to enter free of bias views on the environment or community.
I was a bit sad when trying to put Second Life on my PC, but due to it only having the graphic card that is on the motherboard, the program wouldn’t run. That being said, because if it my husband is looking to fix the situation so my PC will be more capable of running games or programs.
When running it on my laptop (which met the requirements), the main problem I continually had was with the destinations loading slowly. The graphics are very real looking, but the time it takes to load them each time a person enters a destination quickly becomes very frustrating.
What I’ve learned about this community is that even after the bank crisis in 2008, people continue on with the socializing. A large majority have left it, but those that remain have mixed feelings about welcoming new people in. Those that want to rebuild the community tend to stay in the newcomer friendly destinations. Other’s who want it to stay how it is now are the ones who stay in the more adult areas, or premium account areas.
Last week in my blog, I said I will probably leave the community after this class is over. Today, I actually question that thought. As this class comes to an end I feel a slight sadness with the thought of leaving Second Life, and the people I’ve met during this journey of observations.
Melinda, I can relate to your comment "The graphics are very real looking, but the time it takes to load them each time a person enters a destination quickly becomes very frustrating" I have tried out second life a couple years back and I remember this problem clearly and being frustrated about it as well! Great post!
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