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Secret Cause of Flame Wars
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:56 pm
by Scott Gardener
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,7017 ... n_index_24
It seems that a lot of arguments and misunderstanding happens not because of what was said or what was meant so much as what we think each other means. We can think of particular examples, even on friendly boards like this one.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:09 am
by white
Makes sense. I find emoticons are helpful for portraying tone, although they too can be misinterpreted.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:11 am
by Figarou
Ralith wrote:Makes sense. I find emoticons are helpful for portraying tone, although they too can be misinterpreted.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:20 am
by white
Now if only people would just use that instead of going off on angry rants.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:08 pm
by Ink
Meh... There's no 'secret' about it.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:57 pm
by Lupin
Ralith wrote:Makes sense. I find emoticons are helpful for portraying tone, although they too can be misinterpreted.
Yeah, text is a terrible medium for tone.
"People write absolutely, incredibly stupid things in [s]company[/s] e-mails," said Flynn.
fixed
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:11 pm
by Anubis
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:50 pm
by Shadow Wulf
Actually with the emoticon it helps you most of the time. Cause you can tell wether they are sincere or sarcastic.
