Second Life

Up until 3 days ago I had never even heard of Second Life. When I first read about second life I had no idea what to expect. After downloading it and checking it out for a while I was extremely impressed and surprised that I had never heard of it before.
I think second life is an extremely good social networking site. It gives users a multitude of options that allow them to communicate effectively with everyone else on the site. I found the site very difficult to use but I was able to make some progress after I started talking to people and finding out more and more about the world. I spoke to many different people many of who were also exploring the world in order to do assignments for their respective classes. I met two girls from purdue who were writing a paper about second life for their internet and society class. I found it very easy to talk to and share information people and I really liked it. I ended up talking to these girls for a while and we helped eachother navigate the grid and search out all the amazing features that second life has to offer. Before long we were much more well versed in second life. Together we learned to fly, walk around, purchase virtual property with Linden dollars(which the girls actually ended up buying.)
I also ended up striking up a conversation with another person on second life. He was a 25 Human resources manager whose boss had assigned him the task to find out whether second life was a valuable commodity for the company. He told me that his boss wanted to find out whether second life could be used to recruit and hold information sessions for workers. I ended up talking to him for a while in order to find out what his experiences with second life had been. He told me that he had been on second life for a week and was still having trouble fully navigating the site. I asked him if he thought that second life had any value his comapany and he responded by telling me that he had yet to see how second life could be used to hold information but that it could potentially be a good place to actively recruit new employees.
I definitely think that second life can be a valuable tool for building and maintaining relationships. All the poeple I met were extremely smart and interesting which led me to conclude that second life is a good social networking site if you are looking to meet good people. I like it better than normal chatrooms becuase it allows you to take your life skills and apply them to the virtual world in order to be successful. If you are looking for a good place to meet new people and build your social roladex second life is an extremely good place to do so. I will definitely be using it again in the future and I am extremely happy I found it.