Draw three circles of any size, with
each one touching the other two. Draw a
new circle that fits snugly into the space
between them, and another around the
outside enclosing all the circles. Now you
have four roughly triangular spaces
between the circles. In each of those
spaces, draw a new circle that just touches
each side. This creates twelve triangular
pores; insert a new circle into each one
of them, just touching each side. Keep on
drawing forever, or at least until the circles
become too small to see. What you get is a
fractal called an Apollonian Gasket. IMVU’s
social structure works very much like this.
The main circle is the site, and the steadily
shrinking ones are the various activity and
interest groups.
fame, not knowing that there is a difference
between being famous and being infamous.
The former just means that a person, animal,
place or thing is known for something by a
lot of people. The latter means that thing is
something negative.
If you were asked to recommend an
IMVU Creator who makes good skins (or
any other product), chances are you’d have
at least one name come to mind
immediately. If a larger group of users were
polled, several Creators would come up
more than others. The same thing would
happen if these people were asked to name
a user who is known for harassment or art
theft. There are many online who claim
Virtual fame isn’t as consistent as
fame in the real world. There are far more
Kardashians than there are Anshe Chungs.
In lieu of paparazzi, some users have inbox
spam and block buttons instead of
restraining orders. Being IMVU famous is
very much depen [