Over the course of the previous week I have messaged over 20 people on Second Life in the world Arab Avatar. What I quickly found was that most people were either unable or unwilling to speak to me. Most of the avatars were actually gathered extremely high above the actual city, taking a good five minutes to get there before reaching them. However, even after locating them they still refused to speak to me and continued to go about their business otherwise.

Arab Avatar was the only world that had any avatars in it so it was very disappointing that people would not respond. I had only got one person to respond to me, but they stopped replying very soon after the conversation started and would not answer any of my questions.

The only thing I truly got to enjoy from this experience was being able to see many different types of settings in this one world. It was everything from a detailed city to just a lone square of grass with flowers and work out equipment. Very strange!

From what my group members have told me, all of them have had the same difficulties coming into contact with people in general, much less people who wish to speak to us. One of my group members was lucky enough to interview two people, but for now all I can say is that the cold shoulder I have been receiving is very discomforting. Perhaps it has something to do with me being new or being from the United States. Either way, I’ve been having no luck.