Thoughts on Second Life, Day 2: caveats and advisories

New research suggests that Facebook could be detrimental to your relationship status.

“Previous research has shown that the more a person in a romantic relationship uses Facebook, the more likely they are to monitor their partner’s Facebook activity more stringently, which can lead to feelings of jealousy,” Clayton said. “Facebook-induced jealousy may lead to arguments concerning past partners. Also, our study found that excessive Facebook users are more likely to connect or reconnect with other Facebook users, including previous partners, which may lead to emotional and physical cheating.”  (Huffington Post, 6/6/2013)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/06/facebook-divorce-linked-i_n_3399727.html

The article's final caveat: "In 2012, divorce lawyers surveyed by Divorce-Online UK said that the social network was implicated in a third of all divorce filings the previous year. "

It's easy to see how a 3D immersion, whether a VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) or not, could lead to even bigger troubles.  Here are a few links pertaining to Second Life addiction:

https://ohwhyme.wordpress.com/

 http://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Am-A-Second-Life-Addict/112970

https://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/Second-Life-addiction-is-a-very-real-problem-This-is-my-story/td-p/1785407

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-keltz/been-there-did-that-doing_b_4599835.html

On a hunch, I figured there would a "Dummies" guide to Second Life.  This one is copyrighted 2008, so I suspect the $1.99 price tag might even bit a bit steep. ;-)

Reviewing the module for our 3D exploration was informative and I liked this flow chart (or spoke wheel chart...whatever you call it) very much:

Here's the video link to the screenshot above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCNdI35UKHU#t=27

"Ability to move around/explore the space" is something that pertains to my recent experience in the 3D environment.  As with all things, practice makes perfect, or at least competent.  I remember when I first learned to use a mouse and a Mac, way back in 1989.  I thought "oh, dear. I'm NEVER going to figure this stuff out" and within a few months I couldn't remember ever not knowing how to use it.  It's like that old expression, 'once you know something, you can't un-know it'.