Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Recently I did some reflecting on the value and the costs of being connected online. There were two things that dorve this, the first being the difficulties encountered by my daughter and her husband as they come to terms with a mother [and mother-in-law] who is wired and who has a different perspective on transparency VS privacy than they do personally and/or professionally. The second reason is was caused by a notice that popped up in Facebook for a birthday of a friend. Now this lady was someone that I had met online but had also connected with in RL and even worked with on two projects, so although we were not close friends, I am comfortable saying that we were quite friendly and I mourned when she passed away last year. Getting the reminder that her birthday was on Valentine's Day was a bit eerie, but even more disconcerting were the pictures and well wishes and greetings that festooned her page as a result of other folks getting the same reminder from Facebook.
Of what vlaue is a connection if you don't even know that the person you are puprortedly connected to/with is no longer alive?
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