Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. We will start to train someone in Mensajeros de la Paz who's gonna be responsible for the avatar if the action works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

It was amazing because the participants spanned the globe - literally - we had representatives from UK, Spain, Denmark, Asia, Austraila, and US. The places with more than a handful of avatars present always seem to increase the probability of trouble though. I met with the group last week. I was paired with John Smith and Rob Ashton.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

A Spain-based non-profit, their main goal is to create shelters and foster homes for poor children and elderly people. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out. I found a bedraggled looking avatar sleeping in a cardboard box with a crude sign asking for donations. There's YouTube video here.

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Futurism

APRIL 6, 2025

In reporting for The London Times , crime reporter Rachel Sylvester said that she ended up having to remove the VR goggles because she "feared the male avatar was going to hit the female character I had become." the looming, pixelated abuser in Sylvester's simulation said as he approached her avatar. the abusive avatar continued.

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