Carmen Hermosillo (died August 10, 2008), also known as humdog, wolftone, Montserrat Snakeankle, Sparrowhawk Perhaps, was a community manager/

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, and

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. A contributor to ''2GQ'' (now '' New Oregon Arts & Letters''), '' FringeWare Review'', ''

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'', and '' Leonardo'', Peter Ludlow's ''High Noon on the Electronic Frontier'',humdog (1996) "Pandora's Vox", ''High Noon on the Electronic Frontier'', p.437. Ludlow, Peter, ed. . and ''How to Mutate and Take Over the World'', she was a participant in many online communities including early

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s and internet forums such as

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, BBSs, and later activities such as ''

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''. In 1994 she published a widely influential essay online, "Pandora's Vox: On Community in Cyberspace",Introducing Humdog: Pandora’s Vox Redux
, ''Folksonomy.co''. OR 05/05/2004.

, ''AlphavilleHerald.com'' (formerly ''Second Life Herald''). in which she argued that the result of

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s had led to, not a reduction in

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, but actually a

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of personality and a complex transfer of power and information to companies.

Selected work

*"Pandora's Vox: On Community in Cyberspace" (1994) *"Veni Redemptor: The Metallic Masks of God" (1997) *"The History of the Board Ho" (2004) *"A rant: Sex in Gaming" (2005) *"Confessions of a

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Slave" (2006) Hermosillo, Carmen (22 February 2006).
Confessions of a Gorean Slave, Part 2
, ''The Second Life Herald''. *"Roleplay and the

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in Virtual Worlds" (unfinished)

References

External links

*Hermosillo, Margarite (2010).
Zero Dark Thirty: The Last Days of Carmen Hermosillo
. ''

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''. April 25. *Ludlow, Peter (08/15/2008).
Remembering Carmen Hermosillo
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