Chapter . Virtual Wars
This kind of war was about establishing boundaries of identity and culture. It happens in many different kinds of systems, with many different kinds of avatars. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, in the real world, I shared some tea with a friend of mine named Silvio. We were discussing his account on Flickr. He had encountered a similar kind of Gor-Fur battle between Flickr avatars.
“When I started, I was cautious not to share my thoughts with anyone there,” he said. “Then I thought, I’m not the kind of guy who fucks around and I don’t care if [people on Flickr] believe in God or eat meat or are a ...
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