The internet has allways been a place where information can be shared and viewed for all. In recent times a new term has been dubbed for all this information sharing. Web 2.0, is a site, not unlike this blogger that allows the user to create the data for viewer. This is where we can all publish and share ideas for others to comment and critec. This idea is very utopian where we all get along nicely but some where along the line we need to not loose track of reality.
What im talking about is the website called secondlife.com. This is basicly a online dream world, which is modelled off our own, that allows users to create a character and function in this cyber world. This is a WEB2.0 page due to the fact that you create and exchange information with other users of the service. I just find it hard to believe that people out there can sit wasting time, (because you have to invest lots of time in these games) when if they had a look outside the window, the real world is awaiting them. I found out about people who became addicted when we where joking about one of my mates playing to much xbox then i researched and found this blog which gives an account of a game addict. http://imthevilprincess.hubpages.com/hub/SecondLife-addiction You can see that the internet has amazing possibilities, but also other elements that can produce a warped sense of reality for some of these people who are addicted to sites like secondlife. I can see that this second life has a attraction when you can meet and greet people all over the world with out even taking your bum off the chair. It has allowed for yet another method of global communication, but at what cost.
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