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I fail to understand how this is a good thing for most avatars. While I understand it would/could be voluntary, I have no desire or need to connect my RL and SL avatars ... none. I do tech consulting in RL, so in theory I could link the RL avatar with the SL and get something going, but I don't want that. It won't be a boon to business, as most people are not in SL for business they are in SL for entertainment. In SL I run a business renting spots around my sandbox and selling items in my store, but it is for SL not RL.

I do nothing in game that would cause me any problems. But what if Bob in accounting is a BSDM loving furry, that may be a problem. Just like people have been fired for blogs, myspace, facebook, etc, people will be fired in RL for being goreans, furries, into bdsm, an alien, in to Star Trek rp, an escort, a stripper, or a pirate? Is there a real need to connect the two through something like Facebook? Is it not easier to just do the connection yourself? Would we want people to be able to connect our Warlock in WoW to our Facebook? is there a problem in Anonymity?

As soon as the link to our RL is complete and we are all no longer our SL Avatar but our RL Avatar, all of the magic is Second Life is lost, the freedom of action is gone, the evils, of prejudice of race, religion, nationality, disability, social class, income, and just general biases will return. How is this a good thing? How does it make our Second Life a better place?

Arthur Fermi
Fermi Sandbox & University
www.fermidesigns.com