English professor Ignatius Onomatopoeia has a good summary of a recent in-world conference with 75+ educators and the Lindens, mainly covering the coming regulation of "Adult" content. Among the highlights: No, the Lindens insist, there's no plans to merge Teen Second Life with the main grid, and therefore the Adult content filter is not preparation for that. But yes, some varieties nudity, i.e. Michelangelo's David, will still be allowed in the Mature regions. Another interesting factoid: "Prospero Linden noted that as of the time of this meeting, 5088 sims are zoned PG and 22401 sims are mature. 8 sims are adult zoned (test regions)." Much less PG than I would have guessed. Read it all here.
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Having spent half of my life working in a large academic library system that has never employed filters because our faculty considers them contrary to academic freedom it is odd for me to see a discussion of the use of filters in regard to university level education in Second Life.
Posted by: Molly Montale | Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 06:02 AM
The low number of "PG" sims maybe be due to term itself. It's odd enough to designate "mature" and "adult" areas for a world that's already made up of adults. "PG" being short for "parental guidance" is even more bizarre since it suggest that I, as an adult, should get permission from my retired parents before entering. So ironically, I'd feel even more ridiculous rating something in SL as "pg" than I would the other 2 choices.
The reason why this kinda stuff gets people in a snit is because we all instinctively know that it's the oldest slippery-slope there is.
Posted by: Jura Shepherd | Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 07:09 AM