Problems with text-based online interaction

I thought that, given some recent circumstances, this article is especially appropriate:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70179-0.html?tw=wn_index_2

Please, whenever you email, IM or muck, seek to understand exactly what is being said first. There are no verbal or non-verbal cues when communicating by text.

good article i dont know how many time i have been mistinterpreted by the bases that i forgot i was not talking on the forume.

Well yeah, think I know what you mean :wink:
My bad English usually gives me some troubles in the muck, and also some differences between the interpretation of the meanings of some statements according with one or other language tends to difficult things a bit.
Remember that "crush" misunderstanding in that RP with Li? :lol:
Hehe yeah, I'm sure I looked like an idiot, but it's ok, one can learn from the errors and everyone in the muck have been patient enough with me :)

I always find that using emoticons always helps with suggesting emotional meaning behind a text-based sentence, or paragraph. Hence why I use them liberally. Sometimes i use them a tad bit -too- much. I'll also use more subtle means of adding emotion to specific words, to add stress to them, or make them stand -out- without having to resort to CAPS which most people usually do, which only tends to come off as yelling.

I often try to read what I type from a reader's perspective. Usually where I get in trouble, is when I'm in a heated discussion and get too into the moment, where my writing style can be miss-interpreted. Anyone who knows me, has probably been told at least once if i say anything that ruffles their feathers (or fur) to -please- ask me on my intended meaning, instead of jumping to conclusions. More often than not, it's just a misunderstanding. Asking saves a lot of stress and angst.

Edit: Just came across this article. Kind of goes with the first one Timothy posted. Enjoy!: "Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone"[=http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70214-0.html?tw=rss.technology]"Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone"