Week 12 - Social Networks

The LeMonde map was very interesting and made me wonder why some social networking sites are more popular in some countries and not others. I have a Bebo account that I haven't used in ages and was interested to see that New Zeland is saturated in Bebo. It would be an interesting study to find out the whys.

I signed up for Facebook just to have a look under Mosman and was surprised to find the Mosman Library HSC Study Crew group who are, as their name suggests, a group of HSC students using the Reference Library for studying. Their comments and ideas for the Library and(some)staff (the annoying lady) - we wonder who that is - are priceless. Its great to think that they are enjoying Mosman Library and think of it as a 'hub'!

A couple of years ago I saw a Four Corners program about some tragics who spent most of their lives in the virtual world of Second Life so I decided to see what all the fuss was about. I signed up and created an avatar and spent most of my time getting my avatar to look right! Did you know you can lengthen your arms and legs, make your hair thicker or longer and get your makeup just right? No wonder people prefer Second Life to real life! What was weird though was that the people on the Four Corners Program all looked exactly like their avatars!?

Apart from that, I was using up all of our downloads for the month so in the interests of domestic harmony decided to leave Second Life and concentrate on real life.

Here is an avatar I had fun creating at Doppelme - not as sophisticated as Second Life but still fun.