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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

Why online text-only communication is so problematic:

Why online text-only communication is so problematic: interpretation of tone in email is successful only about half the time but we think we’re 90% successful. No word on how emoticons affect interpretation success. ;) ;)