Identity in Second life

This afternoon i am pondering identity in second life while eating some apple jacks. i spoke a bit about identity in my previous post. The majority of the content in the Second Life world is Resident-created which means that people and their avatars make up a large part of their identity. there are so many different identities that you can assume in the virtual world of second life. People are completely Free to create their own identity. their is no need for nourishment or food or drink or shelter in second life but that this doesn't stop the majority of people from taking place in these activities. the fact that Second life has no actual goal or you don't really actually have to do anything but be there to be a part of it makes identity so flexible. it is very similar to the real world because you get on and try to find places that you think are cool that other people have already made. you try to find people whom you think might be cool to talk to, it Individuals can explore alone, but often small groups explore together. most of the people i saw were just aimlessly wandering or trying to converse with a member of the opposite sex, but there are also more organized tours. I even met a man that was playing the role of a travel agent on second life.

You are only allowed to have one avatar at a time granted you can change this avatar very vividly to change your identity you are still only allowed to have one avatar. peoples identities on second life are very similar to theirs in real life. people go out and have meals with each other and build homes and live with each other. some female characters were vampires and some females characters were called Nekos..the females vampires i feel like were more or less women wanting to act out their inner twilight fantasies online. also one of the females vampires that i came across had a real attitude i thought it fit her character very well. the Neko characters look like an animal but they are a very sexy promiscuous looking character so i think some women could be using this type of avatar to act out these fantasies online. people in the second life community can buy their own house and even make their own objects and sell things this is a very real online virtual world. your identity can change and you can chat with people through an im. but they also have voice chat that most of the people are using. and most of these people were using their own voices i only came across a few people who were using voice changers. identity in Second life is hard to figure out in the short time that i have been accessing Second life and i will try to put up a more extensive blog about it once i spend some more time in Second life.

what are some of the external influence on second life that reflect identity?do you feel that Second Life characters who are married on their have a real relationship?Can you have a different identity online than in real life?are people who assume different identities online compromising the experience?