second life

this video about second life was posted on http://youtube.com/

second life is an online based mmorpg which allows users to create an avatar in which can be made to look like anything they want. although this does allow things like illegal acts as shown in the video above. there are huge advantages of having a games such as this, for one it allows users to create someone they would like to be and just chat with friends or meet new people.
the video above shows of how pedophiles use web 2.0 to abuse the internet and make these sick acts.
this brings the problem as nobody can control it as they get created without anybody knowing about them. Only the people involved.
using the cyberspace, entrepreneurs can make a living by renting or selling areas of land and properties. some also make furniture and design rooms for other users. the currency called linden dollars which has an exchange rate of 500 linden dollars to £1. if you rent a room in the center of London for example it would cost you £60 a week in sterling. designers are able to make a living from renting their houses.
due to the fact that there are no rules on the game it means that there is no limit to the game. there are even online concerts and talks which makes it and educational game. the ceo of of the design company refers to the world as the wild west and the people being pioneers ready to build.
the company linden labs who makes the game make their money by selling the land for people to build on. but the world grows by 15-20% each month. this massive growth bring in ideas for the game. this reflects when actual companies get involved and create shops on the game for avatars to buy replicas of their products. this in tern will lead users to buy real products.

the advantages of using the web 2.0 is that it lets us publish our own content with no restriction, this comes down to what is suitable which brings up the question of what is the limit of what we can post. most people say that we should be democratization which would let us do what ever we want. but then the police would still ban you if you were to look up or write about bombs, they say it is terrorism. this is going against the point of having web 2.0 because it is still limiting what we can publish, even though it is totaly independant. this is a big disadvantage of having web 2.0, we are surposed to be making our own media rather than having a controlled page.

although it will let the user have a sense of personalization on the web, they can create there own page and make themselves whoever they want. but the disadvantage is that you as a user are still limited due to the fact that it can only personalize to the way the page has been set out by the company that makes it. again limiting what can be done.
Web 2.0 will let you seek out new bands or friend which gives you a sense of interactivity, this brings people closer to people but also allows for illegal things such as file sharing, which is limited by the users.
so really the fact that web 2.0 lets you design your own web page and have a sense of control it has limits which are controlled by the company which makes the page.

web 2.0

web 2.0 is the way that users can created there own web page using free websites such as bebo or my space. these sites allow users to completly customise there page and upload pictures or music to the page. it also lets other internet users to go onto your page and leave coments or see ur pictures and music. this alows users to share and reuse things from other users. this brings comunites together from around the world.