When I first came into the club, there was only one couple there, dancing together in a salsa animation. This same couple remained throughout, however, a solo woman joined them on the dance floor for some time. She started out with an animation of hiphop dancing that looked a little weird with the Indian dance music that was playing, but she shortly switched to Bollywood moves. A couple came into the bar at about the same time she did, walked around the place once, and left.
Interestingly, typed conversation occurs regularly in SL; however, there was none in the club the entire time I was there. Much of SL has recently gone to voice communication; perhaps there was discussion taking place on that channel, but there was nothing typed. When I first entered the club, there was an automated private message sent to me to let me know the rules of the establishment. However, there was no personal greeter, which there previously has been in this establishment. There was clearly very little traffic in the club; I’ve been in here at this approximate time before, and there have always been several people around.
Response/Reflections:
The couple in the corner did not talk at all as they danced on any channel I could see. Were they embroiled in some private conversation, or were they perhaps just bot characters set to dance in the club indefinitely? Why might a club do that?
There has typically been a greeter when I’ve gone to the club before, and there’s never been an automated message. I wonder if the lack of a greeter led to a decline, or vice versa?
I’m fascinated at the way that voice communication in SL has the opportunity to affect the world. After all, a person’s voice gives away a great deal about them, detail that people could keep private easily if they were typing. I wonder how prevalent voice communication will become inworld, and how much it will change things?
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