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By: gray.beam

gray.beam — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:37:11 +0000

I am active in virtual worlds, more than one of them. I use the same identity (my avatar name, and when possible, the same appearance) in most of them. My name/avatar IS my online identity – and I have many friends who only know me by that name – my digital identity.
Interestingly, one of the big social networks which many people use, and have an active account on (FaceBook) does not recognize the reality of a digital identity. I (as gray.beam) had an account, which they canceled because it was not a ‘real name’. I explained that it was more real to the people I was interacting with on-line than my real world name, and that it WAS my digital identity – myself in the virtual / digital worlds. They refused to acknowledge the fact that my avatar was a real identity – and refused to restore the account. Their policy is ‘real names’ only – however they define them
I had to introduce myself via my real life name to many of my friends, and in some was re-start a friendship with them. Not that they or I had a problem adapting – but they still see me as my avatar in the virtual worlds, and I suspect many of them still think of my by my avatar name – not the name FaceBook forced me to use.

By: DanR

DanR — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:43:04 +0000

I have many avatars. My web site is one and ‘speaks’ for me, though most of it is 15 years old. My children and everyone who ‘listens’ to what I say, and passes it on, and therefore, the whole world is my avatar. Of course it would be interesting to have a discussion with ‘someone’ who took my previous messages to heart.

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Tweets that mention Virtual Self | KurzweilAI -- Topsy.com — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:45:30 +0000

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