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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Its spreading, the mentions, the references, the plurking has taken over many people on the grid as well as their blogs. What is it? You can take a look and find out *points to side bar* and you might be surprised at what you find. People from all sides of 'the track' from Second Life have gathered and are forming friendships in ways you might not have expected. The shy girl who spends most of her time in her house snapping pictures is actually having conversations with the people many might call a SLebrity. Silly enough as that word is, some put a lot of stock into it and are often reluctant to speak with designers or content creators for fear of not being 'good enough' for a conversation. Not so, at plurk. People are connecting again in ways that Second Life was intended for in the first place. I am there, watching it happening, participating and having conversations with people whose creativity I have admired silently from afar. These are real people, try not to be afraid, if they bite its not anywhere where the marks will show. They appreciate words of kindness or praise for their hard work as well as a simple 'thank you' now and then for their freebies or gifts.  Designers, bloggers, insane nymphos, shopping addicted women, men chasing after the skirts...its all here. With a sprinkling of artists sharing their photography, literature, and just about anything you can think of. I often wonder what a real 'Plurk Party' might look like in Second Life. I would actually like to meet more of these people in world. What I didn't expect, when I joined, was to find people that I now consider friends. I thought it was a nice social experiment, I would play with it for a bit and go back to my camera in world. Instead I found people that are insanely amusing and keep me laughing for hours. I also happened upon a woman that I am sure has been peeking in my flickr and inventory in world for months. She looks almost exactly as I do (both home made shapes) has much of the same inventory, flickr images done with the same look and feel as my own, even similar AO animations. Not common ones either.  I'm thankful to of met her, and the people I have met through her and through plurk. I get to drag Kerra along for the ride too, though she hasnt become as addicted to plurk as I have. If you would like to see more of these people then join us here or take a look at some of the photos that have been created here on my flickr page. Hope to plurk you later! |
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