Another essay, this time on what I've learnt from making many worlds for VRChat: their designs impact people's behavior in ways far stronger than I ever expected. VR is an escape to a better world, here's how world design could help keep it better! evalkafox.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/c...

I've been through a lot in my time on VRChat, making many mistakes and doing my best to learn from them but finding it difficult. I thought to condense what this taught me about social VR into something I think is worth reading. Let me know your thoughts! evalkafox.wordpress.com/remember-the...

🪐 Be part of the adventure! The BridgeMakers Firefly VR series, beginning 8/28 at 9PM ET, explores the ‘Verse with weekly talks & discussions in a custom VR world. Meet fellow fans, share theories, and relive the magic. Limited tickets—don’t miss out! #firefly #filmsky 🗣️: discord.gg/xX5M5D7ByX

(1/2) 🚀 Step aboard Serenity! Join host ScottScott @byskieboo.bsky.social in VRChat on 8/28 at 9PM ET for a 16-week Firefly deep dive with presentations, behind-the-scenes stories, and fan theories. Bring your headset and RSVP in Discord to join the crew. 🛸 #firefly #filmsky 🗣️: discord.gg/xX5M5D7ByX

We invite you to take a break from the summer heat this week and come to #PJKTFEST25 by @projektcommunity.com! You can take a look at this fun video below or use the in-world map to find our booth. If you stop by on 7/5 at 4PM Eastern, you can even meet some of us there! ♥️💜💙 #VRCademicSky #VRChat

At the top of the hour (from this post), feel free to watch the Twitch stream from @projektcommunity.com as our booth is featured among the community of booths at #PJKTFEST25! #VRCademicSky #VirtualReality #VRChat www.twitch.tv/projektcommu...

After weeks of effort from @armanixr.com and @simulatedbeing.bsky.social , we are at #PJKTFEST25 by @projektcommunity.com ! Huge congrats to them on this achievement and a big thank you to @emmatorch.bsky.social for helping throughout the process! Come visit our booth today! vrc.group/PJKT.3741

Currently filled with overwhelming love and warmth. Thank you to everyone who was able to make the Bridgemakers Anniversary Summit possible and for sharing your heartfelt stories :’) #bridgemakers #vrchat #virtualreality #humanity #connection

PJKT: FEST 2025 Schedule & Notices! 🎉 Thanks to all for your patience! Let's make this year's PJKT: FEST awesome! #PJKTFEST25 #VRChat #festival

Hey crew! we are geetting ready! Streams starting soon, so you better get your popcon ready! 🔗⬇️Link here⬇️🔗 www.twitch.tv/projektcommu... #PJKT2025 #PJKT #PJKTFEST2025

At the top of the next hour of this post, we begin our first day of our new Deliberative Diplomats course with @venialogan.bsky.social! There's still some time to register until then! 🥳

We tend not to realize that we've decided our own facts based upon the way we originally view things. In failing to convince someone to think our way, we may think of them as amoral. How do we manage this online? Sign up for @venialogan.bsky.social 's course to learn more! scms.me/vr-discourse...

Divisiveness can shape our interactions with another person on a computer elsewhere. The time/energy we spend doing that really influences how we interact with our own communities. How do we manage that? Watch and sign up for @venialogan.bsky.social 's course to learn more! scms.me/vr-discourse...

Our June 2025 leadership summit is live now ♥️💜💙: www.youtube.com/live/J9vGGIP...

With only a week left to register, here is an informative message about our new Deliberative Diplomats course from course teacher @venialogan.bsky.social ! Feel free to share with any digital leaders you know trying to navigate tough problems. #VRCademicSky #CivilDiscourse scms.me/vr-discourse...

The internet as we know it today forces us into isolation while promising us belonging. How can we still maintain healthy communication when our conflicting values disagree? In our new course starting on June 21st we will explore this embrace of conflict: scms.me/vr-discourse... #VirtualReality

Today we have more exciting news to share: Our very own @humanonpurpose.bsky.social will be a panelist at the 2025 @awexr.com Conference on June 10th! ❤️💜💙 Feel free to visit the link below for more information. #Diversity #Policy #VRCademicSky #VirtualReality awexr.com/usa-2025/age...

