Second Life

Personally, I don't get it.  I tried exploring Second Life with an open mind and I'm not sure if it's the fact that I'm a little older or that I am just a person who prefers real life interactions but I found Second Life to be tedious.  I feel like it requires a lot of work to set up your life inside Second Life.  Selecting my avatar was simple, but once that was complete I couldn't really navigate the program.  I tried to look at different locations and I found the location search engine to be difficult.

Now that I have shared my personal thoughts of the program I would like to share my thoughts on why one would like to participate in Second Life.  I know that it can be difficult for some people to try out different personalities in real life and they feel much more comfortable sharing their thoughts and viewpoints through a virtual outlet.  Second Life creates a space for people to be who ever they want to be.  This could be a personality that they would never want to be in real life or it could be a personality that they would like to try out virtually before trying it in real life.  I can see the practicality of both, especially for young adolescents who are learning more about themselves everyday and are changing moment to moment.  

I have to admit that the graphics in Second Life were pretty cool.  I thought the different destinations that I could find on there were beautiful.

I thought it was cool that you could visit different places virtually, but when I had trouble navigating the program I thought I would research information about Second Life on the internet.  When I searched Second Life images on Google I saw some graphic pictures that were very inappropriate for young students.  It seemed like many people use Second Life to experiment with their sexual curiosities and I would hope that there is a filter for what users are exposed to.  As an adult I would be uncomfortable with some of the images I found on my google search.

Overall, I don't think that I would ever use Second Life, but I like to know that it exists and think it could be useful for some individuals.