| Subject: Amen to Merv's entire post~ |
Author:
Sunny
|
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
Date Posted: 21:21:52 01/07/04 Wed
Communicating in writing is conducive to arguing. That is just the way it is. Words are thrown back and forth by people who are sitting safely behind their computers. An open discussion board will almost always have arguments and eventually someone will get hostile. It just happens. The website will have to deal with this somehow."
Written communication is also conducive, even victim of MISUNDERSTANDING/misinterpretation very often! Surely every reader can remember a time when they were told they were arrogant, judgemental, resentful or something that they absolutely, honestly 100% were not...at the time! I know I have, and this further brought my awareness to the fact that we write from our frame of mind and heart, and every individual reader reads it filtering it through their frame of mind at the moment. OY VEY..indeed! I have been accused of having emotions I DID NOT have, by some posters I respect and know are pretty savvy...so...
proves to me that the written word is at the mercy of gross misunderstanding. I can't say it enough, that if Roy had never been on radio and we had never heard his voice, and he had started posting all of his strongest LOVE on his board, at various times each of us would have thought he sounded venomous, at least once, etc...surely you get my point.
I also feel confident that if we all had voice chat and EVERY post had been us talking, even though we were still void of facial experssions, body language and seeing the eyes of the speaker which surely contribute a lot that the written word misses, we would NOT have had the problems the board had, for the most part.
The written word...a land mine at times, and at best...pitifully lacking. Just some things to keep in mind as we begin this endeavor at the new boards.
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
| |
Feedback: 