Reality bytes: When virtual relationships and real life collide

Posted on November 8, 2007 
Filed under Reflections, Trends


I’ve been watching myself and my Second Life friends do relationships. It’s real and complex. Here’s an article about a teen who lost a friend, one with whom she had never shared physical space, but was nevertheless very attached to. The descriptor “virtual” might be losing it credibility, afterall what’s un- virtual about telephones and email?

“Technology continues to transform our relationships, from the way we communicate to the evolution of our social traditions.” Read more

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