After Thursday's class I was fascinated by the concept of conformation in a cyberworld. Mary had mentioned that there were no fat people on second life, and I was curious about how people chose their identity in this world. I have included a link to a jounalist named Hamlet Linden and his blog.

Hamlet Lindon:

"I was a contract writer for Linden Lab, creators of Second Life, primarily hired by the company to cover SL as an embedded journalist in an emerging society-- its controversies, its personalities, its innovations and ambitions, along with larger themes of identity, social norms and organization, and cultural expression important to online worlds in general."

 http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2004/06/instant_reflect.html 

Link to Mary's research:

http://educ.ubc.ca/faculty/bryson/research.html