Symmetry: i think it is interesting In part, this is due to the fact that during a post-hoc reading of a log, you read at the pace you usually read any written material - which is QUICKLY, but much too quickly to absorb TextTalk.
Symmetry: i think it is interesting In part, this is due to the fact that during a post-hoc reading of a log, you read at the pace you usually read any written material - which is QUICKLY, but much too quickly to absorb TextTalk. While online, the lag created by people typing and by thousands of miles of busy internet wires forces the conversation into a slower pace.
And so you sit back, read, wait, scan backwards and forwards in the dialogue something you can't do in ftf conversationand think about what to say next.
To help you out a little bit, I've edited the other log excerpts that appear in this article. Mostly, I've eliminated strings of conversation that aren't relevant to the point that I'm discussing in tezt of the sections that follow.
My editing lokking doing the job of those filters that operate automatically almost unconsciously while online. What'dya Mean? You would think that the lack of ftf cues and the buzzing confusion of TextTalk would result in many misunderstandings.
If five different conversations are scrolling before your eyes, it would seem easy to lose track of what was said. And if you can't hear people's voices, or chatt their faces, you easily might misinterpret what they mean, wouldn't you? For example, without tone of voice, how do you know someone is being sarcastic? After searching through my many megabytes of saved logs, I found no juicy examples of people being confused or misunderstanding what loojing people were saying. Symmetry: i think it is interesting In part, this is due to the fact that during a post-hoc reading of a log, you read at the pace you usually read any written material - which is QUICKLY, but much too quickly to absorb TextTalk.
While online, the lag created by people typing and by thousands of miles of busy internet wires forces the conversation into a slower pace. And so you sit back, read, wait, scan backwards and forwards in the dialogue something you can't do in ftf conversationand think about what to say next. To help you out a little bit, I've edited tezt other log excerpts that appear in this article.
Mostly, I've eliminated strings of conversation that aren't relevant to the point that I'm discussing in each of the sections that follow. My editing is doing the job of those filters that operate automatically almost unconsciously while online. What'dya Mean?
You would think that the lack of ftf cues and the buzzing confusion of TextTalk would result in many misunderstandings. If five different conversations are scrolling before your eyes, it would seem easy to lose track of what was said. And if you can't hear people's voices, or see their faces, you easily might misinterpret what they mean, wouldn't you?
For example, without tone of voice, how do you know someone is being sarcastic? After searching through my many megabytes of saved logs, I found no juicy examples of people being confused or misunderstanding what other people were saying.
