Well, not really but in the fast paced world of web 2.0, cyberspace can change in a flash. In fact, sometimes you can both love and hate web 2.0 in the same thought. Today, for example, my web 2.0 infatuated brother advocated and then criticized a new-fangled app:
From: doug@xxxxx.xxxx
Your friend, Doug Floyd has invited you to join Second Life. Second Life
is a rapidly expanding online world, entirely shaped and built by its
residents. Over 100,000 people are now living in this 3-D world, making
friends, visiting nightclubs and even making real money with the
businesses they operate there.Second Life is completely FREE — click below to download:
“It is entirely possible that sometime in the relatively near future,
you’ll be the only person in the room who doesn’t know what Second Life
is. Change your fate.” MSNBC, January 2005This e-mail was created by Doug Floyd using the form at the Second Life
website http://secondlife.com/community/referral.php The information
entered by your friend has not been stored by Linden Lab.
Twenty nine minutes later…
From: Doug Floyd Signed-By: gmail.com To: jeremy xxxxxxx.xxx>Date: Sep 1, 2006 1:50 PMSubject: Second LifeReply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender to Contacts list | Delete this message | Report phishing | Show original | Message text garbled?I ended up cancelling the Second Life thing. You guys might find it interesting. Too much work for me.
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Grace and Peace,Doug Floyd