🛠️Let's build a bridge between @bridgemakers.bsky.social to @projektcommunity.com 🌉 Hope to see you at the Fest this year! These are the builders that help you develop the skills to lead your groups! #pjkt2025 #pjkt #VRChat 👇Links to the discord and VRC Group in the comments!👇

Frantically managing flamewars and dropping that ban-hammer a little too often? We are excited to share our new Civil Discourse course: a practical, hands-on training for digital leaders navigating tough problems without shutting people down. #VRCademicSky sociallyconstructed.online/event/bridge...

The stage is so lonely without people, we can't wait for Fest 2025 to see the worlds all filled again! Are you coming? 👀 #PJKT #VRChat #PJKT2025

Reminder: On 5/18 at 6PM ET we hold our monthly leadership meetup! This event is a real-talk moment about things that challenge us as community leaders, moderators, or potential leaders & what to do. This month's topic is Building Community Through Avatar Fluency! 🎭 #VRChat 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

On May 18th at 6PM ET, we holding our monthly leadership meetup! This event is a real-talk moment about things that challenge us as community leaders, moderators, or potential leaders and what to do. This month's topic is Building Community Through Avatar Fluency! 🎭 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

We're excited to share that our very own @humanonpurpose.bsky.social will be a speaker at the All Things in Moderation conference this week! ❤️💜💙 Feel free to visit the link below for more information. #Moderation #ThirdSpaces #VRCademicSky events.zoom.us/ev/Amk8BB1Z0...

Here are our next Street Epistemology discussion questions. Reminder: This is not a debate, instead it's about practicing #CivilDiscourse on disagreeable things. Feel free to join us by 6pm Eastern on #VRChat for this event and more! #Debate 😎: vrchat.com/home/group/g... 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

Recently @humanonpurpose.bsky.social had a chance to listen to community leaders about the challenges they face. Let's focus on context first. What drives you to lean in to the hard questions? 

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Today at 5:30pm Eastern time, we are excited to join @tajasuka.bsky.social on a journey through his awesome worlds in social VR to learn more about how they are designed! ❤️💜💙 Until then, feel free to join us on #Discord ahead of time: discord.gg/VTrRRkDjTj #SocialVR #VRCademicSky #VRChat #design

Sometimes I prefer my worlds to do the storytelling, there's no lore or explanation on what this place is or why it is the way it is, why large stone hands dot the landscapes in either gestures of supplication when facing up, or gestures of sheltering when facing down.

Had a great time at Spectrum Street Epistemology last night, a fun event led by vrc.group/BRIDGE.6655 full of thought provoking and friendly discussions. Come join me and RSVP for our next spectrum event! 🩵 #VR #VRChat #Bridgemakers #virtualreality #philosophy #religion #gaming #videogames

We recently held our Street Epistemology meetup to practice civil discourse on disagreeable things. Linked below is a reflection on this practice. Feel free to join us on #Discord and then #VRChat for this event and more! #CivilDiscourse 🗣️: discord.gg/VTrRRkDjTj bridgemakers.world/2025/04/27/p...

For our final session of this Music HOP series on 3/23 at 8PM EDT, we'll listen to songs spanning multiple scarcity emotions such as Anger, Concern, and Guilt. Let's feel through them together! ❤️💜💙 #VRCademicSky #music #emotion #EmotionalFluency 📺: youtu.be/k1uUIJPD0Nk?... 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.” George Elliston It doesn’t need to be loud or planned. Just real. A kind glance. A thoughtful word. A pause to care. And suddenly the day feels different – for us and for someone else. 🧡 #kindness #positivity Picture by littlewordsproject

In case you missed it, here's a recap of the #Palia stream on 4/14 with a reflection of 300+ hours of experience from @humanonpurpose.bsky.social exploring what it means to design for generosity in gaming. #PlayPalia #generosity #inclusive bridgemakers.world/2025/04/14/d...

Join me in the chat during this @bridgemakers.bsky.social livestream on Monday as we explore @playpalia.com and what makes it so successful at fostering community building and collaboration! #communitymanagement #humancentricdesign #UX

On Monday, April 14th at 5PM EDT (U.S.), @humanonpurpose.bsky.social and @slhamlet.bsky.social will explore the cozy multiplayer game @playpalia.com and how its design encourages collaboration and community care. #Palia #PlayPalia #community #inclusive Watch here: 📺: youtube.com/live/cyh2dT4...

