This is true. It's very easy to take the flat, emotionless tone of a screen reader and project that onto how the person might be saying what they're thinking. When you think of it that way, it's easy to assume that people are being deliberately malicious or ignorant. If you had the same conversation face to face, or even over the phone, you get so many other subtleties from tone of voice and even how relaxed the environment is in general that give you clues on what is meant by things that are being said. I do get awfully tired of certain people, (not on this list, thank God), who repeatedly say that how they come across online isn't their problem, it's yours for not having a thick skin and other such things. I think there's a lot more to it than that.
On 5/1/13, Ian Reed <supp...@blindaudiogames.com> wrote: > Yes, great post Tom. > > And in regards to Dan's post: > I think one of the reasons that discussions can get heated more quickly > via text than verbal conversations is because there is no voice tone in > text discussion. > > In verbal discussion we use voice tone to judge if someone is being > sarcastic, humorous, or serious. > In text dialogs everyone reads the text from their own perspective > without any voice tone to help clarify it and this can quickly lead to > misunderstandings. > > At one of my previous jobs there was a policy that if a text dialog > sounded like it was headed south we were to stop emailing and make a > direct phone call to finish up the dialog. > > I think that was a good policy and it's too bad it's not an option on a > mailing list. > > I guess we all, myself included, will need to try more to give the > benefit of the doubt when reading and to also take more care in writing. > > I look forward to the lists refocus on games. > > Ian Reed > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
