> On Feb 7, 2017, at 1:17 AM, George Neuner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> @flame{
> The problem as I see it is not "new" users per se, but *young* users
> who have been conditioned by texting, IM, etc. to expect immediate
> gratification. They prefer "rendezvous" communication because waiting
> for an asynchronous response, by email or whatever, inconveniences
> *them*. Only rarely do they consider whether an in-person "meeting"
> might be inconveniencing someone else.
@unflame{It may inconvenience them, but it also costs them a lot.
They fail to understand that they are surfing on words and that
they have no clue what a dive into the words brings in terms of
understanding and satisfaction.}
@theft{Quote shamelessly paraphrased from some newspaper article,
which quoted some author, whose name escapes me completely now.}
> The same could be said of the old game of "telephone tag", but many
> young people today have never heard of it. 8-)
> }
— Matthias
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