Wonder why PMR's cardboard avatars have become so popular in Second Life? Because they're a big break from SL's default ultra-realistic human avatars which, while cool, have become so standard, they've hurt SL's community spirt. Read why in this excerpt from my book: nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/04/...

This Sunday, 3/30 at 4PM EDT we hold our next Street Epistemology event! Reminder: This is not a debate, instead it's about practicing civil discourse on disagreeable things. Feel free to join us on #Discord and then #VRChat for this event and more! #Debate #CivilDiscourse 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

For Music HOP 8 out of 10 on 3/26 at 9PM EDT, we'll explore how we resonate together and separately with songs about terror as this week's theme. 🔥❤️💜💙 #VRChat #VRCademicSky #music #emotion 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=imam... 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

VRChat friends, I know a lot of us come to the virtual world for healing, escape, and positivity, but the truth is that we have a duty to embrace our gifts and give back to the world by becoming politically aware. We are an incredibly powerful species and we can make a huge impact on the world.

This Sunday, 3/23 at 4PM EDT we hold our next Street Epistemology event! Reminder: This is not a debate, instead it's about practicing civil discourse on disagreeable things. Feel free to join us on #Discord and then #VRChat for this event and more! #Debate #CivilDiscourse 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

Part 3 of this course has been rescheduled to be held on Wednesday, April 16th at 6PM EDT.

(🧵1/2) Here are a few of our upcoming events. Join us on Discord to participate: -Music HOP on 3/19 at 9PM EDT: In this event we'll explore how we resonate together with songs about rage as this week's theme. 🔥💙 #VRChat #VRCademicSky 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d55E... 🗣️: discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

We're now onto a third Starter Pack that we'll continue updating as more people across the VR/XR Community join Bluesky. Please continue letting @henrystockdale.com know if there's anyone we should add. Pack 1 - go.bsky.app/QSzCkRM Pack 2 - go.bsky.app/Q2bAb2E Pack 3 - go.bsky.app/CnTanY5

Join us for Sunday's BridgeMakers Street Epistemology Event! Please RSVP by tomorrow to secure your spot! Join BridgeMakers to RSVP and vote! → discord.gg/JSMBPdaV #BridgeMakers #VREpistemology

This week we’re chatting about what makes communities thrive. Let’s start with rules: Which rule helps your community the most? #VRChat bridgemakers.world/2025/02/17/r... Feel free to read the article and reply here/in our Discord for more: discord.gg/XJpfwdwVjR

(🧵1/8) Hey everyone, we have so many great events coming up that we need a thread to list them out for you! 🥳 Here they are, listed in calendar order from US Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), and you can join us on Discord to RSVP! #socialVR #VRChat #VirtualReality #VRCademicSky discord.gg/6wuXS9nHfV

On 2/26 at 8PM ET, we'll dive into the world of emotional connection through #music, exploring how we resonate together with songs in our Music HOP event. Join us on #Discord in appreciating sadness as this week's theme. 💙 #VRChat #VRCademicSky 🎶 📺: youtu.be/iWGL3mPE114?... 🗣️: discord.gg/82ZzAMup

Every Sunday we hold our Street Epistemology event! This activity is not a debate, instead it's about practicing civil discourse on disagreeable things. View this clip and join us on #Discord for this #VRChat event and more! #debate #civildiscourse 📺: youtu.be/OYPw7yncYKA 🗣️: discord.gg/ZjWWjqE6B8

On 2/20, @humanonpurpose.bsky.social and @djcarson.bsky.social explored DrMorro's new world "Ritual" in #VRChat with fellow bridge makers! Check it out on our YouTube channel for Part 1, and feel free to subscribe for more to come! ❤️💜💙 #VRChat_world紹介 #academicsky #VRcademicSky youtu.be/fyHU_4qwaKY

Feeling... rough. Lately.

On 2/20 at 4pm PT/7pm ET, @humanonpurpose.bsky.social will join professional environmental designer @djcarson.bsky.social to explore DrMorro's new world "Ritual" in #VRChat! RSVP to our YouTube channel for reminders to join us or watch the livestream here: youtube.com/live/ATfBcqM... #VRCademicSky