Second Life

Wow! A complete virtual everything. Not only can you create a avatar or online identity, but you can rent land (for starting at $10.00) per month. Not only can you create living spaces and people...you can also buy, buy, buy. The site has its own money. This is not a free site, every area that you want to go into you can purchase things. You can buy lingerie for your avatar, you can buy you can almost anything in the various shops on the site. The whole thing seems to be based on the buck. It concerns me that people spend a bunch of time here. When it started in 2003 there was 65 acres of land now it is up to 65, 000 plus acres. Its definitely an interesting site....and I can see how it can be very creative especially for the person making the items for this space. Is it all about money...well I guess so. I am concerned that people are losing their "real life" social networking skills. I can see how a lot of people can get in trouble or financial debt with a site like this. I am a bit overwhelmed with second life right now ...I think that I will research more and blog tomorrow.