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Saturday 5 June 2010

Avatars have no feelings.


I urge you all to click on the link to the Alphaville Herald (one of SL's newspapers), and read an excellent article on the nature of sex/cyber/'love'/emotion/feelings in SL.

Do you know, reading through it, I reflected that my SL life (so far) has been dictated by similar feelings as those of the writer. It's a potential emotional wringer, and why would we choose to do it without a clear understanding of the other person's emotions (or, indeed real sex)?

I've pretty much laid down a marker for a forthcoming SL, in that I plan to do and write about everything, but I think that I may just have to draw a line at emotional involvement. But then....do I miss an integral part of the SL cyber experience? Does there need to be an emotional connection? Let's see...as my new SL develops.
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