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]]> http://www.internettime.com/2007/07/ibm-bringing-decency-to-the-wild-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 epredator Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:27:51 +0000 http://internettime.com/?p=899#comment-1063 I know there was a bit of a panic that there was a clamp down of some sort. This is all very self regulating guidelines stuff that we have published. They key is that people understand that there is a context to virtual worlds and interactions in them. Some places in some worlds need certain ways to interact and express yourself. Clearly that may seem like a "you need to wear a suit for a customer" statement, but it works the other way around too letting people know "Don't expect everyone to conform to your own social norms." A great deal of focus has been put on the visuals, however it is also about being part of the community (whichever platform or technology). There was a bit of extra comment on this both on eightbar.com and on <a href="http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2007/08/ibms-virtual-wo.html" rel="nofollow">terra nova</a> which you may find interesting. My fellow metaverse evangelist Roo has written some good stuff. I know there was a bit of a panic that there was a clamp down of some sort. This is all very self regulating guidelines stuff that we have published.
They key is that people understand that there is a context to virtual worlds and interactions in them.
Some places in some worlds need certain ways to interact and express yourself.
Clearly that may seem like a “you need to wear a suit for a customer” statement, but it works the other way around too letting people know “Don’t expect everyone to conform to your own social norms.”
A great deal of focus has been put on the visuals, however it is also about being part of the community (whichever platform or technology).
There was a bit of extra comment on this both on eightbar.com and on terra nova which you may find interesting.
My fellow metaverse evangelist Roo has written some good stuff.

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