Comments on: FIC 2.5

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:08:08 +0000

Fear of appearing ridiculous before one’s credentialed peers has kept many a one on the FIC list for years : )

By: policywank

policywank — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:31:14 +0000

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This is the 21st century equivalent of being one of those leet bbs people…which you were accused of a time or two back in the day. :)

What are some of these blogs you refer to? Tell me your top 5 SL blogs. Maybe if SL were someplace more than a virtual world where I wander around and never interact with anyone I know…

By: economic mip

economic mip — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:19:54 +0000

It is pretty bad that my first thought was that I am glad to not be on the list. It is important to remember that this is simply one person’s opinion, to my recollection, Linden Labs spammed about a dozen users emails (those with the most online hours who were viewed as “active”) and Fleep and I were both on that list, as were several FIC members. Of course said survey had actually very little impact. Basically, if you are doing anything in SL at all that is public, you are going to get FIC claims from someone.

By: Terran Timeless

Terran Timeless — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:08:15 +0000

whatever the lens,ur one of the good guys,having mentored countless educators and researchers in the name of progress, goodness, and the light of knowing.

By: Frans

Frans — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:23:11 +0000

There are circles, we all have circles of our friends, collegues, etc. The problem is when you aren’t in a circle but just outside it, it could seem that circle is more inner. But when you finally join the circle you will see that the persons in it are in other circles as well, who might appear more inner, etc, etc. Basically there is just a wide network of interconnecting circles in which most you can move freely while other are more exclusive, but very rarely there is one circle that operates as one group and have great control.

There has been written litareture about.

By: radar

radar — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:58:40 +0000

I worked with someone who believed there was an inner circle (his term) at my job, keeping him from doing what he wanted to do.

HR dragged us all in and decided he was on crack.

Don’t mistake high intelligence for rational thought. FIC is FOI (figment of imagination) and it’s a waste of time. I’m getting seriously unimpressed with how people just latch on to things because someone high profile spouts it.

By: Bjorlyn Loon

Bjorlyn Loon — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:56:04 +0000

Now that you are a shameless self-promoter, Fleep… next photo shoot we are taking your pic in the “too cute” pose!

By: dandellion Kimban

dandellion Kimban — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:07:18 +0000

Shit, he missed to put me on the list again! And I was trying so hard. :D

Now, you want to tell us that you have actually believed in Prok’s paranoia and conspiracy theory? C’mon….

By: Frans

Frans — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:07:03 +0000

Sometimes you need to selfpromote to achive a greater good for avatar kind, other times it is just good for the ego and keeps you going when the going gets tough.

By: Robert Bloomfield/ Beyers Sellers

Robert Bloomfield/ Beyers Sellers — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:40:07 +0000

My understanding is that the FIC was originally coined to refer to the people who were being given advantages by Linden Lab–publicity, inside information, etc. Now it appears to be a list of people who are well-known and/or influential. I think the difference between the FIC list and the noosphere is that the former are engaged in active self-promotion, while the latter are selfless martyrs working only for the good of avatarkind.

Now that you are the educational correspondent for Metanomics you join the ranks of shameless self-promotors (which Prok has accurately accused me of many times), definitely taking you out of the noosphere and into the FIC.

Welcome to us both!