Twitter reminds me a great deal of MOOs in the early days of the
interweb, except without the high-school kids running around barfing
on everyone.
Blogs and personal websites are much like the personal spaces people
used to build for themselves within MOOs too. The open chat is very
much the same and following a certain batch of people is very much
like going to a themed room in a MOO and chatting with people. Even
setting up your Follow stream to be request only reflects some of that
dynamic (some MOO rooms were/are invitation only). A person's Twitter
homepage is much like the 'look' command in MOOs too.
I see a lot of the same timbre of conversation, even though the themes
have moved on and broadened, of course. It's interesting to see so
much come around again and also interesting that it no longer needs
the virtual space metaphor for it to work. Other people are still the
most interesting content online.
Best,
Andy
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Andy Polaine
Research | Writing | Strategy
Interaction Concept Design
Education Futures
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