I ran each set through a series of "search and replace" iterations to eliminate repetitive text such as "Posted by Botgirl Questi" and "link to this post." I also combined a few word pairs so they wouldn't be processed separately, so "Second Life" was changed to "SecondLife" and "Social Network(s)" was replaced by "SocialNetworks."
I'll let the images speak for themselves:
April-May, 2008
October-November, 2008
January-February 2009
October-November, 2008
January-February 2009
I'll get back to Primates in Virtual Worlds in the next post.
2 comments:
Ah... While I don't blog about Twitter, I'm finding that, like you, I'm spending as much time on Twitter as SL these days.
Reasons for doing so:
- Expands my networks; exposes me to all sorts of new info and people, while still keeping me in touch with a number of SL's thought-leaders (and a few I'm not even friended with in SL!)
- MOST importantly: I don't feel the pressure to respond to people instantly, as I do in SL. How do you handle the waves of incoming IMs, btw?
I seldom get IMs :) I have a relatively small set of active friends in SL. I backed off pretty much from strictly social activity last fall for a few reasons:
- I don't have the enough time to keep up with relationships inworld. Most of those I interact with are on for hours a day; I'm down to a few hours a week, at most. When I'm there, I'm usually working on a project. I've come to the conclusion that I don't have time or energy for two full lives, so I've trimmed back quite a bit from the initial pace of my virtual engagement.
- I began to feel uncomfortable "being Botgirl" in real-time socially-oriented situations. I find the persona to be a great way to channel creative energy and view both RL and SL from a unique perspective, but not as a consistent vehicle for deep and authentic interpersonal engagement in a visual environment.
I think a number of my virtual friends have gone through similar shifts in perception recently. A few have left. Others have dramatically reduced their time in Second Life.
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