Assuming a completely different identity is fun and entertaining to me. It is strange to think of people taking their Second Life identities seriously, but they do. I feel awkward in the space, and I found it hard to navigate.
Being an immigrant to this world, I feel like a need to have an instruction manual to learn what to do in the space. I also noticed that some of the same fears of rejection people have can occur even online. Social interactions in Second Life seem uncomfortable; the whole idea feels unnatural to me. I would like to practice with it and see some other places in Second Life before I make a final judgement.
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I totally agree that SecondLife is awkward. I always feel strange there - like I am lurking or like I don't belong. I feel like I really need more information as far as language and the values of the virtual world before feeling at home there. I may never feel at home there.
I totally agree. I don't feel like I fit in with the discourse community at all. I would need to know the "lingo" and proper ways of being in the space before I could feel comfortable.
I have also been thinking about how I may undervalue those spaces because of my outsider status without meaning to.
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