Jess’ E-Learning Blog

Nope, my real life officially is not busy enough, so I’m joining Second Life to complicate my life to a satisfactory level ^_^ Okay, I’m really joining Second Life as a part of my E-Learning assignment. I’m not sure if I’ll stay or regularly visit Second Life after my assignment is complete – it depends on how hooked I get (too much online activity is baaaaaaaad and I might have to resort to cold turkey in order to ‘cure’ myself).

So far, I’ve only completed the preliminary registration for Second Life. I’m waiting to download the software until I have free downloads tonight – my brother and I are reaching our limit early this month *blushes*.

But, while I wait, just a quick note on the registration. They ask a few personal questions which need to answered in order for you to join. Questions like full name, date of birth and country of birth. I understand that the date of birth is required to prevent people over 17 from accessing the teen area of Second Life. I fully agree with that as a safety precaution, but I’m not very happy with providing personal details on the Internet. Call me neurotic, but I have a thing for protecting my real identity and keeping it at least slightly separate from my avatars. I don’t feel comfortable having my details on the Internet, ready to be hacked and carted away. That’s just me.