Mike Demarest
What's the most difficult aspect of doing observations online in Second Life?
I believe the most difficult aspect of doing observations is taking in all the activity. I tend to go to locations that are heavily populated so I can see what the other members of Second Life are doing. I notice that whenever multiple members of Second Life are together there are tons of things going on at once. When all these things are going on it is hard to record all that you are seeing and getting invovled in. An example is at a night club, there might be members dancing, other members sitting at a bar, and even others having a conversation in a corner. It is hard as an observer to be able to fully record and take in all the activity that is taking place at one.
Another hard thing to observe in Second Life is what is normal. Second Life is not like the real world and when making observations it is important for the obeserver to take into consideration what things are considered normal in Second Life. Things that would not be considered normal or proper in the real world might be exceptable in Second Life. However, things are exceptable in the Real World might not be excaptable in Second Life. Therefore it is very difficult for an observer to pay attention to what is normal when they are making observations of the activity tkaing place in Second Life.
posted by Mike @ 2:43 PM
2 Comments:
i agree with you... there's always a lot going on. and you can either take it all in or break it down.
and i really like what you said about normal in sl vs real life. if you're not used to it, it could seem way out there, but to the people who take this game very seriously, it is completely acceptable
I forgot to mention one other thing in my article. When we are vieiwng second life from here in America and what is normal to an American, but what about over in Africa, Asia, or Europe. Each country, state, provience, geographical location etc. has a different view of what is normal, so it is important to think of where we are viewing Second LIfe from.
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