IBM Guidelines Govern Virtual Employees

[HardOCP News]

IBM is laying down a few rules for its “virtual employees” in Second Life, Entropia Universe, Forterra and other virtual worlds. IBM says they just want their employees to be "good 3D Netizens." I guess that rules out that whole “sex at first site” thing the article talks about.

IBM appears to be the first corporation to create rules governing virtual worlds. The move has critics, who say that mandating behavior for the so-called "metaverse" is unlikely to reform impish avatars. They also question why IBM would add a layer of buttoned-down bureaucracy to this relatively rollicking corner of the Internet.