The Cons to Second Life

Second Life seems like a very good idea but there are many down sides to it as well. For one it requires a high speed internet connection to run properly. It takes up a lot of space on your hard drive because of this, it tends to slow ones computer causing it to lag and/or crash. It also requires that you have a good video/graphics card. Another thing people start to forget that it isn't real and they start getting hooked on to it. One can even fall in love with someone that they have met in the virtual world and start giving away personal information to someone who they don't even know if they are who they say they are. If one chooses to use Second Life they need to remember that not everyone on the internet is who they say they are.

Sources: http://iris.nyit.edu/~ssafara/The%20Pros%20and%20Cons%20of%20Second%20Life.pdf

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