Comments on: Residents Demand Warning Label For SL

By: Mony Markova

Mony Markova — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:05:59 +0000

In respect to this public space and not abusing it, I have created a blog to display information for those who are interested. Your liberty to read or leave its not denied there.

I believe an extraordinary pull into virtual communities such as Second Life (TM) its a reality and a phenomenon that can result in drastic damage to people who develop an addictive attachment to them. I believe virtual communities have enormous potential and will be part of many people’s life’s and work. So we need to take a thoughtful approach towards this.

1. People joins in with no knowledge of this phenomenon
2. Awareness of a danger helps reduce its potential harm
3. Any tool to display this reality, might help those who read it

This is in a nutshell all I strive for.

The blog is located at:
http://monymarkovaaddiction.blogspot.com/

By: Mony Markova

Mony Markova — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:14:49 +0000

As you said, you dot get it. Now, such a lovely mouth you have.
Did you get informed or just wrote back mad?

By: Stephie

Stephie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:19:37 +0000

Challenges? rofl

I can understand people getting addicted to drugs. They fuck with your head and your body, they make you want more. But a little internet game? No, that’s just stupidity. Do something else, turn off your computer, GET A LIFE. Just because there are a few pussies out there too scared to flip the off switch doesn’t mean there needs to be an entire warning written just for them to read and then CONTINUE PLAYING.

Really, how much is a warning going to do? If you really DO get addicted to a little game, you need to kill yourself. It would certainly help natural selection.

By: Mony

Mony — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:37:58 +0000

“Hilariously retarded?” I would ask you to explain why if you could, but I better tell you.
Get informed – maybe this challenges you just a tad too much.

By: Stephie

Stephie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:01:52 +0000

“Can I ask you why do you find this topic so threatening?”

Threatening? No. Hilariously retarded? Yes.

By: Mony

Mony — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:09:17 +0000

Yes I think it might help someone. But that is something you or me cannot prove or deny.
This is a paragraph or two on TOS, not a spamming trend.

Can I ask you why do you find this topic so threatening?

By: Deimos

Deimos — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:34:05 +0000

That intervention was about Alcoholism..
Do you think a line in the TOS, which nobody reads is going to stop someone with an addictive personality? We don’t want this to become a trend.

By: Marly

Marly — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:47:16 +0000

Here’s a video about SL addiction and an intervention to help some one get over it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-0-kVJs78

By: Mony Markova

Mony Markova — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:33:56 +0000

This ideas is kind of difficult to clarify since it seems threatening to some people, I just want to update you that this initiative is becomeing more of, incluiding a SMALL, paragraph on TOS, about this phenomenon of Internet Addiction. This all this initiative is all about, No more!

I really hope you can support this since a single paragraph in TOS would be as far as we can go. We agree people is responsible for their own stuff, this only serves to well prevent the some of them, and this would be all.

Its certain that even if LL would import this issue into their workflow, this will be finished out by their lawyers and management so the final wording is good for them.

There are still many things to go trough I just wish the idea of a couple of paragraph in TOS, about this phenomenon is not threatening to anyone, quite the contrary.

http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-1515

Maybe it will help one person. I am very possitive it might.

By: zlul

zlul — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:57:33 +0000

The way to break the Second Life addiction, as everyone knows, is to start pitching PN bombs around the grid in build enabled areas. That’s what’s known as the Cold Turkey method :p