Comment Policy

We expect and hope that those who post comments on this blog will do their best to encourage others to participate in discussions that are civil, good natured, and respectful of the feelings and sensibilities of others.  This means that we do not want to read personal attacks, insults, aggressive comment-fisking, profanity, and sarcastic sniping.  All of these are forms of speaking that tend to scare off and offend certain readers while at the same time derailing the conversation intended by the original post author.  We make a serious attempt at creating sustained conversations, and have a much higher expectation for civility than exists in many other online forums.  As one dimension of civility, we expect commenters to listen to the thoughts of others and give them a chance to speak.  As long as this principle is followed, there are no word limits on posts.
 

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Terra Nova is a weblog about virtual worlds. Virtual Worlds are also known as synthetics worlds, MMOs, MMORPGs, Social Worlds, MUDs, MOOs, and MUSHes. Terra Nova authors include scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines.  Additional information about individual authors, contributors, and guests can be found via the hyperlinks on the right hand column of the main page.  To contact Terra Nova, please send an e-mail message to terranova -at- roaringshrimp -dot- com. (And be sure to use the appropriate typographic symbols for "-at-" and "-dot-").