tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post7724496674262272156..comments2024-02-14T20:08:25.727-08:00Comments on Honour's Post Menopausal View: Don't Panic! Avatars do not carry the Plague, Cooties or even the Swine Flu.Honour McMillanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-57996209270724712642011-07-12T23:38:58.837-07:002011-07-12T23:38:58.837-07:00revisiting again for the excellent (and funny!) re...revisiting again for the excellent (and funny!) read. <br /><br />I still don't understand why all the data about Miso is not enough to target Miso with ads- I see with the same eyeballs and am obviously interested in the same stuff... I buy just as much or little as Miso does...Miso Susanowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628657533849686313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-80578169157970169972011-07-10T06:14:34.811-07:002011-07-10T06:14:34.811-07:00@Soror Thank you :)@Soror Thank you :)Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-41791268305006066732011-07-10T02:36:21.713-07:002011-07-10T02:36:21.713-07:00Excellent post, very well said. The fear is intere...Excellent post, very well said. The fear is interesting.sororNishihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385408562954387986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-53156022347660366142011-07-09T21:51:50.196-07:002011-07-09T21:51:50.196-07:00@Marie I was hoping to avoid the immersion vs aug...@Marie I was hoping to avoid the immersion vs augmentation debate because what I think I'm trying to say was said better in an earlier comment ... we're all really avatars on the internet.<br /><br />As for my avatar being the "real" me well of course it is. I like to think it's the best parts of me though - I manage to hide my own worst faults or at least I try to. :) I certainly identify strongly with her and don't consider her a fictional construct.<br /><br />There is fear out there and I've seen it/heard it. I just think it's misplaced.<br /><br />And yes I believe that companies like FB and Google see us and our data as a commodity - this makes me furious. The more so because I am part of a generation that took it's privacy for granted and still clings to it with stubborn zeal.Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-27393411668910441822011-07-09T21:29:30.330-07:002011-07-09T21:29:30.330-07:00First of all, I disagree with your premise that &q...First of all, I disagree with your premise that "the Internet is not Real Life." That shows a fundamental disconnect between how one projects themselves in the concrete universe, and how they do in the metaverse.<br /><br />The Internet, rather, <i>is a part of</i> Real Life. We use it to communicate with very real people.<br /><br />Secondly, an avatar is also real in that it represent one or more facets of your imagination and personality. You cannot completely divorce yourself from your own creation.<br /><br />IMO Facebook and Google+ do not want avatars <i>precisely</i> because they are using the network to harvest data they can then sell. If they harvest the data on an avatar, it's not "real" data.<br /><br />MarieMarie Ravencrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963594228183711244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-36160249903714982462011-07-09T21:20:10.329-07:002011-07-09T21:20:10.329-07:00@Shiloh thank you! :)@Shiloh thank you! :)Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-26969932125133375612011-07-09T20:59:53.252-07:002011-07-09T20:59:53.252-07:00Well said :)Well said :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-21757653000097494452011-07-09T20:11:48.577-07:002011-07-09T20:11:48.577-07:00@Lacewing Yep :) and Thank you!@Lacewing Yep :) and Thank you!Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-86819066593321371142011-07-09T19:53:49.466-07:002011-07-09T19:53:49.466-07:00"I've been pondering the reasons why avat..."I've been pondering the reasons why avatars would not be wanted on some social networks" <br />In that sentence hangs the stupidity of FaceGoo's attitude - if we are on a social network at all it's in avatar form surely! <br />Isn't an avatar an online representation of ourselves whether it's by Facebook poke, Tweet or activating your hugger HUD?<br /><br />And I love the pictureLacewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473226738544151664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-6376574822137953892011-07-09T16:08:20.231-07:002011-07-09T16:08:20.231-07:00@Miso *grin* I do agree people lie in real life - ...@Miso *grin* I do agree people lie in real life - although it's harder for a 49 year old woman to pretend to be a 16 year old boy. Not impossible but hard. :)<br /><br />It still makes no sense to me that Google or anybody else can sell my data attached to my name to whoever wants to pay for it.<br /><br />It's no wonder so many people are less attached to their privacy than I am.Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-16062372193103131952011-07-09T15:50:46.458-07:002011-07-09T15:50:46.458-07:00"Everybody around you that you have met solel..."Everybody around you that you have met solely through online interactions is projecting a persona. They hide or embellish or deceive at will. "<br /><br />You DO know that this is exactly what happens in RL also? Think for 5 minutes; the examples will engulf you. <br /><br />There's nothing stopping people from LYING IN REAL LIFE AND THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME. "No, I'm not married." "Yes, I have a job." "No, I don't live with my parents." "Yeah, I really like 18-century poets." "I don't eat junk food." <br /><br />etc etc etc.<br /><br />this whole debate is manufatured for the convenience of marketeers treating me like cattle and the govt, who is legally blocked from collecting the same data about you <i>but is not blocked from being merely a customer who buys that data</i>.Miso Susanowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628657533849686313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-22710514105646253642011-07-09T12:53:38.565-07:002011-07-09T12:53:38.565-07:00@Ceorl Thank you :)@Ceorl Thank you :)Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-44519650164430533522011-07-09T12:14:47.737-07:002011-07-09T12:14:47.737-07:00Well said. The enemy is fear.Well said. The enemy is fear.Ceorlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591116033984679005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-35342026528331245722011-07-09T11:23:52.615-07:002011-07-09T11:23:52.615-07:00@Nissa Thank you!@Nissa Thank you!Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-22889647347847955212011-07-09T11:21:41.410-07:002011-07-09T11:21:41.410-07:00well said!well said!Nissa Nightfirehttp://wonderingthegrid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-21537513751632767492011-07-09T10:46:14.227-07:002011-07-09T10:46:14.227-07:00@Cisop - wow, thank you!@Cisop - wow, thank you!Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-26893120552823004512011-07-09T10:38:47.669-07:002011-07-09T10:38:47.669-07:00Fabulous! You've said what I've wanted to...Fabulous! You've said what I've wanted to say, but you did it much better than I could have dreamed. Thank you!Cisop Sixpencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901167896370111707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-84277410297654680162011-07-09T09:21:40.554-07:002011-07-09T09:21:40.554-07:00@Diana LOL *hugs*@Diana LOL *hugs*Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-12142013515013424972011-07-09T09:20:01.035-07:002011-07-09T09:20:01.035-07:00Fabulous!! I haven't known you long, but you ...Fabulous!! I haven't known you long, but you are by far more "real" than a lot of "fleshies" I know.~Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582844845163429821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-21505711398051475272011-07-09T08:58:35.938-07:002011-07-09T08:58:35.938-07:00/me blushes Thank you!/me blushes Thank you!Honour McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828949525849701192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103252777208388055.post-35083720082835276422011-07-09T08:57:58.179-07:002011-07-09T08:57:58.179-07:00Brilliant, as usual :)Brilliant, as usual :)Lalo Tellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711076861284942835noreply@blogger.com