Playing with people in Playing with people in the metaversethe metaverse

Or, How To Think Ethically When Or, How To Think Ethically When The Bombs Are Dropping and The Bombs Are Dropping and You’ve Got A Rocket Launcher You’ve Got A Rocket Launcher

Strapped To Your BackStrapped To Your Back

Asking Asking personalpersonal questions questions

Who do you Who do you knowknow??– Who do you communicate with?Who do you communicate with?– Who do you trust?Who do you trust?

DefineDefine your relationship: your relationship:– Who’s Who’s trustworthytrustworthy? ? – Who’s Who’s crediblecredible? ? – Who do you Who do you comparecompare yourself with? yourself with? – Who’s the most Who’s the most prototypicalprototypical??

The Social Life of Virtual The Social Life of Virtual Worlds: what to remember Worlds: what to remember

going ingoing in

On Being PseudonymousOn Being Pseudonymous(Trusting me, trusting you)(Trusting me, trusting you)

A friend indeedA friend indeed

ReputationReputation

ValueValue

RepresentativenessRepresentativeness

MenMen80% in Fantasy 80% in Fantasy

titlestitles20-28 years old20-28 years oldStudents or Students or

techy-typestechy-types

WomenWomen20% of Fantasy-20% of Fantasy-

based gamesbased games60% of The 60% of The Sims OnlineSims Online

30-45 years old30-45 years oldIn a RelationshipIn a Relationship

70% play with 70% play with partnerpartner

Social Virtual WorldsSocial Virtual Worlds

Forty-sixty gender splitForty-sixty gender split

Older on averageOlder on average

Unless you’re into DisneyUnless you’re into Disney

The Unbearable Lightness of The Unbearable Lightness of PseudonymityPseudonymity

Knowing me, knowing my avatarKnowing me, knowing my avatar

Curiosity killed the communityCuriosity killed the community

InterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinarity

Internet users are vulnerable:Internet users are vulnerable:What risks are associated with publishing or What risks are associated with publishing or

promoting an online work?promoting an online work?

It’s a big big big world out It’s a big big big world out therethere

Public or Private?Public or Private?

When public goes privateWhen public goes private

The Way Back MachineThe Way Back Machine

(Web) Logging(Web) Logging

Online or Offline?Online or Offline?

CommunityCommunity

Drive-by researchersDrive-by researchers(biting the hands that feed you)(biting the hands that feed you)

Public humiliationPublic humiliation

DeceptionDeception

Good Practice & GuidelinesGood Practice & Guidelines

Informed ConsentInformed Consent

Researcher ParticipationResearcher Participation

AoIRAoIR

The endThe endAleks KrotoskiAleks Krotoski

University of SurreyUniversity of Surrey

A.Krotoski@Surrey.acA.Krotoski@Surrey.ac.uk.uk