Why Emails Are Misunderstood

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 15, 2006 @04:28AM from the i-thought-it-because-you-were-a-jerk dept.

werdna writes "The Christian Science Monitor has a piece on why it's so easy to misinterpret emails. From the article: 'First and foremost, e-mail lacks cues like facial expression and tone of voice. That makes it difficult for recipients to decode meaning well. Second, the prospect of instantaneous communication creates an urgency that pressures e-mailers to think and write quickly, which can lead to carelessness. Finally, the inability to develop personal rapport over e-mail makes relationships fragile in the face of conflict.'"

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Re:Another reason... by joe+155 · 2006-05-15 04:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

wow, the king of nigeria really is rich, I got the same e-mail! It's a good job he doesn't like banks or wire transfer for his own money otherwise he wouldn't need to put it through our accounts

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Mod parent up! by Cybert8 · 2006-05-15 05:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Any mention of lojban rocks! mo vi do.