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=Interpersonal Relationships In Second Life=

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Friendship
If Second Life is such a great networking tool, then surely there is a way to create and maintain lasting friendships out on the grid. Friendships, however, have necessary conditions that must be met before they can form. Friendship requires common interests and mutual trust - both of which are challenging to create in Second Life.

Finding common interests with people on Second Life can be difficult - unless your primary interests include watching your avatar dance and pornography. The search function in Second Life is crippled, and when a user does find a region which might match their interests it generally turns up empty. Networking on Second Life is more of a challenge than one may think.

Once someone with a shared interest is met, forming mutual trust with an avatar controlled by a user one cannot see is also difficult. When a user cannot hear someone's voice, see their facial expressions, and read their body language, what guarantee do they have of honesty? Second Life is already a place where boys will be girls and girls will be boys - the certainty that people seek in their relationships

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