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Interview: Second Life – under attack

By Jim Giles

29 August 2007

The online world of Second Life can be a tough place sometimes: attract too much attention and you risk attack by hellraisers known as “griefers”. One of the most prominent griefer groups is Patriotic Nigras (PN), who inflict vicious abuse on their targets, while saying they do it for “laughs”. Here, one of the founders of PN, known as Mudkips Acronym, talks about his motivations, while Catherine Fitzpatrick (aka Prokofy Neva) explains what it’s like to be a victim and why Linden Lab, the firm that runs Second Life, is not doing enough to protect its members. They spoke to …

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