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Ruth Diaz, Psy.D.
@humanonpurpose.bsky.social
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Dr. Diaz (She/They) is a social scientist, conflict resiliency innovator, and immersive reality leader. Passionate about XR technology that transforms us!
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Join us for the November BridgeMakers Leadership Summit on 📅 11/16 @ 6 PM ET!
This is a special workshop with Merivio (game dev) and DJCarson (environmental storyteller) on spaces that guide attention, movement, and emotion. #VRCademicSky #VirtualReality

RSVP here: discord.gg/5dYayn9pvj
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BridgeMakers is a collaborative incubator empowering builders, leaders, and learners in social VR. We practice kindness, iteration, and conflict resiliency while creating brave spaces to grow alongsid...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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OpenMind, a mindful, Quest-friendly VR community, is featured in Virtually Impossible premiering this Sunday, 11/9 🌐💫
A space for reflection, grounding, and growth in social VR.
🗓️ World + Doc Premiere | 1 PM Eastern US Time
RSVP: discord.gg/Pb2nhYPR

#SocialVR #FilmSky #Mindfulness
This is a promotional image for the Virtually Impossible Premiere hosted by BridgeMakers on Sunday, November 9th at 1PM Eastern US time.
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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🎥 Virtually Impossible — World + Documentary Premiere 🌐💫
“In under a month, we co-built a world that feels culture-shifting in #socialVR!” — @humanonpurpose.bsky.social
🗓️ 11/9 at 1PM Eastern | 🎙️ Panel w/ Director Peco & team
🌍 Questies welcome! | 🎧 Live + recorded
RSVP Here → discord.gg/Pb2nhYPR
This is a promotional image for the Virtually Impossible Premiere hosted by BridgeMakers on Sunday, November 9th at 1PM Eastern US time.
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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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!

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Creating for the Human: How World Design Sparks Meaningful Connections in Virtual Reality
Despite a toxic exterior, social spaces in virtual reality are capable of many beautiful things. Through creating worlds for VRChat, I learnt that the design of these spaces has a far stronger impa…
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October 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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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!

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How “Remember the Human” Applies in the Virtual World
Social VR is well known as a drama-filled and toxic space, despite the amazing experiences that come with it. This short rant-essay, built off of my own experiences, helps to explain factors I beli…
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September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🪐 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
This is a poster of a show called Firefly. The BridgeMakers Firefly VR series 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!
August 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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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
June 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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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!
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June 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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PJKT: FEST 2025 Schedule & Notices! 🎉

Thanks to all for your patience! Let's make this year's PJKT: FEST awesome!

#PJKTFEST25 #VRChat #festival
June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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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...
June 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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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...
June 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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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...
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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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
This is a cartoon image of social media platforms depicted as people. 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.
June 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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🛠️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!👇
June 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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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
May 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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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
This is an image from a previous leadership summit by BridgeMakers, held in VRChat.
May 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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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

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All Things In Moderation 2025
The global gathering for humans who moderate
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May 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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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
May 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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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

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This is an image of the following questions in ascending order for the Street Epistemology activity. 3. Religion should always have a place in society. 2. The world needs violent video games. 1. If there is no oncoming traffic, it is okay to turn left at a red arrow light. This week at BridgeMakers, we gathered again for one of our most unique exercises: a Street Epistemology Spectrum event. Each time we do this, we step into a practice space — one where playfulness, seriousness, humility, and fire all get to coexist. We are not here to “win” arguments. We are here to stretch, to listen, and to remember each other’s humanity across even the most complex or heated topics.
April 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Clarity is only cruel to people who benefit from confusion.
- ChatGPT

Do you agree?
a black and white drawing of a stick figure with the word hmm on the bottom right
Alt: a black and white drawing of a stick figure with the word hmm on the bottom right
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April 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Digging how much @playpalia.com designs community building and cooperation into its gameplay.

Watch me explore the world with @humanonpurpose.bsky.social as we play with the Palia features that open non-MMO virtual worlds should learn about and emulate! 👇

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WATCH: Learning Virtual World Community Building Lessons from Palia, the Popular Cozy MMO
After blogging about Palia's design mechanics for growing community earlier this month, and Dr. Ruth Diaz's thoughts on them, I got a chance to join Ruth on an embedded journey into Palia. Watch our t...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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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...
Playing Together
YouTube video by Bridge Makers
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April 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The VR experience and education materials can be downloaded here: www.ugavr.com/weatherthest...
Weather the Storm: A Life-Saving VR Simulation from Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems. — UGA x CACHE
Weather the Storm is an immersive virtual reality experience designed by UGA's CACHE with support from NOAA to help coastal residents understand the true dangers of hurricanes.
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March 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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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
Inception Soundtrack-Dream is Collapsing (Hans Zimmer)
YouTube video by thecrazynick92
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March 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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This episode of Metaverse Degen features AstroRabbit, an admin for STEM VR in VRChat and an astronomer specializing in galactic archaeology. AstroRabbit shares his journey into VRChat during the pandemic, his role in building STEM VR as a community for science enthusiasts.
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AstroRabbit Is an Admin for StemVR in VRChat and Astronomer!
YouTube video by Metaverse Degen
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March 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM