Mony Markova on Internet Addiction: About the Awareness Addiction SL group

In a nutshell - What is this about?

I created this blog for those who are interested on Internet Addiction and my request to Linden Lab to display a cautionary note mentioning Internet Addiction to the people signing in.

After all this time, this has become just a way to place this on the conversation. This is in a nutshell all I strive for.

Your liberty to read or leave its not denied on this space.

Virtual communities have enormous potential and will be part of many people's life's and work. So we need to take a thoughtful approach towards this. SL has an extraordinary pull and this phenomenon can result in dramatic damage to people who develop an addictive attachment to them.

People joins in with no knowledge of this phenomenon
Awareness of a danger helps reduce its potential harm
Any tool to display this reality, might prevent those who read it

All ideas an opinions are welcome, posts with foul or offensive language might be deleted. Some information and videos might be disturbing for some people please be advised.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

About the Awareness Addiction SL group

Yet another approach.

This one is to be closed shortly since the results are not evident. All members -some 36- appear to have left SL or reduced drastically their connection time, something I attribute more to the maturation and normal life cycle of SL than to the group. This is why you will see the maturation cycle holds more promise to understand, people's correct use of the platform.